Tom Scott

I used her engineer, Henry Louis.

I introduced her to Tom Scott.

We were pretty close.

And one day she said to me, she said, you know, I was cleaning out my house up in Laurel Canyon the other day.

some, some PR advice that I could give.

And, um, and also I could bring some artists into the mix that I knew from, from my time at Blue Note, such as, uh, um, Bill Charlap, who's a very well-known American jazz player who played with René Rosnes, or we brought Tom Scott, probably one of the top saxophone players in the world [chuckles] really, from-- He lives in Los Angeles.

We brought him to Hamilton also because I knew Tom Scott from my time at Blue Note.

So I was able to, to, you know, connect some of my former life friends or people that I worked with, with what I was doing here.

So that was the start.

Drums, John Guerin.

Max Bennett and John Guerin were the rhythm section of, uh, Tom Scott's LA Express.

Ah, cool.

Perfect, then.

This is Tom Scott's Podcast Express, conversations about music, movies, politics, art, and a whole lot more with some of Tom's very special friends.

Without further ado, here's Tom.

Hi, I'm Tom Scott.

My guest today was born in the mid-40s, like me, and became best known as a writer and producer for television.

However, his show business career began before that when he was, among other things, straight man for stand-up comedian Slappy White.

I know.

And now I know you.

Now I know Tom Scott.

Corchmar, Danny Cooch is Steve Piccaro likes to call it Marcus Miller, Willie weeks, um, Leland's car.

All right, Tom Scott.

Why am I telling you all this? because, ladies and

gentlemen, you know what these people are capable of.

I am your host, Jay Sweet.

And for today, we will check out the very interesting tune called Good Evening, Mr. and Mrs. America and All the Ships at Sea, written by John Gurin and recorded by Tom Scott and the L.A. Express.

So let's get into it.

Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea.

And our featured artist is Tom Scott.

Okay, so Good Evening, Mr. and Mrs. America, as it's listed in the real book, but the full title, Good Evening, Mr. and Mrs. America, and All the Ships at Sea, is again a composition by drummer John Gurren, recorded by Tom Scott and the LA Express for their second album, Tomcat, released in 1975 on Ode Records.

The piece features the classic mid-1970s LA Express lineup of Tom Scott on saxophone and woodwind, Gurren on drums and percussion, Max Bennett on bass, Robin Ford on guitar, and Larry Nash on keyboard.

The title is a playful reference to the famous opening line used by radio broadcaster and gossip columnist Walter Winchell.