1983, February NN - USA, New York
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS p.107
A fortuitous meeting of two great jazzman
By Don Nelsen

Farlow and Buddy De Franco had never played together before, so they got to the Village West club early opening night to feel each other out.
As De Franco's clarinet noodles around a blues with that mellow, liquid tone of his, Farlow, a wide grin across his chops, divided his attention between De Franco's face and the strings of guitar.
The inestimable George Duvivier, poker faced, supplied the firm bass from which the other two would take off.

The feeling was that of a session, guys trading ideas as they played, relaxed yet sharp. When they started playing for real (a medium tempo "Love for Sale" kicked it off), an easy rapport developed that suggested that these two jazzman, each a star for decades, were fatheads for never pairing off before. true, Farlow's amplification was off- his middle tones blurred his uppers and lowers - yet the man's fertile imagination sailed through the rough and his high-register picking on "Body and Soul" was an unusual treat All of a sudden, the set become a session.

Clarinetist Tony Scott, back from living everywhere else but the States for the last 20 years, jumped into the fray. Scott, with his black turtleneck, black leotards, black boots, shaved head and dragon's tooth necklace, looked like Ming the Merciless about to punish Flash Gordon. Instead, he punished his clarinet.
There are no half measures with Scott. When he blows, it's the North Wind blowing.

The four whipped off a 'Billie's Bounce' in which Scott went through some Indian-rubber-man contortions. This guy is as much actor as musician but 'Bounce' proved an exciting experience. Irrepressible, he returned, at De Franco's invitation, for a go at 'Fascinating Rhythm' De Franco, Farlow and Duvivier, certainly one of this country's premier bassists, should lay down some sterling sounds in the next two weeks if this sampling was any indication. And if some mad skinhead in leotards sits in, watch out.