L.A. Express

The strap L.A. Express was among the initial supergroups from the jazz-rock fusion period in the middle-70s. Beneath the preliminary management of saxophonist Tom Scott, the 1st versions from the ensemble created two albums for Lou Adler’s Ode label. That music group initially presented Scott, the veteran jazz bassist Maximum Bennett, who turned to electrical bass guitar, famous Los Angeles studio room drummer John Guerin, keyboardist Joe Test, and electrical guitarist Larry Carlton. They collectively created the LP Tom Scott & the L.A. Express, offering the crossover strike “Sneakin’ In THE TRUNK,” aswell as an interpretation of the John Coltrane structure, and some from the initial modern jazz music to feature Middle Eastern rhythms and melodies. The next recording, Tom Kitty, acquired Scott, Bennett, Guerin, guitarist Robben Ford, and keyboardists Larry Ford and Larry Marsh. But by 1976, Scott was seeking a solo profession, as well as the music group maintained the name and continued without him, launching two even more LP’s — L.A. Express and Darkness Play — for the Caribou subsidiary from the Epic/Columbia category of brands. David Luell required over Scott’s seat as business lead saxophonist while Bennett and Guerin ostensibly co-led the group, keeping Ford, changed by Peter Maunu, recruited keyboardist Victor Feldman, as well as for the Darkness Play recording, vocalist Paulette McWilliams. During this time period, members from the L.A. Express performed with Joni Mitchell on her behalf albums The Hissing of Summer time Lawns and Kilometers of Aisles, and Mitchell came back the favour on Tom Kitty. In 1999 Tom Scott revived the L.A. Express with non-e of the initial users. Assembling a hodgepodge band of Western Coastline players, the Compact disc Smokin’ Section was created. A number of the better known bandmates included Alex Acuña, Harvey Mason, Ralph MacDonald, Vinnie Colaiuta, Lenny Castro, George Bohannon, Pete Christlieb, Robbie Nevil, Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson, Patty Smyth, Paul Jackson, Jr., Chuck Berghofer, Mitchell Foreman, Phil Perry, and Lynne Scott. The Tom Scott & the L.A. Express LP was reissued on Compact disc in 1996, as well as the L.A. Express recording by Wounded Parrot information in 2008.