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Mansur Scott

Vocalist/percussionist extraordinaire Mansur Scott, known all over New York City as a serious sage and “the jazz mayor of Harlem" is the epitome of a working jazz musician. He has been on the front lines, pushing the music forward, making it visible, boldly, and making it strongly heard throughout all of the boroughs of the city for decades. He is known in Harlem' s jazz community as a warm, peaceful, graceful, adventurous, humble performer, who has been on most of the stages in the jazz spots, especially uptown like St. Nick's Pub. It was at an appearance at St. Nick's, years ago

Great Voices of Harlem

By Mansur Scott

Label: Pao Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Moanin'; Intro Peace; Peace; Expansions; Somewhere Over The Rainbow; Doing Hard Time; Stella by Starlight; Watermelon Man; My One and Only Love; Days of Wine and Roses; Mona Lisa; Song For My Father.

Mansur Scott: Great Voices of Harlem

by Larry Reni Thomas
July 25, 2014

Those of us who know better laughed, snickered, recently, when we read that Harlem-based vocalist extraordinaire Mansur Scott was a “rising star." We will agree that he is definitely a “star" because he always shines when he sings. His first album, Sometimes Forgotten Sometimes Remembered (Pao Records, 2010), was excellent and caught the attention of a ...

Gregory Porter/Donald Smith/Mansur Scott: Great Voices Of Harlem

by Dan Bilawsky
July 5, 2014

Harlem has long been known as an incubator for talent, birthing and/or nurturing some of the all-time greats in music, literature, and art. Nearly a century separates the dawning of the famed Harlem Renaissance and the creation of this album, but Great Voices Of Harlem serves as undeniable proof that this large neighborhood at the north ...

Gregory Porter, Donald Smith, Mansur Scott: Great Voices Of Harlem

by Bruce Lindsay
May 18, 2014

Great Voices Of Harlem showcases the vocal talents of three most fascinating jazz singers--Gregory Porter, Donald Smith and Mansur Scott. Ably supported by Paul Zauner's Blue Brass, the vocalists put their very individual stamps on some classic songs. The result is a stylish, classy, recording. Scott gets the lion's share of credits, with appearances ...

Sometimes Forgotten, Sometimes Remembered

By Mansur Scott

Label: Bluejazz
Released: 2013
Track listing: This Masquerade; Natureboy; The Nearness of You; Miss Otis Regrets; In A Sentimental Mood; Song For My Father; Inspired By John Coltrane; When the Lady Sings; Days Of Wine And Roses..

Mansur Scott Harlem Quartet: Sometimes Forgotten, Sometimes Remembered

by Hrayr Attarian
July 13, 2013

Male jazz singers are a rare breed and most fashion themselves after the quintessential crooner Frank Sinatra. It is, therefore, intriguing to discover one with as singular, bold and blues-based as Mansur Scott. His intimate and intensely personal Sometimes Forgotten, Sometimes Remembered was released after a brush with death due to a heart attack and stroke, ...

Mansur Scott: Something Forgotten, Something Remembered (PAO Records, 2010)

May 28, 2011

By Larry Reni Thomas Vocalist/percussionist extraordinaire Mansur Scott, known all over New York City as a serious sage and “the jazz mayor of Harlem" is the epitome of a working jazz musician. He has been on the front lines, pushing the music forward, making it visible, boldly, and making it strongly heard throughout all of the ...