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

Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Wed, 22 Apr 1998 01:40:24 -0700


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>From: Elson Trinidad <elson@westworld.com>
>Subject: New John Scofield (yes, THAT John Scofield...)
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>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. :)
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>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).
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>At least this will give me and my Scofield-worshipping guitarist friends
>something to agree about.
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>Any thoughts?
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Saw/heard him at the Chicago Jazz Fest a couple of years ago, but, was
mostly paying attention to Idirus Mohammed on drums. He had a grove, but,
Wes Montgomery did it better.
I read in an interview with Charlie Hunter about a short gig he did with
John (uh, Medeski) in NYC.

erik g