My favorite period ! Mr Swallow really incredible too!

I'm just blown away..... my all time favorite hands down 😎

I was really upset when around the 2000s, John Scofield seemed to largely abandon the 'Ratt-driven & Chorused' tone he was known for throughout the late-1980s into the 1990s. When I discovered this footage earlier this year, I understood. Sco didn't CHANGE his sound; he just came back 'full circle'. #respect

I think I was at this.. listening backstage..dizzys band played just before..

To play like that with a singular unique style when you’re 30 or so is unheard of…Sco is a true jazz giant.

I always loved the song “Holidays” written by Steve Swallow, the first tune here, this to me is Scofield’s finest trio!!

@christopherjones1649

Жыл бұрын

Isn't "Holidays" a Sco tune?

@jamesscott8468

Жыл бұрын

@@christopherjones1649 no its a Steve Swallow composition, Swallow is a prolific writer as well a a n innovative bassist, great tune !!

@jamesscott8468

Жыл бұрын

On second thought i think you are right, its a Scofield composition- my bad

@christopherjones1649

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesscott8468 no worries. I wish that there was more footage and live recordings of this band; it's the best! You can hear a lot of Sco's early lines that he still plays today albiet more refined.

@josephtravers777

Жыл бұрын

The trio w/ Bill Stewert was gang-busters as well. This is pretty heavy. Lots of energy.

This trio blew me away when I first heard it, it was my introduction into jazz. I think this live raw young Sco is still my favourite time. Amazing to see it on video. Big thanks.

@randerson2842

2 ай бұрын

Exactly the same here - this trio was my gateaway into jazz guitar. I loved the rawness of this

I have always enjoyed Stave Swallow's playing but had no idea he rocked as hard as he does on this first tune. His solo just keeps getting bigger and bigger until it just thunders at the end. Holy smokes. This trio is a power trio on the level of Metheny's Bright Size Life band.

@SHAWVEE

Жыл бұрын

Yes mate.! Completely agree with you.. I know the Jaco/ Pat/ Moses trio very well indeed.. and my thoughts even before seeing you’re comment radiated the same feeling as you, for me…. All the best brother x

@kyotojoel

Жыл бұрын

@@SHAWVEE You too!

This is one of the most underrated guitar trios. I recently met Adam Nussbaum at a gig he was playing with the late, great Jeff Andrews and I got a chance to ask him about the amazing records he made with this trio. :-)

@jimdixon3470

2 жыл бұрын

Steve Swallow's tone and soloing in this group are for me the best he's ever been captured. Nussbaum is one of those drummers like Philly Joe that, if you aren't a drummer yourself, but you listen to jazz for 20 or 30 years, you kind of start to realize "oh...this cat is not just swinging hard, but kind of a genius." I like the hook up John and Adam had, and wish John had reunited with him somewhere along the way. Nothing against Bill Stewart--they each create magic.

One of the best.

This concert was just about the time I was 21 and flipping through records in Third Street Jazz in Philly when I started really listening to what the store guy had been playing as I browsed. I became transfixed, and had to ask him what it was. Scofield Trio's "Bar Talk." Bought that right there, and then every other damn thing he's done. So brilliant, and such a nice guy.

@robinleek

Жыл бұрын

that's allmost my story. I heard parts of Out like a light on the radio, I was 18, started to learn to play guitar and saw him live near Amsterdam. His lightly distorted sound in combination with jazz, was like 'oh, jazz can sound cool.

@laptoprandy1983

Жыл бұрын

I wore that record out then bought the CD.

My favorite period :the john scofield trio , Enja producing… Excellent !

Absolutely amazing!

Outstanding! 👏

Wow ! Thanks for posting ! Do have anymore ! Thanks again !

@edcherry9282

2 жыл бұрын

They film full sets of everyone, so a complete video is out there somewhere

I've been waiting to find a video of this trio for decades. Thank you.

@jimdixon3470

2 жыл бұрын

If there were any justice in this world, any existing taped or filmed performances of this trio would be coming out on Resonance Records. I mean, if we can buy every gig Chet Baker ever played at a dive bar in Europe in the 1980s, we ought to be able to have a couple of more albums by this group.

@functusian

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimdixon3470 Luckily, there is the lost studio album they did (Bar Talk), and some pretty good sounding live tapes out there of shows from 80 and 81. Bar Talk is now on streaming services but was never released on CD. Glad people can hear it again. With the advent of KZread I think there is basically no market whatsoever for archival video releases.

@larryh.3173

Жыл бұрын

@@functusian Er, no. In fact, Bar Talk HAS indeed been reissued on CD. It's currently available at Amazon (at least as of 1/23, but I got my copy, umm... 15 yrs ago, IIRC). (I still have my old vinyl copy!) It is definitely my VERY favorite Scofield album of all (and I have lots of them-AFAICT, most!). Hope this helps!

@functusian

Жыл бұрын

@@larryh.3173 Good to know! I think that shows how long it's been since I was watching the CD rerelease market.

Thanks for this. Matches what I saw in my mind's eye when listening to Sco back in the Enja years..

Can't quite put my finger on it, but something about that first tune (Holidays) reminds me of Pat Me off Grace Under Pressure. MrMartinfg: You are 'da fuckin' man for uploading this. Bless you :)

Excellent !

