John Scofield

John Scofield - The Best Of John Scofield: The Blue Note Years (1996)

John Scofield - The Best Of John Scofield: The Blue Note Years (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 414 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 147 Mb | Scans included | 01:03:00
Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop, Guitar Jazz | Label: Blue Note | # CDP 7243 8 53330 2 6

Many highlights of Scofield's work from his late 1980s-early 1990s tenure on Blue Note are included in this collection, which features cameos from Pat Metheny, Joe Lovano, Randy Brecker, and Bill Frisell among many other all stars. Also included is material from Hand Jive, Scofield's collaboration with Eddie Harris, and an unreleased take on Wayne Shorter's "Tom Thumb".
John Scofield Quartet - The John Scofield Quartet Plays Live (1993)

John Scofield Quartet - The John Scofield Quartet Plays Live (1993)
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Genre: Contemporary Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Jazz Door (JD 1249)

Known for his distinctive, slightly distorted sound, jazz guitarist John Scofield is a masterful jazz improviser who has straddled the lines between straight-ahead post-bop, fusion, funk, and soul-jazz. One of the "big three" of late 20th century jazz guitarists (along with Pat Metheny and Bill Frisell), Scofield's influence grew in the '90s and continued into the 21st century. He first emerged in the mid-'70s playing with trumpeter Chet Baker and drummer Billy Cobham before launching his solo career with albums like 1977's East Meets West and 1981's Out Like a Light. He was an integral member of Miles Davis' ensemble in the '80s, and continued to issue his own albums like 1986's Blue Matter and 1998's A Go Go with Medeski, Martin & Wood. Well into his fourth decade as a performer, Scofield continues to garner critical acclaim, including winning Grammy Awards for 2015's Past Present and 2016's Country for Old Men.

Mark-Anthony Turnage & John Scofield - Scorched (2003)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Oct. 10, 2022
Mark-Anthony Turnage & John Scofield - Scorched (2003)

Mark-Anthony Turnage & John Scofield - Scorched (2003)
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Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Modern Classical | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Deutsche Grammophon (474 729-2)

Commissioned by the Society of Friends and Patrons of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and recorded at its premiere performance in September of 2002, Scorched is an extended suite of large-scale reconceptions of guitarist John Scofield's jazz compositions, scored for big band, symphony orchestra, and guitar trio. English composer Mark-Anthony Turnage has been working in the borderland between jazz and classical music since his early days at the feet of Gunther Schuller, and his orchestral elaborations on Scofield's original themes are surprisingly insightful and exciting. Scofield himself leads the trio, which also includes the legendary drummer Peter Erskine and electric bassist John Patitucci. Turnage avoids the standard classical-jazz crossover error of trying to make an ensemble this large actually swing…

John Scofield - John Scofield (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 1, 2022
John Scofield - John Scofield (2022)

John Scofield - John Scofield (2022)
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Guitar Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: ECM Records

John Scofield’s first guitar-solo-recording ever gives a résumé of all the influences and idioms he has cultivated over his career in performances on guitar, accompanied by his own rhythmic pulse and chordal backing using a loop machine. Besides jazz, John is known to have always also had a soft spot for the rock and roll and country music he grew up with, revealed here in unencumbered renditions of Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away” and Hank Williams’ “You Win Again”. Between elegant and personal readings of standards, like “It Could Happen To You”, the traditional “Danny Boy” and Keith Jarret’s “Coral”, Scofield presents his own timeless compositions – some new, others known. For the guitarist, it’s all about “the way you get the sound out of the string and what you do with it after you attack it.”

John Scofield - Live (1978) [Reissue 1987]  Music

Posted by gribovar at June 26, 2022
John Scofield - Live (1978) [Reissue 1987]

John Scofield - Live (1978) [Reissue 1987]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 442 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 172 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Enja (ENJA CD 3013-2)

This set features some high-quality post-bop guitar playing by the immediately distinctive John Scofield. The four lengthy selections - three originals and an over 15-minute rendition of "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" - find Scofield, pianist Richie Beirach, bassist George Mraz and drummer Joe LaBarbera really stretching out. The music holds one's interest throughout and shows how mature a player the guitarist was even during his early pre-Miles Davis period.
John Scofield - That's What I Say: John Scofield Plays The Music Of Ray Charles (2005) (Re-up)

John Scofield - That's What I Say: John Scofield Plays The Music Of Ray Charles (2005)
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Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (B0004360-02)

