Great Scott!!

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.[3]

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

All compositions by Shirley Scott except as indicated

1. "A Shot in the Dark" (Henry Mancini) - 3:15
2. "Great Scott" (Bob Hammer) - 2:30
3. "The Seventh Dawn" - 3:53
4. "Hoe Down" (Oliver Nelson) - 3:36
5. "Shadows of Paris" (Mancini) - 2:23
6. "Five O'Clock Whistle" (Kim Gannon, Gene Irwin, Josef Myrow) - 2:57
7. "The Blues Ain't Nothin' But Some Pain" - 4:59
8. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) - 3:22
9. "Make Someone Happy" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) - 6:44

Recorded on May 14 (tracks 6-9) and May 20 (tracks 1-5), 1964.

• Shirley Scott — organ, vocals
• Jerry Kail, Jimmy Nottingham, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young — trumpet (tracks 1-5)
• Willie Dennis, Urbie Green, Quentin Jackson, Tony Struda — trombone (tracks 1-5)
• Bob Ashton, Romeo Penque — reeds (tracks 1-5)
• Barry Galbraith — guitar (tracks 1-5)
• Bob Cranshaw (tracks 6-9), George Duvivier (tracks 1-5) — bass
• Otis Finch — drums (tracks 6-9)
• Osie Johnson, Johnny Pacheco, Willie Rodriguez — percussion (tracks 1-5)
• Lillian Clark, Jerry Graff - vocals (track 5)
• Oliver Nelson — arranger, conductor (tracks 1-5)