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
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.
It's very common for members to change their priorities.
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.
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.
It's easy to talk about it in the abstract, but the devil's always in the details.
It turns out kids today still learn that four-chord progression when they're just picking up the guitar.
The language is still being massaged, but the intent would be to block this specific deal.
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.
I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz.
I like forms that are flexible, that can let you feel creative.
Who isn't a fan of Ray Charles?
Hang on to your eccentricities, because they will give you a style.
We don't want any vocalist messing up the music.