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 have concerns about how they got to this reported crisis. We've given them everything they've asked for. That should get them through it.
Military bases were damaged that need to be repaired. Those levees (in New Orleans) need to be repaired, so the Army Corps of Engineers is going to need money, ... There's highway money that's going to be needed for all the interstates that have been damaged. There are damages to the wildlife refuges down there.
legal assistance from Democrats trying to cover up a report that would tar them.
When I write a tune - and it's been like this for many years - I always hear in the back of my head some sort of vague, orchestrated, fully fleshed-out big-band version of the song with other parts going on.
I think that he is one of the most unique voices in all of jazz. Nobody sounds like him.
If I was a singer, I'd never do a tribute to Ray, ... If I was a piano player, I'd never do a tribute to Ray. But to take somebody that's so far away from what you do that you really love (I figured that) could be some interesting music. It's really been fun.
He is still dialed in and gives good counsel, and that is what we are seeking.
Katrina strengthens the House's hand that we need to stick to this budget.
I have to work at tunes to get them to come out. Sometimes I'll sit there for four or five hours and get absolutely nothing.
In the States, this type of jam-band phenomena has opened it up for groups to improvise, admittedly more in the groove area, as opposed to the straight-ahead jazz thing - which is good for me, as that's one part of where I'm at. It's been so great playing these gigs and seeing kids come out and the whole college scene.
Generally, when a record label suggests album ideas for you, you smile politely, and then proceed to shoot it down, because it's never what you as an artist feel is right for you.
The chairman has been getting earmarks for his district for 25 years ... long before this firm existed.
The jazz clubs wind up having only rich tourists - the kids can't come. If they do, then they spend their entire monthly allotments on a 45-minute set.
The Meters are, I think, the most influential group in our time to come out of New Orleans, to have changed and introduced us all to a way of playing, and to a groove and a level of feel in playing funk-jazz.