GearFest 2018 Interview with John Scofield
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From his early work with Medeski Martin & Wood to his extensive solo career, John Scofield has played a leading role in the development of modern jazz guitar. In this interview he talks with Mitch Gallagher about his workshop at GearFest 2018, his signature Ibanez guitar, and much more. - Hudba
I want to see "The John Scofield Story", starring Jeff Bridges.
Right on!
Sco’s not the guy you hear play a lick and think ‘Holy crap, how did he do that?!!’...It’s more like ‘How the frig did he think of playing that?!’ For me, anyways. John Scofield can say more with 5 perfectly placed notes than a lot of shredders can with a flurry of chops.
excellent observation
Try to play what he's playing and you still think "Holly crap, how did he play it like that?"
A true and most excellent observation coming from a pre eminent groove meister - Rob "Beat Down" Brown!
It's both of the things you mention. In particular, those sloppy-sounding licks that he does are not only unusual, but hard to play correctly.
You just try playing his notes and you’ll realize it’s not that easy. The way he plays just makes it sound easy
What a down to earth guy! He is in fact a "virtuoso" but he doesn't want to be labeled as such. That is a TRUE virtuoso!
I heard Scofield the first time in a Jazz festival, in Chile 2007. I went with a friend, and i asked to my friend ¿this is jazz???? . I was very impressed. Before that I listened jazz without to feel nothing, for snobbis, but this day i felt the jazz by the first time, and then never stop. The sound, groove, the feeling, playing with the pedals, the boomerang, the chorus, the real lenguage, was great. And im playing! Thanks master! This day changed my life for ever!
Good interview with one of the greatest guitarists ever to play the instrument AND he sounds like himself and no one else. Two notes you know it’s Sco.
Great interview with John Scofield. Love this young man.
Master, one of the best!!! That workshop is going to be amazing!!!
The dude. My fucking hero,both on and off screen ❤️
Saw him at The Bistro in St. Louis in April, and I was privileged enough to talk to him and get some great advice from him afterwards. Besides being an absolute genius on guitar he was a super nice guy!
a true musician who should be listened to in this interview and of course in his live shows.
Not only is he a great guitarist but a really humble and nice guy.
Sco - the elder statesman; the Buddha sitting atop a mountain; the all knowing musician. Keep going, bro Sco.
Great interview. Great John.
Comentare en castellano solo para hacer mas evidente lo lejos que llega el genio de este músico... Scofield siendo capaz de tocar como los "virtuosos" a demostrado conforme pasan los años, su apuesta a el "como" por encima de el "cuanto". Admiración y amor por este ser creativo.
I love John Scofield
Gotta love Scofield - come back and play in Ireland John!
Nice video thank sweet water 🎸🎸👍👍
uncle john is easily in the top 5 list of the funkies/groovies human beings to ever walk the surface of earth.
Scofield is true to the Miles Davis' 'keep it moving' musical mindset. While I do miss the 'Rat and Chorus' sounds from the 'Still Warm' days, I've come to understand Sco's reasoning for NOT doing it anymore. #respect #keepitmoving #keepitfresh #keepsearching
Mitch...I would have lost my nerve if John Scofield was sitting across from me! Great job!
yes bill frisell, sco, robben ford, Charlie hunter,mike stern, etc.
.Sco!! ...The Legend...The Master.....:)
Playing together behind the beat!!
Or one behind and one ahead of the beat
Lest we not forget that he lost his son in 2013 to cancer. Hes one tough guy.
I think that's the first occasion I see a description of Scofield's career not using his time with Miles Davis as an example from his early career.
And didn't MMW start more than a decade into Sco's career?
Is Scofield wearing hearing aids? Check out those shots from the back. I think you can see the connecting tube on his right ear.
blerkh I met him a year or two ago and it was the first day he had them in and he talked about them a bit. He plays louuuuuuudddd
Corey Williams Last time I saw him play live was like 25 years ago (Jeebus!), with the last version of the quartet with Lovano, and he wasn't particularly loud back then. Maybe he started turning it up after playing with MM&W and all that...
blerkh he visited a shop I work in to test some amps out and it was pretty noisy. That being said I’m sure it has a lot so do w how often he is playing more than anything. That dude plays a lot!
Sco
The Man!
"Early work with MMW"? Ouch.
yea how about ACTUAL early work with Cobham!
AND MILES!
I love all of Sco's music, however, I believe MSMW's "A Go Go" was a turning point for Sco. It is my honest opinion that he truly found his sound right around that time. The A Go Go album is incredibly inspiring for me, as it was for Scofield.
N P Yeah I wore that record out too. Been a fan since MD Decoy, Still Warm and Bass Desires. That’s “early work”. MMW was a new context, not a new sound, IMO. That’s all. Cheers.
@@nopolygons2596 I really like A Go Go... Excellent stuff.
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The early Scofield records are immense. Rough House......
Yes, I actually prefer his earlier sounds. Rough House is my favorite. His soloing on "Aileron" with Giant Steps like changes is phenomenal . Going to see him perform this Saturday in Phoenix.
Agree, that's a killer record, also the album 'Live', from the previous year, w/ Richie Beirach, George Mraz and Joe Labarbera is IMHO on the same level. Another one I really like is the 1979 release 'Who's Who?' - overall a bit more Funky, but some equally furious and inspired blowing. And two incredible groups: Kenny Kirkland, Anthony Jackson and Steve Jordan on the Electric Funk tracks and Dave Liebman, Eddie Gomez and Billy Hart on he acoustic Straight Ahead ones
"Early work with MMW"? Double ouch!!
Right!
never noticed until now, Scofield kinda looks and even talks like William Hurt
I'm hearing a bit of Jeff Bridges! Sco's a legend. Love him.
Definitely Jeff Bridges. The Sco abides!
Haha, i've totally made that same connection to William Hurt, thanks for validating it, made he'll play him in the movie :)
While I do hear a bit of Hurt, to my ears me he sounds more like a cross between Jeff Bridges and Curt Kirkwood (guitarist for The Meat Puppets), but he looks like a cross between Matt Walsh and Robert Duvall (when he grins/smiles/laughs). However, when he was young, in the 1970s, he looked a bit like James Taylor from the same era.
Looks like Hurt, sounds like Jeff...
I learnt about groove when I first had Cubase VST and discovered how to program a shuffled 16th note groove for swing also known as Foxtrot, R&B, Hard House or Garage but then spent a lifetime trying to sequence funky Trance dance.
I eventually discovered the biggest sequencing secret and first used the phrase Funky groove but realise this same groove is a natural human phenomenon found in Latin, the Quickstep, Jive, Rock&Roll, Bebop, HipHop, Blue Grass etc. I still use the old 1980's Cubase VST as I am not sure the approach I discovered is possible on the current sequencers.
this sweetwater guy is such a stiff. he responds like he isn't even listening to the answers. i bet he's the one who sent that drummer up on stage with mike stern and nathan east.
Just listen to John, ignore him. :)