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The Story of Jazz Guitar
by AAJ Staff
While in its early days, jazz guitar was considered a rhythm instrument alongside the banjo of Dixieland. In 1940, Charlie Christian and his Gibson ES-150 changed that and elevated guitar to lead instrument status alongside the saxophone and trumpet--instruments that could acoustically cut through the sound of a piano-bass-drums rhythm section. Here, we encapsulate some of ...
Jesse Lewis: Atticus
by John Dworkin
The cover art of Jesse Lewis' Atticus is a simple yet striking image: a leaf with its veins replaced by digital circuitry cupped in a pair of hands. The leaf as precious motherboard. The interpretations of the image on its own could vary, but how it relates to Lewis's recording is relatively clear. How nature fits ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: John Scofield
All About Jazz is celebrating John Scofield's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY John ScofieldWhen I first got into jazz -- around 1969, I came from playing R&B and Soul in High School... more Website | Videos | Articles Join John Scofield's fan network ...
Randy Brecker: Randy in Brasil
by John Kelman
Perhaps unfairly overshadowed by his brother, the late saxophonist Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker has, nevertheless been one of the most significant trumpeters of the past forty years. While his small discography as a leader contains as many misses as it does hits, he's brought a unique voice to countless sessions, working with everyone from Horace Silver, ...
John Scofield: Taking an Axe to Jazz
Guitar great John Scofield talks to Graham Reid about a shining career that has seen him play with some musical legends Sad but true, admits jazz guitarist John Scofield. When he gets together with his peers, like Pat Metheny and Bill Frisell, they do get guitar-nerdy and the ladies are long gone by that point. “There's ...
John Scofield: This Meets That
by Karen Hogg
Guitarist John Scofield's This Meets That is a trio record--sort of. While Scofield has old friends and collaborators Steve Swallow and Bill Stewart on board as his rhythm section, the guitarist also enlisted quite a horn section for this venture: Roger Rosenberg, Lawrence Feldman, Jim Pugh and John Swana add a harmonic lushness and punch to ...
John Scofield at Jazz Cafe, London
by Frederick Bernas
John Scofield Trio + Horns Jazz CafeLondon, England March 29, 2008 How to begin a review of a concert at which one's musical outlook has been picked up, shaken about, flung around haphazardly and finally set back down in a completely different state? John Scofield has enjoyed a rich and ...
This Meets That
Label: EmArcy
Released: 2007
Track listing: The Low Road; Down D; Strangeness in the Night; Heck of a Job;
Behind Closed Doors; House of the Rising Sun; Shoe Dog; Memorette;
Trio Blues; Pretty Out; I Can't Get No Satisfaction.
Green Tea
Featuring the music of John Scofield
Duration: 9:37
Guitarist John Scofield Interviewed at AAJ
Guitarist John Scofield is an unassuming chap, seemingly at ease with himself and most things around him. He's ever congenial. Clever and well-grounded. Catch him wearing spectacles, and his look is professorial. But don't, for a minute, think Scofield isn't serious about music. The status he's achieved in the music world was accomplished with hard work, ...
