John Scofield: guitarra, arreglos, produccion, palmas. John Boutte: voz, palmas. Jon Cleary: organo, piano, guitarra ritmica, voz y palmas. Mark Bingham: produccion, palmas. Ricky Fataar: bateria, palmas, fotografia. George Porter, Jr.: bajo, palmas. Shannon Powell: bateria, pandereta.
Over the course of his four-decade career, guitarist John Scofield has maintained a successful dual career that alternates purer jazz with projects that skirt its edges and are aimed at a larger demographic. Not that there's anything wrong with that. His That's What I Say: John Scofield Plays The Music of Ray Charles (Verve, 2005) garnered critical and popular acclaim, keeping him on the road for the better part of a year, including a stellar performance in Gatineau, Quebec, near Ottawa, Canada, in October, 2005. After the exciting and stylistically assimilative This Meets That (EmArcy, 2007), Scofield turns to the blues/gospel-inflected Piety Street, a diversion for him, that's absolutely credible—and, in many ways, inevitable.
Scofield's blues roots he never sounded this good. With the rock-solid support of bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer Ricky Fataar, the album grooves with a comfortable, in-the-pocket vibe ranging from the buoyant "That's Enough," with Jon Cleary's wonderfully supportive piano work, to the ambling groove of the substantially rearranged "Motherless Child," one of vocalist John Boutte's best performances. The up-tempo "It's a Big Army" evokes images of deep south churches, with an entire congregation taken up by the sheer joy of the music, while the funky "His Eye is on the Sparrow" is driven by Fataar's visceral, behind-the-beat pulse. "Ship of Zion" is a slow, simmering blues that features a lengthy opening solo from Scofield filled with nuanced bends and gritty, Wes Montgomery-style octe work.
Scofield's playing may be, by necessity, more on the inside here, though he does take a few opportunities to create the kind of inside/outside tension-and-release that only he can, with his bop-inflected solo on "Motherless Child" a definitive performance that proves it's possible to cross-pollinate without losing the essence of the music. Jazz is a stylistic melting pot that, at it's best, dissolves borders and makes it possible to apply more sophisticated harmonies to even the st of changes. It's what makes Scofield's playing on Piety Street so captivating. He clearly knows the roots of the music and respects it; but equally he stretches it ever so slightly, so that he never loses sight of his own distinctive personality. This may be a blues/gospel album, but it's played by a group capable of more adventurous music, and there's little doubt that this music will open up even further in performance, just as Scofield's Ray Charles tribute did.
A cross-over album, to be sure, but Piety Street fits comfortably into Scofield's broad and growing discography. For a guitarist who has meshed with the jamband scene, Norwegian Nu Jazz and R&B while remaining committed to more exploratory music, Piety Street is a logical and inevitable project. Sco's roots are as much in blues and funk as they are in jazz, and here he's delivered music as fun as it is substantial. Piety Street will appeal to the jazz contingent as much as it does those for whom it is their first encounter with this remarkable guitarist.
John Scofield出生于1951年12月26日， 美国俄亥俄洲。被尊称为吉他的三巨头之一，另外两位是 Pat Metheny和Bill Frisell。他的影响力不停的向前推进。
接下来是78年的专辑Rough House，承袭第一张的风格，钢琴手由Hal Galper取代，配合鼓手Adam Nussbaum， 乐风张力较强悍。 1981年，约翰为德国唱片公司Enja录制最后的两张唱片Shinola及Out Like A Light。 这两张作品同属于在慕尼黑Vielharmonie俱乐部表演的现场实况录音。
80年代末，Scofield加盟以传统爵士乐起家的Blue Note唱片公司，89专辑Time On My Hands，重返 传统爵士怀抱，搭配一流的乐手，包括贝斯手Charlie Haden、鼓手Jack De Johnette、萨克斯风手 Joe Lovano，他的创作功力可说是达到高爵士吉他大师John Scofield向传奇黑人歌王Ray Charles 致敬的唱片。在Scofield还是小孩童时，就是Ray Charles的粉丝了。这次他带领他的核心四重奏 (Steve Jordan鼓/Larry Goldings键盘/Willie Weeks贝司)，并邀请一群客串明星艺人，用他那独 特的融合爵士风格演绎了13首Ray不那么著名的作品。灵歌老头Dr. John演唱了“Talkin’ Bout You /I Got A Woman”，Allman Brothers乐队的Warren Haynes演唱了“Night Time Is The Right Time”， 民谣摇滚明星John Mayer演唱了“I Don’t Need No Doctor”，大黑痔Aaron Neville则在“You Don’t Know Me” 里贡献了他那独特的歌声。
01 That’s Enough 02 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 03 It’s A Big Army 04 His Eye Is On The Sparrow 05 Something’s Got A Hold On Me 06 The Old Ship Of Zion 07 Ninety Nine And A Half 08 Just A Little While To Stay Here 09 Never Turn Back 10 Walk With Me 11 But I Like The Message 12 The Angel Of Death 13 I’ll Fly Away
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