Scott Hamilton – Apples And Oranges (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 1981

Apples And Oranges is an LP by Scott Hamilton from 1981 released on the Concord Jazz label.

About this album

Apples And Oranges is a polished straight-ahead jazz set that underlines Scott Hamilton’s gift for warm tone, easy swing and melodic elegance. Issued in 1981, it finds the tenor saxophonist working in a classic post-bop idiom that keeps one foot in the American songbook and another in hard-swinging small-group jazz. Hamilton was part of the renewed interest in traditional jazz language at the turn of the 1980s, and this album shows why his playing appealed to listeners looking for clarity, lyricism and understated drive. The mix of originals and standards gives the record a relaxed but assured pace, with ballad playing as central to its appeal as the bluesier material.

Genre: Jazz