TopTenREVIEWS presents the music career and reviews of John Scofield
John Scofield
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
1.3689
John Scofield Album Rankings
1
Guitarist John Scofield and tenor saxophonistEddie Harrismake a very complementary team on this upbeat set of funky jazz, for both have immediately identifiable sounds and adventurous spirits.
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2
John Scofield has continued to grow and evolve year by year.
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3
This album needs no critical assistance: If you like Rush, you'll love it; if not, thenGrace under Pressureis unlikely to alter your assessment of the band as a lumbering metal anachronism.
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4
John Scofield's airy and instantly recognizable guitar is featured in a sparse quartet on this Blue Note CD.
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5
John Scofield's formidable career has seen him teamed with players as diverse as Miles Davis and Bill Frisell.
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6
John Scofield, one of the most distinctive guitarists of the era, performs six of his originals with an all-star rhythm section that consists of keyboardist Don Grolnick, electric bassist Darryl Jone
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7
Guitarist John Scofield contributed all nine originals on this album and teams up with up-and-coming tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano, bassist Dennis Irwin and drummer Bill Stewart for a set of consisten
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8
Since the '70s, the specter of fusion has haunted jazz.
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9
1989 reissue of fine, expansive Scofield outing.
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10
Meant To Be features guitarist John Scofield's 1990 pianoless quartet on eleven of his compositions. During the best selections (such as "Big Fun" and "Mr.
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11
Guitarist John Scofield's music of the 1980s (mostly recorded for Gramavision) blended together funk with post-bop improvising.
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12
John Scofield has grown enormously as a stylist and improviser since he first broke in with Billy Cobham and Gary Burton in the late O70s.
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13
Though bluesnscrunch guitarist John Scofield is a jazz head at heart (check his contributions to Miles Davis s last truly great album, 1976s Decoy ), these days most know him as the bearded o
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14
Considering the participants on this date, alto saxman Kenny Garrett, pianist Brad Meldau, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Billy Higgins -- all but Meldau considered hard-driving musicians -- t
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15
This CD reissue features guitarist John Scofield (who was then 27) searching for his own sound.
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16
Guitarist John Scofield's final in a long series of releases for Gramavision (he would soon sign with Blue Note) finds him looking ahead toward his future directions.
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17
There are "loud" moments on this studio set, but the title cut's name is more a humorous attempt to describe the John Scofield Quartet's music than an accurate depiction of their style.
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18
One of guitarist John Scofield's best sessions for Gramavision, this live date features his regular band of the period, a quartet with keyboardist Robert Aries, electric bassist Gary Grainger and dru
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23
Guitarist John Scofield nails Brother Ray as convincingly as Jamie Foxx did on the big screen on That's What I Say . ''What'd I Say'' becomes a salsa party visited by Dr.
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24
This collection of Blue Note sides from John Scofield's tenure at the label shows the kind of music that helped build his reputation as one of the world's most prominent jazz guitarists.
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28
This early outing (reissued on CD) finds guitarist John Scofield playing advanced postbop jazz with pianist Hal Galper (who here sounds strongly influenced by McCoy Tyner), bassist Stafford James and
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29
Shortly before joining Miles Davis' group, guitarist John Scofield recorded this passionate trio set with electric bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Adam Nussbaum.
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