1983, September 16
Blindfold test with Albert Nicholas (from a French Jazz-monthly of few years ago)

records played:
1) - Buddy DeFranco:When Your Lover Has Gone
2) - Tony Scott: A Shoulder to Cry on

Buddy DeFranco: When your Lover Has Gone
I like his way, his conception (speaking of Jean Tordo). But I think that the clarinet here is Tony Scott. I like him a lot. For me it's modern, yet it's music. the phrasing is very nice. This player is in control of the high and of the low notes: he is perfectly master of his instrument. Four stars for the clarinet-player.

Tony Scott: A Shoulder to Cry On (with Evans, Hinton, Motian)
This is one of the most beautiful modern sounds that I have ever heard. I have never heard something like it. The clarinet player is extraordinary. It's perhaps Buddy DeFranco, but frankly, I don't really know. No idea. the piano is very, very good. the clarinet-player makes things which you don't hear every day, and what he makes is very difficult: he is master of the instrument. Whoever this is: five stars! * * * * *