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Now’s the Time is an album by organist Shirley Scott compiling several tracks recorded between 1958 and 1964 and released on the Prestige label in 1967.

Track listing:
All compositions by Shirley Scott except where noted.

“As It Was” – 5:20
“How Sweet” – 7:37
“Ebb Tide” (Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman) – 4:05
“Now’s the Time” (Charlie Parker) – 4:35
“That’s Where It’s At” – 3:28
“Cafe Style” – 4:35
“Out of This World” (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:37

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, on May 27, 1958 (track 3) and October 23, 1958 (tracks 5-7) and at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 23, 1960 (track 4), August 22, 1961 (track 2), and March 31, 1964 (track 1).

Personnel:
Shirley Scott – organ
Joe Newman – trumpet (track 2)
Oliver Nelson (track 2), Stanley Turrentine (track 1) – tenor saxophone
Lem Winchester – vibraphone (track 4)
Bob Cranshaw (track 1), George Duvivier (tracks 3-7), George Tucker (track 2) – bass
Roy Brooks (track 2), Arthur Edgehill (tracks 3-7), Otis Finch (track 1) – drums

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Released: 1967
Recorded: May 27 and October 23, 1958, June 23, 1960, August 22, 1961, and March 31, 1964
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, and Englewood Cliffs
Label: Prestige
PR 7440
Producer: Bob Weinstock (track 3)
Esmond Edwards (tracks 2 & 4-7)
Ozzie Cadena (track 1)