"One thing the jazz tradition encourages, rare in most other human endeavors, is a routine form of time slippage. A fresh-faced player can reach into the past, accessing truths beyond their grasp; a veteran can return to the fixations of their younger self.” Nate Chinen on John Scofield.

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Elder Statesman

A knockout set by John Scofield, who isn't slowing down

The Gig

Album 2: #TheAlchemist - Flying High. I actually went through most of his releases this year on the same day, including the just-released Flying High 2.

Album 3: #DanielCaesar - NEVER ENOUGH

Album 4: #LaurelHalo - Atlas

Album 5: #BrianBlade - Mama Rosa

Album 6: #VicenteArcher - Short Stories

Album 7: #YoniMayraz - Dybbuk Tse!

Album 8: #ShinSasakubo & #JamaelDean - Convergence

Album 9: #CompleteMountainAlmanac - s/t

An “old man” playing “somewhere” with “uncle John’s Band”: John Scofield and Yankee Go Home at the Volkshaus Basel, 11 March 2023

Last night at Basel's Volkshaus with Jon Cowherd (piano), Vicente Archer (bass), and Josh Dion (drums), guitarist John Scofield arranged Nei...

John Scofield and Yankee Go Home at the Volkshaus Basel tonight – with tunes by The Grateful Dead?

John Scofield is at the Volkshaus Basel tonight with his Yankee Go Home band: Jon Cowherd on piano, Vicente Archer on bass, and Josh Dion on...