New John Scofield (yes, THAT John Scofield...)

Elson Trinidad (elson@westworld.com)
Tue, 21 Apr 1998 18:41:51 -0700

Surprised no one's mentioned it here (which is why I hadn't found out until
recently).
Turns out fusion guitarist extraordinaire John Scofield has been bitten by
the groove bug and released an acid-jazz album, with a little help from
these three musicians...I think they go by the name of Medeski, Martin and
Wood or something. :)

Anyway, the drummer from my band has been raving about this thing. I think
it's cool, though not as thrilling as, say, Charlie Hunter, but Scofield
and MMW seem to complement each other nicely; Scofield's guitar work gives
MMW a dimension that was previously missing in previous MMW efforts, and
the raw grooves of MMW save Scofield from corny status (a typical condition
when contemporary fusion artists want that acid jazz sound).

At least this will give me and my Scofield-worshipping guitarist friends
something to agree about.

Any thoughts?

Elson
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