{"title":"John Scofield","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Scofield is a Grammy Award winning American jazz guitarist and composer. Born on December 26th, 1951 in Dayton, Ohio, he has an impressive musical career. He has recorded and played with renowned artists such as Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker. John was also a member of The Billy Cobham \/ George Duke Band for two years and recorded with Charles Mingus. He joined the Gary Burton Quartet before touring and recording with Miles Davis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his musical accomplishments, John Scofield is happily married to Susan Scofield since 1978. They are proud parents of Jean Scofield and Evan Scofield (1987-2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome similar artists to John Scofield include The John Scofield Band, Wayne Krantz, Mike Stern, Pat Martino, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Medeski Scofield Martin \u0026amp; Wood, Charlie Hunter, Jim Hall, Michael Brecker, Oz Noy, Pat Metheny Trio, Bill Frisell,\nJohn Patitucci,\nScott Henderson,\nPat Metheny,\nJohn Abercrombie,\nGary Burton,\nPat Metheny Group,\nLarry Coryell,\nand Joshua Redman.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"john-scofield","title":"John Scofield","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Scofield's first guitar-solo-recording ever gives a résumé of all the influences and idioms he has cultivated over his career in performances on guitar, accompanied by his own rhythmic pulse and chordal backing using a loop machine. Besides jazz, John is known to have always also had a soft spot for the rock and roll and country music he grew up with, revealed here in unencumbered renditions of Buddy Holly's \"Not Fade Away\" and Hank Williams' \"You Win Again\". Between elegant and personal readings of standards, like \"It Could Happen To You\", the traditional \"Danny Boy\" and Keith Jarret's \"Coral\", Scofield presents his own timeless compositions - some new, others known. 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Wide ranging repertoire finds his trio with Vicente Archer and Bill Stewart tackling material from Dylan's \"Mr Tambourine Man\" to Neil Young's \"Old Man\", from Leonard Bernstein's \"Somewhere\" to the Miles Davis \u003ci\u003eBirth of the Cool\u003c\/i\u003e classic \"Budo\". And jazz standards including \"Stairway to the Stars\" and \"Ray's Idea\" rub shoulders with seven Scofield originals that are variously swing, funk and folk-inflected. The red thread through the programme is the trio's tremendous improvisational verve. \"I feel like we can go anywhere,\" says John Scofield of the group's multi-directional versatility. \u003ci\u003eUncle John's Band \u003c\/i\u003ewas recorded at Clubhouse Studio in Rhinebeck, New York, in August 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Scofield: guitar\u003cbr\u003eVicente Archer: double bass\u003cbr\u003eBill Stewart: drums\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM","offers":[{"title":"LPx2","offer_id":50388324811083,"sku":"2055015","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50388322976075,"sku":"2054437","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_97a9f10d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726341158"},{"product_id":"a-go-go-2","title":"A Go Go (Verve By Request)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGuitar legend John Scofield fuses with trip-hop jazz trio Medeski, Martin and Wood on this influential and much-loved album, originally released on New Year’s Day in 1998. The quartet gets funky on “Chank” and the organ-drenched “Hottentot” and nods to Scofield’s fusion roots on album highlight “Jeep on 35”. This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verve","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50394886144331,"sku":"2056551","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/A_Go_Go_19183664_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726449550"},{"product_id":"gateway-3","title":"Gateway","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith \"daring and visionary spirit\", to quote a Downbeat review from the year of  this album's release, master improvisers John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and  Jack DeJohnette forged a unique vision of trio interplay on their first joint effort  under the Gateway moniker. The trio tackles Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette  originals with a visionary idea of what three-way conversations in jazz could  sound like. As The Observer remarked in an article of the time, \"the telepathic  ensemble playing and perfect execution make it difficult to believe that this music  is almost completely improvised\". The players' respectively unique instrumental  signatures had already fully crystallised here, hinting at the music to come.     The Luminessence edition of the album arrives in a Tip-on gatefold, complete  with previously unseen archival photos and new liner notes by Wilco's Nels Cline. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    \"One thing most recordings on the label share in common is the capturing of  special moments in real time. 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Warren shot the film during May and June 1980, with a £1 million budget, half of which was financed by Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers (their first investment in a British film).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo compose the film's score, Warren brought in distinguished orchestral composer John Scott, who by 1981 had composed wide-ranging scores for some 86 films and television series. Scott's efforts in the genre have included films such as Trog, Mark Of The DEvil II, and the magnificent score for 1980's time-travel film, The Final Countdown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarren and Scott had worked together previously on his film, Satan's Slave. When it came to their next collaboration, Inseminoid, using even a small orchestra was beyond the budget; leaving electronics as the only viable means. In the process, Scott made use of synthesized rock-and-roll elements (low basso structures, electronic drums, and in particular a recurring, 8-note motif shared between electric guitar and synths, most notably in the main titles and end credits, mixed over a variegated abundance of synthetic substances. 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The quartet with Richie Beirach, George Mraz and Peter Donald - John Abercrombie's first touring band as a leader - was the group in which the guitarist defined some priorities, moving away from a jazz-rock period into a more spacious, impressionistic and original music. Abercrombie and pianist Beirach had a strong musical rapport as improvisers and wrote almost all of the band's book between them. George Mraz and Peter Donald provided imaginative support.  For this edition the recordings - made in Oslo and Ludwigsburg and produced by Manfred Eicher - were re-mastered from original analog sources.  It's a first appearance on CD for these discs in most world territories ('Arcade' was briefly available on compact disc in Japan) and re-release of these titles has been much requested by followers of both Abercrombie and Beirach as well as ECM collectors.  From the liner notes, by John Kelman: \"With the release of 'Arcade', 'Abercrombie Quartet' and 'M', John Abercrombie's entire ECM discography as a leader is finally available on CD. Looking back at these discs and their position in his oeuvre, they are revealed as seminal documents of Abercrombie's arrival as a distinctive writer, improvising guitarist and bandleader. 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