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Stewart rejoined with Scofield and bassist Steve Swallow for the 1994 collaboration with Pat Metheny, I Can See Your House from Here. In 1992, Scofield released Grace Under Pressure, featuring fellow guitarist Bill Frisell, with Charlie Haden on bass and Joey Baron on drums. Bill Stewart subsequently became the group's drummer, and played on Meant to Be (1991) and What We Do (1993). Time on My Hands (1990), with Lovano, Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette, showcased Scofield's guitar and Mingus-influenced writing. This “most auspicious since John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana” was only transitory and recorded just two records, the self-titled Bass Desires and Second Sight (1986 and '87).Īt the beginning of the 1990s, Scofield formed his quartet that included Joe Lovano with whom he recorded several important albums for Blue Note Records. The mid-80's were also the time, when Marc Johnson assembled his first own ensemble Bass Desires with Peter Erskine on drums, and Bill Frisell beside Scofield as two guitarists of distinctive but complementing styles.
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At the end of the Davis tenure, he started what is now referred to as his Blue Matter Band - with Dennis Chambers on drums, Gary Grainger on bass and at times either Mitchel Forman, Robert Aries or Jim Beard on keyboards - releasing Blue Matter, Loud Jazz and Pick Hits Live. Still Warm (1985) followed after he left Davis's group. While still with Davis, he released the first of his Gramavision recordings Electric Outlet (1984). He contributed tunes and guitar work to three Davis recordings, Star People, You're Under Arrest and Decoy. In 1982, he joined Miles Davis, with whom he remained for three and a half years.
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In 1979 he formed a trio with his mentor Steve Swallow and Adam Nussbaum which, with drummer Bill Stewart replacing Nussbaum, has become the signature group of Scofield's career. Around this time, he toured and recorded with Pianist Hal Galper, first on his own solo album Rough House in 1978, and Galper's album Ivory Forest (1980), where he is heard playing a solo rendition of Thelonious Monk's "Monk's Mood". In autumn 1976 he signed a contract with Enja Records, and he released his first album, John Scofield, in 1977. Scofield recorded with Charles Mingus in 1976, and replaced Pat Metheny in Gary Burton's quartet. He joined the Billy Cobham/ George Duke Band soon after and spent two years playing, recording and touring with them. Įducated at the Berklee College of Music, Scofield eventually left school to record with Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan.
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Video:John Scofield - Georgia On My Mind Įarly in his life, Scofield's family left Ohio and relocated to the small, then mostly rural location of Wilton, Connecticut it was here that he discovered his interest in music.
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