John Scofield

John Scofield 'Yankee Go Home' Dolomiti Ski Jazz Festival 2024

by Danilo Codazzi
March 25, 2024

A collection of photos from the John Scofield “Yankee Go Home" concert at Dolomiti Ski Jazz Festival 2024 in Moena on March 16, 2024 featuring John Scofield, Jon Cowherd, Vicente Archer, and Josh Dion. ...

Dolomiti Ski Jazz - Edizione 2024

by Paolo Peviani
March 19, 2024

Dolomiti Ski Jazz--Edizione 2024 Val di Fiemme, Val di Fassa, Val di Cembra 8-17.3.2024 Concerti nei teatri e nelle terrazze dei rifugi, jam session nei pub, street parade nelle vie dei paesi a fondo valle. Il tutto contornato da paesaggi, montagne e piste da sci di rara bellezza. Da ventisei anni il Dolomiti Ski Jazz propone a residenti e turisti un mix di ingredienti unico, in grado di soddisfare tanto il jazzofilo più incallito quanto ...

Scary Goldings and The Adam Deitch Quartet: Funky But Chic

by Doug Collette
December 3, 2023

Having learned to find and make a place for himself in the bands of George Duke and Miles Davis, John Scofield has gone on to perform similar magic with artists as disparate as Medeski Martin & Wood and Phil Lesh & Friends. His latest affiliations once again find the guitarist/composer displaying his uncanny ability to sublimate himself in a group setting, while still retaining his distinctive persona as a musician: that singular style emanating from that perfect sweet spot between ...

John Scofield Trio al Roma Jazz Festival

by Mario Calvitti
November 17, 2023

John Scofield Trio Auditorium Parco della Musica Roma Jazz Festival 2023 Roma 2.11.2023 La nuova edizione del Roma Jazz Festival si è aperta con il trio del chitarrista John Scofield, attualmente in tour per la presentazione del suo nuovo album di fresca pubblicazione, Uncle John's Band, registrato durante l'estate in compagnia di Vicente Archer al contrabbasso e Bill Stewart alla batteria, che sono al suo fianco anche in questa occasione. ...

John Scofield: Uncle John's Band

by Mario Calvitti
November 13, 2023

Dopo la parentesi del primo disco realizzato in completa solitudine, il chitarrista John Scofield torna alla formazione per lui più abituale del trio, ma non lo stesso con cui aveva inciso Swallow Tales sempre per la label tedesca. Al posto di Steve Swallow troviamo infatti il contrabbassista Vicente Archer, mentre alla batteria siede nuovamente il fido Bill Stewart. È una nuova formazione per Scofield, anche se i tre insieme al pianista e organista Gerald Clayton avevano registrato Combo 66 nel ...

Fassa Wonders

by Paolo Peviani
November 13, 2023

Fassa Wonders Milano Organics SkyGarden Rooftop 7.11.2023 Preceduta da un set del quartetto della chitarrista e cantante Francesca Bertazzo, con Roberto Gorgazzini al pianoforte, Beppe Pilotto al contrabbasso, Enrico Tommasini alla batteria, si è tenuta a Milano, nella bella cornice dell'Organics SkyGarden Rooftop, la presentazione delle iniziative per la stagione 2023/24 della Val di Fassa. Filo conduttore della stagione: Fassa Wonders. Titolo evocativo delle meraviglie di questa parte delle Dolomiti (Sasso ...

John Scofield: Uncle John's Band

by Ian Patterson
October 31, 2023

John Scofield's entire oeuvre can be roughly divided into groove-based or straight-ahead recordings. Yet even in maximum groove propulsion, as on A Go Go (Verve, 1998), to cite one stellar example, Scofield's grounding in straight-ahead jazz is never far from the surface. On the flip side, his most conventional jazz is always rhythmically vital. Uncle John's Band, the guitarist's third ECM album as leader, following Swallow Tales (2020) and John Scofield (2022), falls squarely in the latter category. And it ...

All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: October 2023

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2023

All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the songs featured in October, these ten represent our reader's favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! Top Songs Uncle John's Band John Scofield From: Uncle John's Band 06:27 Some of the Things You Are Zubin Edalji From: Four Windows ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: John Scofield

Source: Michael Ricci
December 26, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating John Scofield's birthday today!

