# Rural Still Life > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rural_Still_Life > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rural_Still_Life.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Still_Life > Source revision: 1322045742 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1968 studio album by Tom Scott Rural Still Life Studio album by Tom Scott Released 1968 Recorded 1968 Genre Jazz fusion[1] Length 36:41 Label Impulse! Producer Tom Scott Tom Scott chronology The Honeysuckle Breeze (1967) Rural Still Life (1968) Hair to Jazz (1970) ***Rural Still Life*** is the second album by American jazz saxophonist [Tom Scott](/source/Tom_Scott_(saxophonist)) featuring performances recorded in 1968 for the [Impulse!](/source/Impulse!_Records) label.[2] ## Reception Down Beat, the most revered Jazz music magazine, gave the album four out of five stars in their March 1969 issue. Reviewer Alan Heineman found the album exciting and that "when it works, it really works."[3] The [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) review by Jim Todd awarded the album 1½ stars stating "This 1968 LP from the early days of jazz fusion lacks the seamless merging of styles that would mark the commercial success of Tom Scott's later career. Instead, the 19-year-old reed player and the members of his quartet careen all over the style map – with varying degrees of success... At the time of this recording, Scott was already a fixture of the Los Angeles studio scene. As he makes clear on *Rural Still Life*, jazz was – and would remain – a side interest only".[1] Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide [4] ## Track listing - *All compositions by Tom Scott except as indicated* 1. "Rural Still Life #26" (Mike Lang) - 3:27 1. "Song #1" - 6:34 1. "Freak In" - 7:08 1. "With Respect to John Coltrane" - 8:03 1. "Just Messin' Around" (Mike Barone) - 5:21 1. "[Body and Soul](/source/Body_and_Soul_(1930_song))" ([Edward Heyman](/source/Edward_Heyman), [Robert Sour](/source/Robert_Sour), [Frank Eyton](/source/Frank_Eyton), [Johnny Green](/source/Johnny_Green)) - 6:08 - - Recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1968 ## Personnel - [Tom Scott](/source/Tom_Scott_(saxophonist)) - [tenor saxophone](/source/Tenor_saxophone), [soprano saxophone](/source/Soprano_saxophone), multivider - [Michael Lang](/source/Michael_Lang_(musician)) - [piano](/source/Piano), [harpsichord](/source/Harpsichord) - [Chuck Domanico](/source/Chuck_Domanico) - [bass](/source/Double_bass) - [John Guerin](/source/John_Guerin) - [drums](/source/Drum_kit) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_1-2) Todd, J. [Allmusic Review](http://www.allmusic.com/album/rural-still-life-r147154) accessed April 13, 2011 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Impulse!_Records_discography_2-0)** [Impulse! Records discography](http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9100-series/#as-9171) accessed April 13, 2011 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** *Down Beat*, Vol.36 No.6, Charles Suber publishing, March 20, 1969 1. **[^](#cite_ref-RSJRG_4-0)** Swenson, J., ed. (1985). *The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide*. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 176. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-394-72643-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-394-72643-X). v t e Tom Scott Albums The Honeysuckle Breeze (1967) Rural Still Life (1968) Tom Scott and The L.A. Express (1974) New York Connection (1975) Blow It Out (1977) Desire (1982) Related articles The Blues Brothers L.A. Express GRP All-Star Big Band Authority control databases MusicBrainz release group --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rural Still Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Still_Life) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Still_Life?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.