映画「タクシー・ドライバー」のエンディング・テーマの演奏でも知られるサックス奏者トム・スコットの1978年作品『Intimate Strangers』。バックを固めているのはリチャード・ティー(key)、エリック・ゲイル(g)、ゲイリー・キング(b)、ラルフ・マクドナルド(per)、スティーブ・ガッド(ds)の面々。ジャコの参加はは《Loving & Leaving – Lost Inside The Love Of You (Reprise)》一曲のみ。アルバムを占める1970年代のクロスオーバー全盛期のサウンドが懐かしい一枚。
聴きどころは#1《part 1 – Sudden Attraction》~#3《part 3 – Loving and Leaving》までの組曲。中でもジャコが参加した#3《Lost Inside the Love of You (Reprise)》が異彩を放つ。出だしのフレットレス・ベースの音を聴いた瞬間に思い出すのは、ジョニミッチェルの『Mingus』に収録されている《God Must Be A Boogie Man》。ジャコのトーン、弦を爪弾く間合いもよく似ている。
Intimate Strangers
Tracklist
- Intimate Strangers(Suite) part 1 – Sudden Attraction (Tom Scott) 8:58
Hi Steppers
Lost Inside the Love of You - Intimate Strangers(Suite) part 2 – A Day & Nite Out Together (Tom Scott) 8:04
Getaway Day
Nite Creatures - Intimate Strangers(Suite) part 3 – Loving and Leaving (Tom Scott) 8:35
Lost Inside the Love of You (Reprise)
Do You Feel Me Now
Hi Steppers (Reprise) - Breezin’ Easy (Tom Scott) 6:05
- You’re So Good to Me (Tom Scott) 4:27
- Puttin’ the Bite on You (Tom Scott) 5:27
- Beautiful Music (R. MacDonald – W. Salter – E. Heath, Jr.) 4:30
Personnel
1. part 1 – Sudden Attraction
Steppers
Tom Scott – lylicon solo
Richard Tee – keyboards
Eric Gale – guitar
Hugh McCracken – guitar
Gary King – bass
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Steve Gadd – drums
Lost Inside the Love of You
Tom Scott – sax, lylicon
Richard Tee – keyboards
David Paich – keyboards
Eric Gale – guitar
Hugh McCracken – guitar
Gary King – bass
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Steve Gadd – drums
Steve porcaro – synthesizer
2. part 2 – A Day & Nite Out Together
Getaway Day
Tom Scott – sax, lylicon
Richard Tee – keyboards
David Paich – keyboards
Eric Gale – guitar
Hugh McCracken – guitar
Gary King – bass
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Steve Gadd – drums
Steve porcaro – synthesizer
Nite Creatures
Tom Scott – sax, lylicon
Richard Tee – keyboards
Eric Gale – guitar
Hugh McCracken – guitar
Gary King – bass
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Steve Gadd – drums
Steve porcaro – synthesizer
David Paich – keyboards
Rick Marotta – drums
Chuck Findley – trumpet solo, flügelhorn
Slyde Hyde – trumpet, trombone
Morgan Ames, Maxine Anderson, Maxine Dixon, Paulette McWilliamus, Carmen Twillie – background vocals
3. part 3 – Loving and Leaving
Lost Inside the Love of You (Reprise)
Tom Scott – synthesizer, lylicon
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Do You Feel Me Now
Tom Scott – sax, lylicon, vocals
Richard Tee – keyboards
Eric Gale – guitar
Hugh McCracken – guitar
Gary King – bass
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Steve Gadd – drums
Steve porcaro – synthesizer
David Paich – keyboards
Morgan Ames, Maxine Anderson, Maxine Dixon, Paulette McWilliamus, Carmen Twillie – background vocals
Hi Steppers (Reprise)
Tom Scott – sax, lylicon
Richard Tee – keyboards
Eric Gale – guitar
Hugh McCracken – guitar
Gary King – bass
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Steve Gadd – drums
4. Breezin’ Easy
Tom Scott – sax, lylicon solo
Richard Tee – keyboards
Eric Gale – guitar
Hugh McCracken – guitar
Gary King – bass
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Steve Gadd – drums
Steve porcaro – synthesizer
David Paich – keyboards
5. You’re So Good to Me
Tom Scott – sax, lylicon
Richard Tee – keyboards
Eric Gale – guitar
Hugh McCracken – guitar solo
Gary King – bass
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Steve Gadd – drums
6. Puttin’ the Bite on You
Tom Scott – sax, lylicon solo
Richard Tee – keyboards
Eric Gale – guitar
Hugh McCracken – guitar solo
Gary King – bass
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Steve Gadd – drums
7. Beautiful Music
Tom Scott – sax, lylicon solo
Richard Tee – keyboards
Eric Gale – guitar
Hugh McCracken – guitar solo
Gary King – bass
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Steve Gadd – drums
Steve porcaro – synthesizer
Chuck Findley – trumpet solo, flügelhorn
Slyde Hyde – trumpet, trombone
Notes
Recorded at CRIMSON SOUND, CA, SOUND LABS, LA,
HIT FACTORY, NY June – July 1978