Just his guitar and a tube amp.💛

Thanks for sharing, this is the very first footage I've seen of this trio, I have 'Out Like A Light' and 'Shinola' (have yet to listen to/get 'Bar Talk'), they really had great chemistry.

@dudesbloodclusterpluck5230

Жыл бұрын

Shinola was my first and will always be my personal fav.

@BurnsTennis

Жыл бұрын

Bar Talk is also extremely good.

Thanx a lot for the post. Program List: 1981-11-05 Jazzfest Berlin 01-Holidays 9:54 02-Hullo Bolinas 18:14 03-The Feelies (end) >complete set list of the show : Why'd You Do It Holidays Hullo Bolinas The Feelies Jean the Bean Dr Jekyll Shinola Gray and Visceral

@edcherry9282

2 жыл бұрын

Is the rest of the set on video??

@katszogt

2 жыл бұрын

@@edcherry9282 Although I don't have the video, [rockpalastarchiv.de] shows this set list. The detail is as below. JOHN SCOFIELD TRIO - Metropol Berlin 05.11.1981 Jazz Fest Berlin John Scofield Musicians: John Scofield (g) Steve Swallow (b) Adam Nussbaum (dr) Setlist: 01 Why'd You Do It (10'26'') 02 Holidays (9'58'') 03 Hullo Bolinas (7'08'') 04 The Feelies (7'48'') 05 Jean The Bean (7'03'') 06 Dr Jekyll (8'18'') 07 Shinola (2'43'') 08 Gray And Visceral (10'15'')

❤immense artists

Holy shit this awesome. Thanks for sharing

I read somewhere that Scofield had a lot of trouble getting gigs for this group. Then again, people talked through the gig at the Village Vanguard when the Bill Evans Trio with Scott LaFaro was making history in 1961. The world isn't fair. I still hope more live music from this group gets released before I die.

Holidays is an amazing jazz blues rock crossover. Was anyone else doing anything like this in the 1980s ?

@rudimentsofkev

2 жыл бұрын

Phish!

@steveaa

2 жыл бұрын

@@rudimentsofkev You referring to the music ?

@steveaa

2 жыл бұрын

@@rudimentsofkev ok found it the band from the 90's. Thanks.

@rudimentsofkev

2 жыл бұрын

@@steveaa they started in '85 ☺️ Metheny was a big influence (they covered Phase Dance)

@domo1129

Жыл бұрын

@@rudimentsofkev no covering of Phase Dance

that is amazing

Yeah! The Thrill ain't gone.

So good

John Cleese is rippin’

yesssssssssssss

@jeffhubbard9951

2 жыл бұрын

Holidays is one of Sco's greatest unes, and the version on "Out Like a Light" is one of the greatest jazz guitar trio performances I've ever heard. But, thanks SO much for posting this. It's the only time I've ever been able to watch this trio in action. What a huge pleasure!

Perfect combination! This trio is featured on Sco's WHO'S WHO reissue CD, I think?

@jimdixon3470

2 жыл бұрын

That "Who's Who" CD on Novus had 4 bonus tracks from the "Bar Talk" album with this trio. The whole "Bar Talk" album is a masterpiece of that era of 70s/early 80s guitar jazz, right up there with Pat Metheny's "Bright Sized Life". It's been released in full.

@monsterjazzlicks

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimdixon3470 I never knew about Bar Talk?! I can't bear Metheny though!

@BurnsTennis

Жыл бұрын

@@monsterjazzlicks I love Pat Metheny but I think ECM as a label brings the tempo down too often. I think Metheny agrees as he eventually left ECM and never went back. Bar Talk is more up-tempo so should be to your liking.

Hereos! F*ckin awesome concert.

wow! John Cleese plays jazz fusion guitar as well as being a comedian!! lol

Quite remarkable.

Great, classic Sco, interesting that his tone here in 1981 - just slightly overdriven and a touch of reverb - is much closer to nowadays' than it would be in a couple of years, when he started adding the chorus pedal. Which never bothered me at all, to tell you the truth, to me it's' all about the lines, the phrasing, articulation rhythms and note choices. 'Tone' to my ears was always the least important element of any guitar player, a 'cherry on top of the whip cream' if you like.9:40 -Sco in his best, witty, goofy yet smart Acidhead mode.

@guitarttimman

Жыл бұрын

He was way ahead of his time.

Man who knew John Cleese could shred on guitar?

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Sco soundin like Waluigi @ 9:40

A little bit of John Cleese

@teelurizzo8542

Жыл бұрын

And some Jonathan Kreisberg.

Louis CK on drums

Steve Swallow strange technique

@samferguson9171

2 жыл бұрын

And a beautiful sound

@teelurizzo8542

Жыл бұрын

A unique bassist/composer.

Yeah John was one of the best, but he cheated.

@FreeBrunoPowroznik

2 ай бұрын

Er, how did he cheat?

@guitarttimman

2 ай бұрын

@FreeBrunoPowroznik It's a joke. You know? Like saying that he has secret God-like guitar powers that no one possesses. 🤣

@FreeBrunoPowroznik

2 ай бұрын

@@guitarttimman It's not one of your best, mate