Patricia Scot

Patricia Scot: Once Around the Clock

by Samuel Chell
August 1, 2009

This reissue has at least two pleasant surprises: first, the revelation that, before discovering and promoting the gold mine that came to be known as smooth jazz, Creed Taylor was a musician of impeccable taste and discrimination; second, the rediscovery of an original vocalist/pianist who once toiled in piano bars in the Chicago-Milwaukee corridor as well as New York City but who, though still active, has fallen from sight-- unfortunate for discerning listeners.

It was Taylor who decided ...