To say that guitarist Andrew Scott‘s new CD, The Brightest Minute, leans backward as much as it does forward isn’t a slam, it’s a compliment. It’s always a pleasure to hear a musician who salutes the prowess of his predecessors—in this case, masters like Billy Bauer, Johnny Smith, Tal Farlow, Barney Kessel, Jim Hall and others—and uses it as a springboard for his own musical reconnaissance.
