In junior high I snuck in to the room of my friend's older brother and found A Go Go in his cd player. Listened to the first track, stole the cd. I have been hooked on scofield ever since. Looks like crime does pay.

I had the opportunity to see Scofield in Sweden a while ago. Probably the best concert I've ever been to. Small village too. It turned out the guy who booked him helped Scofield out in a situation he had in Stockholm some years ago. Scofield's luggage (guitars, amps, pedals etc) got lost at the airport and this guy (living some 600 km south of Stockholm) was a big fan of Scofields music and had an exact setup of his gear. He drove up to Sthlm and lend him his gear. As a return favor he played ..

Sco is amazing. Really a unique player....and amazing! Hard to find your own unique voice on guitar or any instrument for that matter and Sco has done that!!

Great music is not about just notes but silence too and this trio really knows how to use it ... shear pleasure!

This kicked butt, Sco's music say's so much. I have always loved his tone.

Bill Stewart is incredible. words can't discribe.

I heard them last night. Such a tight band, such an a mazing guitar player. Only an hour-long set but one of the best gigs of my life. THX JS, SS, BS!!

This has got to be one of the best trios of the past ten years.

Scofield's soloing has such incredible depth, and the energy from the musical synthesis among the 3 is so palpable, it makes you go into high.

I can't stop listening to this. Sco is just...well....the best. His use of dissonance is hard to believe. So sick nasty amazing dank nuggets.

man, that's PURE GROOVE right there !

Amazing performance!!

The Scho man is a revolutionary. He slaps mainstream music in the face and dares to redefine all genres that pigeonhole what is "normal" in the world of music. I saw this guy at the 2009 Jazzfest in NOLA; what a fucking show! I missed out on a lot of great playing over the years, but not anymore.

I heard them last night. Such a tight band, such an amazing guitar player. Only an hour-long set but one of the best gigs of my life. THX JS, SS, BS!!

My favourite trio :D yeah!!!!

this trio is really amazing, I'd love to see them live!

Nice one Dan keep the parts comin'! Love Bill playin...

Steve Swallow have an unique voice. He is one of yhe great Bass Player.

hope you listen to that in heaven,ANDREA love you 4 ever MARCO

Thanks :)

Great, pls listen to music via CD and this one is just to see how it was there in Blue Note NY Thks to all

Awesome stuff!

Were cool now......Me and John and John Scofield .

I agree with it all you said except the sleep line.Two great players and both are unmistakable with the tone/ sound especially Scofield

that meters groove + falling-off-the-edge tone = sco kills

just superb I'd say. Scofield is my favorite improvisation player ever, awsome.

Master of Style.

Sco takes me places. I can't account for all the sounds that come off his fingerboard from watching him. He's like a magician. His tone is an acquired taste, but his feel is something very special. There is no other guitarist I'd rather emulate.

I LOVE THE GROOVE OF SCOFIELD

Simply STELLAR!!!

Steve Swallow is jammin like a boss

all i can say wow

there is a "Like the Moon" tease in here (or at least an extremely similar riff). That song is from the JSB disc "Up All Night." Listen at around 1:50ish. It sounds a lot like the intro to that song.

great!

... and for us guys that hit things ... uhh ...ya got any gum? Mixa whatian? You guys are awesome!!! Killin' band!!! So out and so brilliantly in.

Bill is one smooth rhythmicsayer

SoCo And Scofield.....solid.

even his voice has mad effects.

I like his comping with intervals and three note chords more than his single note lines...but they're great as well.

brilliant .. love the way Scofield sets up the change at 4:23

Smooth and sharp at the same time.

Well said.

It's called tastiness, note choice, and groove. "Cannonbo"

yeah trully great musician! :) happy to seen him in Java jazz jakarta :)

@egyptianminor I meant Abm7, since he plays Dorian based lines over it, implying this chord is a ii degree mode, hence from Gb Major/Ionian- I chord, hence more appropriate to refer to the G#m7 as Abm7

Hear lots of quotes in this one - I was made for lovin' you; Son of a preacher man... maybe I'm going crazy. Off to see the JS trio in one week, can't wait

(that guy is awesome)

@firedancerart still, this is refreshing. Scofield plays this style well even without an organ backing him up, his sound his so full it sounds more than a trio... It's nice there's more than one version for this number.

At first the tone strikes as a bit abrasive, but that quickly passes if you listen to it all rather than just his tone. Wonderful groove going on here with that bit of atonality that just blends so wonderfully with the groove. I quite like the harmonic style here over some of the other scofield stuff I've heard.

excelente

mega!

I couldn't disagree more. Everything he plays is completely conscious and intentional. It takes a sophisticated ear to appreciate Sco thoroughly.

Total funkified kick-ass tone-to-the-bone no-holds-barred freedom to explore while escorting the auto-tuned nation to the door.

