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Short Bread - CD Released in 2000 "Is that Tommy Flanagan on Piano? Wynton Kelly? Hank Jones? Red Garland? The answer: Rusty Scott... wonderfully executed interpretations of Billy Strayhorn and Johnny Griffin... compact improvisational forays, excursions only the most confident and tightly knit groups make this smoothly." Bob Young Boston Herald "Jazz pianist Rusty Scott leads his stellar band on an exquisite musical excursion filled with great sax playing, bouncing piano work, and a rhythm section second to none... Whether you're looking for straight up bebop or smokey jazz, The Rusty Scott Quartet is a class act that's sure to deliver!" Doug Sloan Metronome Magazine "The name is Rusty, but the sound is smooth Besides the fact that there's some wonderful ensemble work going on here among some nicely lyrical originals - and a few well-placed, well played covers - there are two much bigger pluses to deal with. Leader and pianist Rusty Scott has an apparently effortless time switching between energetic and laid-back playing, and tenor man Tim Mayer offers up some of the warmest and swingingest sounds around. The Boston-based quartet is at it's seamless best on Scott's light and boppy "Saturday Afternoon," while Billy Strayhorn's "Raincheck" comes across as the most musically adventurous arrangement, and the title cut, penned by Mayer, makes for four minutes of total joy." Ed Symkus The Tab