With John Scofield, a big part of the fun is never knowing what the guitarist will do from one album to the next. He might provide an album that is abstract and cerebral, or he might come up with something funky and groove-oriented; That's What I Say: John Scofield Plays the Music of Ray Charles is a perfect example of the latter. Featuring well-known guest vocalists who include Dr. John, Mavis Staples (as in the Staple Sisters), Aaron Neville and John Mayer, this tribute to the late Ray Charles is definitely one of Scofield's more commercial projects - which isn't to say that he shouldn't be proud of the album. Commercialism isn't necessarily a bad thing as long as it is tastefully done, and That's What I Say is a tasteful effort that finds Scofield fluctuating between instrumental soul-jazz and vocal-oriented soul…

John Scofield - Liquid Fire: The Best Of John Scofield (1994)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Aug. 14, 2022
John Scofield - Liquid Fire: The Best Of John Scofield (1994)

John Scofield - Liquid Fire: The Best Of John Scofield (1994)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 359 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 142 MB | Covers - 14 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Gramavision (GCD 79501)

In a neatly symmetrical fashion, Gramavision chose two tracks from each of Scofield's half-dozen albums for the label, sequenced them chronologically, cross-faded or ran many of them together, and ended up with an exciting hourlong summary of his mid-'80s output (would that more best-of albums be assembled with such consistency). After the jagged electric jazz-rock of the first two albums, Electric Outlet and Still Warm, "Make Me" and "The Nag" from Blue Matter inject a funk element into the Scofield bag, which becomes even nastier on "Wabash" (from Loud Jazz) before resolving into the potently jazzier direction of Flat Out ("The Boss's Car" is a gas). Amidst all of the electric bluster and energy, there is a dignified, quietly bluesy Scofield solo take on "Georgia on My Mind" (from Pick Hits Live) at the dead center of the CD…
Dayna Stephens featuring John Scofield - The Timeless Now (2007) (Re-up)

Dayna Stephens featuring John Scofield - The Timeless Now (2007)
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 364 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 156 MB | Covers - 110 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: CTA Records (CTA 005)

Dayna Stephens is a contemporary jazz tenor saxophonist whose sound is roundly hailed as warm, effusive, and sophisticated, much like his admitted influences Joe Henderson and Wayne Shorter. As a performer in the neo-bop post-Michael Brecker tradition, he'll also be compared in blindfold tests alongside Joe Lovano, Bob Mintzer, Chris Potter, and Seamus Blake. Nonetheless, Stephens has come out of the gate with a collection of original modern mainstream compositions backed by some established heavyweights of American music to support him. "Contagious" is the best track on the date to feature the young and brilliant pianist Taylor Eigsti, a chip off the ol' Chick Corea block. His complex, probing intricate rhythm changes spur the band on to a high level, while in a modal and beautifully spiritual area during the standard "But Beautiful," Eigsti coaxes Stephens to a cozier radiance tempered by restraint…

John Scofield Trio - Shinola (1982) [Reissue 1997]  Music

Posted by gribovar at June 24, 2022
John Scofield Trio - Shinola (1982) [Reissue 1997]

John Scofield - Shinola (1982) [Reissue 1997]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 179 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 88 MB | Covers - 6 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Enja (ENJ-4004 2)

Shortly before joining Miles Davis' group, guitarist John Scofield recorded this passionate trio set with electric bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Adam Nussbaum. Much of Scofield's playing here is quite rock-ish although he does show off his jazz chops on Jackie McLean's "Dr. Jackle." The frequently intense music has plenty of fiery moments.

John Scofield - 5 Original Albums (2018)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Dec. 7, 2020
John Scofield - 5 Original Albums (2018)

John Scofield - 5 Original Albums (2018)
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Jazz Fusion, Post-Bop | Label: Blue Note Records

A relatively short span in the career of guitarist John Scofield, but one that really shows him changing a lot as well! Scofield first came up as a musician with a more breezy, open tune – that approach to jazz guitar that really blossomed in the 70s – particularly as some of the more soul-based players of the previous decade opened their minds to more spiritual and experimental settings, particularly on labels like ECM or Muse. Here, Scofield almost goes the other way – starting out with more of those open, chromatic hues that were one of his biggest calling cards in the 80s – then shifting into more groove-oriented material, pointing towards a stronger soul jazz direction he'd take as the 90s moved on. The five albums here cover the span of five years of recording – and each are presented in cool little LP-styled sleeves – in a package that includes the records Time On My Hands, Meant To Be, Grace Under Pressure, Hand Jive, and Groove Elation.