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Mystical Lady

Mystical Lady cover
Recorded1971
LabelCadet
Released1971
Personnel10 credited players
Discogsmaster 272974

The record

Funk pulls harder at Scott's sound on this Cadet date, cut in the early '70s with two rhythm sections rotating under her -- Carter and Waits, then Davis and Durham. Danny Turner's tenor and dual guitars thicken a groove far from her Prestige trio days.

Session personnel

  • Ron Carter — bass
  • Bobby Durham — drums
  • Wally Richardson — guitar
  • Shirley Scott — organ
  • Danny Turner — tenor saxophone
  • Richard Davis — bass
  • Freddie Waits — drums
  • George Freeman — guitar
  • Pee Wee Ellis — tenor saxophone
  • George Patterson — alto saxophone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1971Cadet · CA-50009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file
1971Cadet — STEREO
1971Chess · 6310 109 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1971Cadet · CA-50009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo
1971Cadet · CA-50009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Bellaphon · BJS 4026 — Vinyl, LP, Album

Follow the players

Ron Carter also plays on

Bobby Durham also plays on

Wally Richardson also plays on

Shirley Scott also plays on