John Scofield interviewed by Pablo Held PART 1
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I grew up listening to John Scofield through my parents who are big fans of his music. So each time we’d go on holidays or just went for a little trip in the car there’d be a cassette with Sco’s music playing at some point during the journey. “Still Warm”, “Hand Jive”, “What We Do”, “I Can See Your House from Here”, “Quiet” and also his records with Miles Davis like “Decoy” or “You’re Under Arrest” are are deeply ingrained in my childhood memories.
When I was ten years old my parents took me to see John Scofield for the first time. He was touring with a great quintet (Seamus Blake, Kevin Hays, Larry Grenadier & Bill Stewart) playing the music from the “Quiet” album. This was an unforgettable experience to say the least. Since then I’ve seen him live countless other times, collecting his records, looking for bootlegs, reading his interviews and transcribing lots of his songs.
In 2014 my trio got the chance to invite a special guest for a concert at Philharmonie Köln. We expressed our desire to play with Sco and to our surprise he accepted! That first concert became a record (The Trio Meets John Scofield on Pirouet Records) and after the release John asked us to come on tour with him through Europe in 2015. You can imagine how surreal all this felt, but getting to know John, playing and hanging with him has been one of the greatest experience of my life. He’s the nicest guy you can imagine, a musician of the highest order and I’m thankful to call him a friend.
Here’s my conversation with him. Hope you enjoy.
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Oh please interview everyone! It’s so difficult to connect to certain musicians and draw them out. I’ve never heard John talk so freely and enthusiastically before. Fascinating to say the least. Your perspective no doubt helps but you seem to have another connection that allowed John to open up. Marvellous, thank you so much
@PabloHeldmusic
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks a Lot Ken!!!
Wouuuuu.....Thanks so much for this!!! I have no words to thank you!! What a great hour I had watching this!!! Loved it so much!!!!!
How nice, this hour of music-talk. You two !! Thank You Pablo, for 'investigating' Sco. Thank You John for being You..
@PabloHeldmusic
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jeanne!
Love you John!
What a great interview! I started listening to Sco’s music in the early 90’s. Saw his two sets with Combo ‘66 in Warsaw, the other week, which were just great, two completely different concerts, and eventually met this genuine master of jazz guitar in person. What a feast!
Thanks for asking about Bill!
Big Bad John.... such a badass genius. Thanks Pablo for posting these interviews.
@PabloHeldmusic
4 жыл бұрын
thanks Josh!!
Well done pablo! This is gold! The album john said he plays alone is “full house” wes montgomery
Thanks! I love John's music. I started listening in 1986 with Still Warm. I'll be seeing his Combo '66 band on March 8th in Ithaca, NY.
Pablo du bist so ein king
Please keep sharing these gems, Pablo!
@PabloHeldmusic
4 жыл бұрын
Will do!
Thank you so much for this amazing interview. It’s so great to get an insight into music from such great artists!
Time in my hands is a classic. “ let’s say we did” is such a beautiful melody.
@PabloHeldmusic
Жыл бұрын
oh yes it its!
Wonderful! Thx! I remember my first Classical teacher insisting on me making every note sound the same. When he auditioned for me during the lesson I wondered why not every note sounds the same while he was playing. I was scared my ears weren't too good :D - Hearing two masters of their instruments who agree on: it's actually impossible! That relieves the last bit of an early childhood trauma :D
@MrJonahWhaler
4 жыл бұрын
It is kind of modern classical concept to achieve control hat you can make it sounds the same if you wish... I had that too.. interesting that in renaissance and baroque they had 'bad' and 'good' notes -- they learnt to play notes differently... not the same. The idea of control is there too... but today it is taught through neutrality - it is like you have to learn to be as indifferent as possible -- and it is quite the opposite actually))) you should be most involved
Great to see and hear John! You must interview David Becker. I heard that John is a fan of the David Becker/Joe Diorio record, Color Of Sound. In fact, I just saw David Becker perform a solo concert in New Zealand and he was amazing!
@nigeljones1681
Жыл бұрын
kzread.info/dash/bejne/aqRpz7psaZfTh9o.html
Thank you very much for your KZread-channel, for doing this! 🙏
@PabloHeldmusic
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for tuning in!
Great conversation!
Thanks for sharing this interview Pablo. Im a big fan of John here in Panama / Central America. Always wanted to know more about his approach to song writing and music in general. Keep at it !
@PabloHeldmusic
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for watching, Arturo!!
One of the albums John mentions is "Passion - Zbigniew Seifert (1979)". It is fantastic record. Another from the same year is "Ivory Forest - Hal Galper (1979). For Sco and late 70's hard Bop fans you can't go wrong.
@PabloHeldmusic
3 жыл бұрын
Passion is such an incredible record!!
@idontwanttousemynameyoutub7538
3 жыл бұрын
@@PabloHeldmusic It sure is. Do you know Ivory Forest? It is hard to find and I'm not sure it is on CD or streaming. I have an old record - amazing album, one of the best I think Scofield was on in the 70's and 80's and that's saying something!
Great interviewing skill/wonderful questions/so much love...What a treasure, thank you!
@PabloHeldmusic
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words Mark!
Amazing and insightful interview. Bravo! Thank you.
These are are beautiful interviews Pablo...Bravo!!
@PabloHeldmusic
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Will! I enjoy doing them
Great!
Pablo Held, you are a fenomenal intervjewer! :)
@PabloHeldmusic
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!
Loved it! thx!
Wow, I'm gonna get stuck into this, saw Pablo's trio with Sco a couple year's back, simply phenomenal, loved it and bought the LP too.
@PabloHeldmusic
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Joff!
@JoffEngland
6 жыл бұрын
Such a great interview, I've forced myself to stop halfway through so I can absorb it all, what was the JDJ, Bierach LP you both talked about?...pleeeease keep these interviews coming, they're absolute gems, thanks Pablo.
@PabloHeldmusic
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks again Joff! The record is Zbigniew Seifert's "Passion", an absolute masterpiece!! BTW there's a new interview online with the great Larry Goldings: kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6tqz9uOd7vYlZs.html
@JoffEngland
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Pablo you've got a great interview style and you've brought out so much inspiring stuff from Sco here that I've never heard him talk about. Made me wonder what the "bad sound" gig was on tour with you guys, I caught you at Cheltenham Festival UK and it was in a tent, but the sound at the back was great, one of my best gig experiences. Cheers for the link, your LP Investigations is a classic and thanks for offering lead sheets on your site. pabloheld.com
Wonderful interview, you guys have great chemistry. Does anyone know what song is playing in the outro? Sounds very interesting.
@PabloHeldmusic
2 жыл бұрын
thank you! It's this one: pabloheld.bandcamp.com/track/kubrick-camp-out
@fallinditch8886
2 жыл бұрын
@@PabloHeldmusic Wonderful! Thanks for quick response Pablo, and again for your great work.
@PabloHeldmusic
2 жыл бұрын
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I assume the Boston club he refers to @37:21 is the Regattabar in Harvard Square. I wasn't aware the on-stage sound sucks there, but I know that the noise (glasses, ice, plates) from the bar is totally inconsiderate, and distracting, and has been that way for decades. One time when I saw (Mr. Nice Guy) Frisell play a solo set there he got exasperated enough with the noise that he made a remark.
Scofield, Stewart, Hays ... you should call this “the gangster channel”
The Lord.