Various - Lost Tapes (LP) - Scott, Tony

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"Tony Scott's position as a master of his instrument has never been in question, but it was that instrument's own status which bebop and after was disputing, and [his many] excellent records ... have been comparatively lost as a result. ... In 1959 Tony Scott turned his back on America, wounded by the death of several friends (Hot Lips Page, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Lester Young) and by what he considered the 'death' of the clarinet in jazz terms. Since then he has been a wanderer, exploring the culture and music of the East, trading in the sometimes aggressive assertions of bebop for a meditative approach to harmony that at its best is deeply moving, at its least disciplined a weak ambient decoration." Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 6th Ed.