So much better than the album version! I wish he would have cut lose on the A Go Go album a little more.

amazing..and yes, dirty!

yes, he doesn't mind sounding bad. That is really something to aspire to.

4:23 great harmonics

Been thinking about the Metheny vs Scofield thing lately. Everybody seems to bring it up. It comes down to what you like to hear. Honestly, they are both equally world class players, but Scofield makes me want to listen, think AND dance, where Metheny makes me want to go to sleep.

YEAH! Practice time.

Steve is like a Zen master.

@Fiddlercrab3 haha cheers, nice to get a reply a year after writing a comment! :) Yeahh I've got into a lot of Kurt's stuff recently, he's amazing! Thanks :)

@Paiste01 This is in the great music genre,very rare these days!

Don Shula? This is the one and only Steve Swallow... One of the all time great bassists.

He just switched to electric in the 60's or 70's (I forget which) and stuck with it. He's always been using a pick on the electric.

top : best : amazing

awesome tune. changed it a lot compared to the album. go scofield. you guys need to hear the remake of The House On The Rising Sun he did in his last album This Meets That.

He man not be flashy, but he's so groovy and genius.

swing...feeling. who cares. it is scofield and he is great.

@pfarnac1 She is entranced and hypnotized by the music. We can see what she's doing...but she doesn't know what she is doing or where she is. She is blinded by the music and is in Heaven.

nice pareil comme groove

Swing is often a term thrown around to mean more than just the traditional meaning (ie, long-short eights). In this case it is referring more to the rhythm in terms of the groove, the accents, etc. Instead of implying that the music is 'swung', it is simply swing'n, in the same way it's kickin', grooving, or another adjective that suits your fancy.

i like my drummers like my surfboard shapers--named bill stewart. shredding occurs either way. i'll never forget the first time i saw stew play with sco. it was in pasadena in '89 (i think, maybe '90?), and stew had just joined the band as this fresh-face youngster. ripping!

Sometimes you just gotta sit back and watch scofield tear that 6-string a new one.

His playing is right on the edge of what's comfortable- I love it, but I understand how non-musicians would be thinking "what the hell is this guy playing?"

nice !... I like green tea です.

@Holycrap27 i'm sure he was trying to make that sounds. Scofield is amazing.

Professionals.

shreddin from bill stewart...absolutely amazing./.... anyone know what kit/cymbals hes using? preferably cymbals :D

bill stewart slays

I like it very much. The bass and drums line sounds a little bit like Samba or Bossa Nova to me. Very nice.

So you want Scofield to sound like all the other players? All great players you mentioned for sure! I personally like and appreciate John's sound ......Very distinct 'John Scofield sound'...not cookie cutter playing.

@TheApocalyptical1 the discussion was about Lydian or Dorian.. that's whats important. THAT's how he saw you don't appreciate (or study) jazz

I couldnt agree more.Saying that theory takes away from creativity is like saying the best carpenters only use a hammer.Not to say there arent naturals who didnt study theory and still play well but with todays wealth of musical knowledge why not look at it?

@fourfinger451 Well, as a matter of fact, I do. But thanks for your initial posting of the pitches (I hope that's the correct term in English - what I mean are the references to the parent scale in Roman numerals).

that's sco's sound. he uses distortion, and the bridge pickup.

Oh thanks, I've heard his other stuff but this one sounds like one of those "dubbed over" joke vids.

Great video! Thanks for sharing this... Eh? Are those feedback noises? I never thought an ibanez of that class still prone to this kind of feedback! Nevertheless, sco handled that reallly well!!!

A: G#m7 / G#m6 (G#m Dorian/Mel.minor) B: E7/9/13(+11) (E Myxo/Lyd.b7) C#m7 F#7 (C# Dorian-ii/V in B Maj) A 4-3 or G/A (A Myxo/G Lyd.),but @ 1:32 he plays A7+11(A Lyd.dom)or E Mel.minor, since it resolves back to G#m.

fantastic to hear it live, but i do miss mmw's unique sound on this song

Sounds like one of those "shreds" videos.

I think that phantom 'wooooo' feedback adds to his overall character and when he rakes that arpeggio 1:49 it creeps in as if its answering his phrase, Scofield wins

That drummer's style reminds me of Rob Garcia

@spizznightelf so true

I WOULD DESCRIBE IT: LA MERMA DE LA MERMA !!!!!!

1:47 tasty rakes

@BassicallyChristian lol thats a good summary of whats going on here!

damn yeah that would be great. or marcus miller

you have to be brave to hit those notes. john is one guitarist with big balls :D

is there something wrong with the sound? is anyone else having the problem where the guitar sound is crackly?

i agree with rjminns but i also really like wayne krantz....can you name me someone who plays like him, cos i really like his style and i'd liked to hear more... cheers.....