John Scofield European tour 2011 September-October

SEPTEMBER 2011

Date

City

Venue / Band

01	Esbjerg, Denmark	Tobakken / with Kluvers Big Band
02	Fredrikshavn, Denmark	Det Musiske Hus / with Kluvers Big Band
featuring Nigel Hall - piano + vocals, Andy Hess - bass, Terence Higgins - drums
18	Torino, Italy	--
20	Milano, Italy	--
21	Porto, Portugal	--
23 - 24	Istanbul, Turkey	--
25	Dortmund, Germany	--
28	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Bimhuis
29	Eindhoven, The Netherlands	Muziekgebouw Eindhoven
30	Salzburg, Austria	--

OCTOBER 2011
featuring Nigel Hall - piano + vocals, Andy Hess - bass, Terence Higgins - drums

Date

City

Venue / Band

01	Vienna, Austria	--
06	Warsaw, Poland	Era Jazzu
07	Montpeller, France	--
08	La Rochelle, France	--

Such color combination comes when the copy/paste function was used . Possibly it will attract more members to this information  - will see 

uninmpressed by his last album

I like it, I have a review up if you want to check it out. Its kind of neo-cool of some sort. I thought he put a lot of time into the writing and the playing was very good too.

Abraxas wrote: He's coming to Argentina!  I barely know his work, but I think it is worth the money, probably will see him if I manage to convince someone.

If you're interested in checking out his work, I can make some recommendations (I have a lot of Scofield's work)

Abraxas wrote: darkshade wrote: Abraxas wrote: He's coming to Argentina!  I barely know his work, but I think it is worth the money, probably will see him if I manage to convince someone. If you're interested in checking out his work, I can make some recommendations (I have a lot of Scofield's work) I've heard his album with Medeski, pretty fun funk. And my dad has his work with Metheny, but never heard it yet. Yeah, I'll be glad to hear some recs.

While both of those albums are good, he has many that are light years better than those two.

Give me a minute while I compile a quick list. Or should I start a thread?

I'm mostly going to suggest his fusion stuff, as I feel that is where his best work comes from. His "regular" jazz albums are hit-or-miss.


Billy Cobham & George Duke Band - Live in Europe (1976) - I think you can figure out what this is like. Alphonso Johnson backs everyone up on bass!!!

Live (1977) - This is one of his first albums (and a live one at that) but it showcases his prowess in a jazz context, something he doesn't always get credit for. Not to mention he was young at the time, so you can hear the fire in his playing, shredding, really ripping it (whereas his later stuff is more melodic and tasteful)




Loud Jazz (1987) - Probably my favorite of his 80s albums. Don't be afraid of the fact that it came out in the 80s. Sco with Dennis Chambers on drums, so you know its got groove. Some slap bass here, and George Duke also plays most of the keyboards on this one.

Blue Matter (1986) - Basically the companion album of Loud Jazz; just as good. Lots of slap bass.

Still Warm (1985) - Some nice 80s funky jazz. The previous album Electric Outlet (1984) is sort of the companion album to Still Warm.


If you enjoy any of those 80s albums, the live album Pick Hits: Live (1987) will make a great addition.




A Go-Go (1998) - The 'other' MM&W album with Sco, except its his own album, and is much better IMO than 'Out Louder'. Nice funky grooves, Medeski layin' down some nice piano and organ. This is an album I can listen to straight through, and then listen to again straight through, and not have a problem with it.




Uberjam (2002) - This is a great album. There's funk, Indian music, electronic music, drum n' bass, some jam-band-esque moments. Adam Deitch is on drums, and if you know his work elsewhere, you know this is a great album.

This Meets That (2007) - This album is a good introduction to his more "straight" jazz stuff, if you will. It's the Scofield Trio backed up by a large horn section (lots of low brass). If you want to check out his jazz stuff first, get this one. 

Edited by darkshade - 01 Aug 2011 at 9:21pm

^Yes, A-Go-Go is the one  I have!  And that with George Duke I've seen in YouTube and sounds great, didn't know there was an album.

He's also on Billy Cobham's album "Shabazz" which is a live album. One of my favorite Cobham albums.

He's also on a Chet Baker album, the name of which escapes me right now. But I know it came out around 1977. He's also on one of Charles Mingus' last albums.

^ "Shabazz" is really good, my favorite Cobham record.