When I first got into jazz — around 1969, I came from playing R&B and Soul in High School. Jazz Rock was in its infancy stage and I was lucky enough to be around to experience the Golden Age of both Rock and Soul and see Jazz embrace that movement while I was trying to learn how to play straight-ahead Jazz. A lot of my early chances to actually gig were ...
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Interview: John Scofield, Solo

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
May 31, 2022

John Scofield has one of the most distinct and fascinating guitar sounds in jazz. Notes are picked and bent, creating a pizzicato-like, jagged sound that meows in places and lingers in others. John and I have been long-time e-mail pen pals and he's a regular reader of this blog, just as I am an avid John Scofield fan and listener. Dating back to 1977, John has recorded more than 40 albums as a leader and is a three-time Grammy winner. ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: John Scofield

Source: Michael Ricci
December 26, 2021

All About Jazz is celebrating John Scofield's birthday today!

When I first got into jazz — around 1969, I came from playing R&B and Soul in High School. Jazz Rock was in its infancy stage and I was lucky enough to be around to experience the Golden Age of both Rock and Soul and see Jazz embrace that movement while I was trying to learn how to play straight-ahead Jazz. A lot of my early chances to actually gig were ...
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John Scofield: Swallow Tales

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
June 17, 2020

The first time guitarist John Scofield recorded with bassist Steve Swallow was on drummer Bill Goodwin's Solar Energy in March 1979. Then came John's Bar Talk, with John, Steve and Adam Nussbaum on drums in 1980. Even 40 years ago, John and Steve were made for each other. The title was a wonderful play on words—relaxed talk at the bar over drinks and talk within musical bars. On the album, John and Steve kibitz on their instruments, pecking and plucking ...
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INSIDE SCOFIELD: A film about master guitarist and jazz legend John Scofield

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2020

Over the course of his long and successful musical career, John Scofield crossed paths with people like Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson and Chet Baker. With his unique style and sound he became one of today’s most influential master guitarists of jazz and fusion music. INSIDE SCOFIELD is a feature length documentary—an entertaining in-depth portrayal of the life of the popular touring musician, composer and family man. Narrated from his personal perspective Scofield himself will ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: John Scofield

Source: Michael Ricci
December 26, 2019

All About Jazz is celebrating John Scofield's birthday today!

When I first got into jazz — around 1969, I came from playing R&B and Soul in High School. Jazz Rock was in its infancy stage and I was lucky enough to be around to experience the Golden Age of both Rock and Soul and see Jazz embrace that movement while I was trying to learn how to play straight-ahead Jazz. A lot of my early chances to actually gig were ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: John Scofield

Source: Michael Ricci
December 26, 2018

All About Jazz is celebrating John Scofield's birthday today!

When I first got into jazz — around 1969, I came from playing R&B and Soul in High School. Jazz Rock was in its infancy stage and I was lucky enough to be around to experience the Golden Age of both Rock and Soul and see Jazz embrace that movement while I was trying to learn how to play straight-ahead Jazz. A lot of my early chances to actually gig were ...
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John Scofield: Combo 66

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 17, 2018

John Scofield is a gentle, soulful guy. When we talk by email, he's as kind and as thoughtful as a fence-fixer in the middle of rural Vermont or Wyoming eager to provide driving directions. That's quite a contrast from the monster guitarist you hear on his recordings. But that's the beauty of John. When John and I write each other, he reminds me of guitarist Jim Hall, who also played with enormous edge and had a neighborly, relaxed demeanor when ...
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John Scofield Quartet: Combo 66

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
October 9, 2018

John Scofield, Combo 66 (Verve) “I Can’t Dance,” guitarist Scofield proclaims by way of his new album’s opening track. It may be the rare listener, however, who won’t be moved by his quartet’s rhythmic blandishments. It is difficult not to boogie around the room—or at least groove in place—as Scofield, pianist and organist Gerald Clayton, bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Bill Stewart expand on nine Scofield compositions that merge down-home verve with the sophistication he has perfected in decades as ...
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