John Scofield
John Scofield
John Scofield, often referred to as "Sco", is an American jazz-rock guitarist and composer, who has played and collaborated with Miles Davis, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey DeFrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Pat Martino, Mavis Staples, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham, Medeski Martin & Wood, George Duke, Jaco Pastorius, John Mayer, Robert Glasper, Gov't Mule, and many other well-known artists. At ease in the bebop idiom, Scofield is also well versed in jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth26 December 1951
CountryUnited States of America
We're going to have to stick to this budget. We're going to have to reduce the defense transfer and we're going to have to drop the gimmicks. That's our starting point and ending point.
We've tried to keep the bill free of extraneous spending.
We sharply limited the number we would consider, based on good government reform. The fewer coming in, the better you can scrub the ones coming in.
I guess I got lucky with my sound.
It's easy to talk about it in the abstract, but the devil's always in the details.
It's really good to be forced to get away and try something else, find something that's exciting.
The administration has threatened to veto the bill over this extraneous rider, and there are too many important initiatives in the bill for that to happen.
The language is still being massaged, but the intent would be to block this specific deal.
It turns out kids today still learn that four-chord progression when they're just picking up the guitar.
We think it's very appropriate for members to have a hand in the decision of how money is spent in their districts.
It's very common for members to change their priorities.
It's one thing to sit at home and write a piece with your guitar, and quite another to have it performed by four people. For me, it's always trial and error.
It makes a difficult job even harder, because there are holes we have to fill. Some of these proposals aren't new, but in an even tighter budget year, the problems are exacerbated.
We passed a clean bill, and we want to keep it as close to the president's request as possible.