For Members Only Explained

For Members Only
Type:	studio
Artist:	Shirley Scott
Cover:	For Members Only.jpg
Released:	1963
Recorded:	August 22 & 24, 1963 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	38:13
Label:	Impulse! A-51
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Shirley Scott
Prev Title:	Drag 'em Out
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Soul Shoutin'
Next Year:	1964

For Members Only is an album by American jazz organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1963 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Shirley Scott except as indicated

1. "Southern Comfort" (Oliver Nelson) - 5:40
2. "Blue Piano" (Ellington) - 3:45
3. "Freedom Dance" (Nelson) - 4:53
4. "Toys in the Attic" (Duning) - 2:51
5. "Blues for Members" - 5:50
6. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Lerner, Loewe) - 4:45
7. "Marchin' to Riverside" - 3:15
8. "We're Goin' Home" - 7:14

Recorded on August 22 (tracks 5-8) and August 24 (tracks 1-4), 1963.

Personnel

• • Shirley Scott - organ Thad Jones, Jerry Kail, Tom McIntosh, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal - trumpet (tracks 1-4)
• Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson, Thomas Mitchell - trombone (tracks 1-4)
• Eddy Manson - harmonica (tracks 1-4)
• Mundell Lowe - guitar (tracks 1-4)
• Art Davis (tracks 1-4), Earl May (tracks 5-8) - bass
• Jimmy Cobb (tracks 5-8), Ed Shaughnessy (tracks 1-4) - drums
• Joe Venuto - percussion (tracks 1-4)
• Oliver Nelson - arranger, conductor (tracks 1-4)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-51 Impulse! Records discography
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/for-members-only-r147106 Allmusic Review