Throughout Tom Scott's legendary career, the saxman's strengths have always been those impossibly funky patented L.A.
Express grooves and an uncanny ability to take instrumental experimentation to new and challenging places.
His after-hours jaunt with some very surprising Night Creatures finds him at home whipping willing horn sections and gospel-oriented chantalongs into a frenzied intensity that packs more punch than should be legal.
Scott thumbs his horn at conventionality by combining straight-ahead jazz with hip-hop on the fascinating, machine-generated "Bhop," an otherworldly flute explosion straight out of The Twilight Zone.
He can't keep up the shocking explosiveness forever, though, and in light of all this magnificence, more complacent tunes like "Anytime, Anyplace and "Daybreak" ring somewhat bland and hollow.
His energetic take on Sting's "We'll Be Together" is solid as covers go, but token vocals don't get any safer than Maysa Leak's ultra-generic "Don't Get Any Better." As always, Scott's genius has something in store for everyone, and it's easy to forgive the trespasses when the fire glows so convincingly in every other corner of this wild night.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Night Creatures | Tom Scott | Play | 04:47 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 2 | Don't Get Any Better | Tom Scott | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 3 | BhopRon Aston, Tom Scott | Tom Scott | Play | 04:49 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 4 | Anytime, AnyplaceJames Harris III, Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis | Tom Scott | Play | 05:04 | 11 MB | 30 MB |
| 5 | We'll Be TogetherSting | Tom Scott | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 6 | Mazin | Tom Scott | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | Yeah! | Tom Scott | Play | 04:41 | 10 MB | 35 MB |
| 8 | RefriedTom Scott | Tom Scott | Play | 05:18 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 9 | DaybreakTom Scott | Tom Scott | Play | 05:53 | 13 MB | 35 MB |
| 44 mins | 102 MB | |||||
| 44 mins | 302 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alba Acevedo | Graphic Design |
| 2 | Ron Aston | Bass, Composer, Drums (Electric), Guitar (Synthesizer), Keyboards, Percussion, Trumpet, Vibraphone, Vocals (Background) |
| 3 | Pete Christlieb | Sax (Tenor) |
| 4 | Jason Claiborne | Graphic Design |
| 5 | Jim Cox | Keyboards, Organ |
| 6 | Chuck Findley | Trumpet |
| 7 | Robben Ford | Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 8 | Johnny Friday | Drums |
| 9 | Loni Groves | Vocals (Background) |
| 10 | James Harris III | Composer |
| 11 | Slyde Hyde | Trombone |
| 12 | Phillip Ingram | Vocals |
| 13 | Clydene Jackson | Vocals (Background) |
| 14 | Janet Jackson | Composer |
| 15 | Paul Jackson, Jr. | Guitar |
| 16 | Larry Kimpel | Bass |
| 17 | Terry Lewis | Composer |
| 18 | Jerry Lopez | Guitar (Electric), Wah Wah Guitar |
| 19 | Maysa | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 20 | Tom McMorran | Clarinet |
| 21 | Dean Parks | Guitar |
| 22 | Phil Perry | Vocals |
| 23 | Lynne Scott | Producer, Programming, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 24 | Tom Scott | Bass, Composer, Flute, Horn, Keyboards, Organ, Piano (Electric), Primary Artist, Producer, Programming, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Saxophone, Strings, Woodwind |
| 25 | Dan Serrano | Art Direction |
| 26 | Sting | Composer |
| 27 | Rose Stone | Vocals |
| 28 | James Taylor | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 29 | James "J.T." Taylor | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 30 | Carmen Twillie | Vocals (Background) |
| 31 | Terry Wood | Vocals |
| 32 | Monalisa Young | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |