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
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I think that he is one of the most unique voices in all of jazz. Nobody sounds like him.
Katrina strengthens the House's hand that we need to stick to this budget.
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.
This is music I've known since I first started to play the guitar. Ray's music was one of my inspirations: He was a super soul-music man, but he was also a jazz musician, too. I see him as the height of honest expression.
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.
Who isn't a fan of Ray Charles?
We've tried to keep the bill free of extraneous spending.
We're going to have to stick to this budget. We're going to have to reduce the defense transfer and we're going to have to drop the gimmicks. That's our starting point and ending point.