Welcome to another new edition of our bi-weekly record-diving sampling extravaganza!
Thank you all for joining @natehorn and I for another week of sampling goodness! Before we get into our artist and track in focus, and in case you aren’t already aware, there are some other Mission Briefs/Challenges currently taking place that you may also fancy spending some time on here:
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@Habit_Reform’s Electronic/Sythesized Hip Hop/Rap Beat challenge
Alright @everyone here’s a dig that pleasantly surprised me this morning, and I hope finds you all in a similar fashion. The sample this week is Shirley Scott’s, Soul Song, which is the 5th song on the album of the same name.
THE TRACK WAS RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1968 (55 YEARS AGO, TODAY),
with the album release following shortly after in the same year, on Atlantic Records (SD 1515).
This track alone boasts an all star cast, including: Scott dropping wild organ riffs, her husband, Stanley Turrentine on tenor sax, Roland Martinez laying down some incredible basslines, Eric Gale on guitar, and that’s all over some drums by Bernard Purdie.
I highly recommend checking out Scott’s work, as I wasn’t expecting to see such a huge catalog, especially seeing her reining as band leader/arranger (a difficult feat at that time).
Here are some bits about Shirley Scott, and her album from Wikipedia:
Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) was an American jazz organist. Her music was noted for its mixture of bebop, blues and gospel elements. She was known by the nickname “Queen of the Organ”.[1][2]
Life and career
Scott was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father operated a jazz club in the basement of the family home and her brother played Saxophone.[3] At the age of eight, Scott began piano lessons.[4] After enrolling at Philadelphia High School for Girls, where she was awarded a scholarship, Scott switched to trumpet and played in the all-city schools band.[3]
She studied for bachelor and master’s degrees at Cheyney University. Later in life Scott would return to the university as a teacher.[5]
As a performer in the 1950s, she played the Hammond B-3 organ. Her recordings with Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis included the hit “In the Kitchen”. Influenced by gospel and blues, she played soul jazz in the 1960s with Stanley Turrentine, who became her husband during the same decade; the couple divorced in 1971.[6]
Although organ trios declined in popularity during the 1970s, they resurged in the 1980s and she recorded again. In the 1990s, she recorded as pianist in a trio and performed at venues in Philadelphia.[7]
Scott won an $8 million settlement in 2000 against American Home Products, the manufacturers of the diet drug fen-phen. She died of heart failure in 2002.[7][8]
There is only one version of the track available on YouTube, so I hope no one experiences any regional playback issues:
Here is a link to the FLAC version of the track and a version that has been converted to 16bit/44.1KHz wav, please delete it after using:
SHIRLEY SCOTT - SOUL SONG (FLAC)
SHIRLEY SCOTT - SOUL SONG (WAV)
links are active for one week from today (9/9/23)
Album Photos:
images from google search
THE BRIEF
YOU have been selected by the notorious Global Sound Syndicate for a top-secret operation. Not really, please, share with your friends, family, and even Tony Montana’s tailor.
Mission:
-Sample any part(s) of the track we’ve nominated
-Spend no more than 1 week turning it into music
-Post your creations here for us all to enjoy
Deadline: Sunday , July 30, 2023
Submit your entry no later than 11:59 PM, Sunday, September 17, 2023, or be faced with a brief moment of self-loathing for not participating. Submissions entered on later dates are also welcome!
Compensation:
Hearts and compliments from the community
(not guaranteed)
You can use as much or as little of the sample track as you like, you just have to use it. No winners, no losers, just good times!
Every two weeks we will post a track from our record collections, ideally something you’ve not heard before. Jams, full tracks, noodles - share whatever you like!
Cool grooves man and thank you for sharing! 
The sitcom detective in me is trying to understand what it means, but it was a pleasant experience and I wanted to share that with you guys because it wouldn’t have happened without your presences.
That was the coolest thing I’d heard back then and I couldn’t tell if it was a line from a movie for the longest time 
I recommend checking out their album as it’ll bring lot’s of nostalgia, especially this song’s original version samples the classic Cella Dwella’s “Land of the Lost.”
