New York Connection

{{More citations needed|date=August 2011}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = New York Connection | type = studio | artist = [[Tom Scott (saxophonist)|Tom Scott]] | cover = New York Connection Tom Scott.jpg | alt = | released = 8 December 1975 (US) <br /> 2 April 1976 (UK) | recorded = August 25–29, 1975 | venue = | studio = * [[The Hit Factory]] (New York City, New York) * [[A&M Studios]] (Hollywood, California) | genre = [[Jazz fusion]] | length = 45:14 | label = [[Ode Records|Ode]] | producer = * [[Tom Scott (saxophonist)|Tom Scott]] * [[Hank Cicalo]] | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r147151|pure_url=yes}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]'' | rev2Score = {{rating|1|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = US | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | page = 176 }}</ref> }}

'''''New York Connection''''' is an album by American musician [[Tom Scott (saxophonist)|Tom Scott]] that was released by [[Ode Records|Ode]] in December 1975 with a UK release following in April 1976.<ref>Harry Castleman & Walter J. Podrazik, ''All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961−1975'', Ballantine Books (New York, NY, 1976), p. 373.</ref> It entered the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] on 20 December to begin a chart stay of 25 weeks, peaking at number 42.<ref>''The Billboard Albums'', 6th edn. Joel Whitburn. 2006. Record Research Inc. p. 928. {{ISBN|0-89820-166-7}}.</ref>

In contrast with the Los Angeles-based Scott's previous projects, the nine-song set features New York musicians such as [[Hugh McCracken]], [[Richard Tee]], [[Eric Gale]], and [[Steve Gadd]]. Following their North American tour together in November−December 1974, [[George Harrison]] makes a contribution on the track "Appolonia (Foxtrata)".<ref>Keith Badham, ''The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After the Break-Up 1970−2001'', Omnibus Press (London, 2002), pp 163−64.</ref>

== Track listing == All songs composed and arranged by Tom Scott, except where noted.

# "Dirty Old Man" – 5:20 # "Uptown & Country" – 6:19 # "New York Connection" – 4:24 # "Garden" (Ackerman, [[Michel Colombier]]) – 5:37 # "Time and Love" ([[Ralph MacDonald]], [[Laura Nyro]], William Salter) – 4:33 # "Midtown Rush" – 4:47 # "Looking Out for Number 7" – 5:34 # "Appolonia (Foxtrata)" – 3:59 # "You're Gonna Need Me" ([[Richard Tee]]) – 4:40

== Personnel == * [[Tom Scott (saxophonist)|Tom Scott]] – tenor saxophone (1, 5, 7, 9), [[Moog synthesizer]] (1, 7), saxophones (2, 6), [[Lyricon]] (2, 7, 8), soprano saxophone (3, 4, 8), woodwinds (3, 4), [[ARP String Ensemble]] (4–7), [[flute]] (5, 7, 8), baritone saxophone (9) * [[Richard Tee]] – keyboards * [[Bob James (musician)|Bob James]] – electric piano (3, 4, 7) * [[Eric Gale]] – guitars, guitar solo (1), bass (9) * [[Hugh McCracken]] – guitars, [[slide guitar]] (2), [[harmonica]] (2) * [[George Harrison]] – slide guitar (8) * [[Gary King (bass player)|Gary King]] – bass (1–8) * [[Steve Gadd]] – drums * [[Ralph MacDonald]] – percussion * [[Dick Hyde (musician)|Dick Hyde]] – trombone (9), bass trumpet (9) * [[Chuck Findley]] – trumpet (9)

=== Production === * Tom Scott – producer, arrangements * Hank Cicolo – producer, engineer * Milt Calice – assistant engineer * Kevin Herron – assistant engineer * Chuck Beeson – album design * [[Jim McCrary]] – photography

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