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Flat Out (John Scofield Album)
''Flat Out'' is a studio album by jazz guitarist John Scofield. It was recorded in December 1988 and was his sixth and last album for Gramavision. It features keyboardist Don Grolnick, bassist Anthony Cox and drummers Johnny Vidacovich and Terri Lyne Carrington. Background The album marks a shift from his later funk-oriented fusion recordings to hard swinging tracks with "almost boppish" solos and a new focus on New Orleans rhythm and blues, covering two songs by The Meters and Huey "Piano" Smith and an original ("In the Cracks") with a second line groove. Scofield had previously worked with the musicians on the album in other contexts. Grolnick (who is the organist on four of the ten tracks) played keyboards on Scofield's 1986 album '' Still Warm'' and produced his 1991 album '' Meant to Be''. Anthony Cox played with Scofield on a recording by saxophonist Gary Thomas a few months earlier ('' By Any Means Necessary''). Terri Lyne Carrington and Scofield first played togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Scofield
John Scofield (born December 26, 1951), sometimes referred to as "Sco", is an American guitarist and composer whose music over a long career has blended jazz, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul and rock. He first came to mainstream attention in the band of Miles Davis, and has toured and recorded with many prominent jazz artists, including saxophonists Eddie Harris, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson and Joe Lovano; keyboardists George Duke, Joey DeFrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Larry Goldings and Robert Glasper; fellow guitarists Pat Metheny, John Abercrombie, Pat Martino and Bill Frisell; bassists Marc Johnson and Jaco Pastorius; and drummer Billy Cobham and Dennis Chambers. Outside the world of jazz, he has collaborated with Phil Lesh, Mavis Staples, John Mayer, Medeski Martin & Wood, and Gov’t Mule. Biography Scofield was born in Ohio but, when he was still a baby, his family moved to Wilton, Connecticut, where he discovered his interest in music. Educated at the Berklee College of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Porter Jr
George Porter Jr. (born December 26, 1947) is an American musician, best known as the bassist and singer of The Meters. Along with Art Neville, Porter formed the group in the mid 1960s and came to be recognized as one of the progenitors of funk. The Meters disbanded in 1977, but reformed in 1989. The original group played the occasional reunion, with the Funky Meters, of which Porter and Neville are members, keeping the spirit alive, until Neville's retirement in 2018 and death the following year. Porter has his own group the Runnin' Pardners, and also other projects such as The Trio with Johnny Vidacovich, New Orleans Social Club, Deep Fried, and Porter Batiste Stoltz. He has been performing and recording with wide range of artists including Soul Rebels Brass Band, Dr. John, Paul McCartney, Robbie Robertson, Willy DeVille, Robert Palmer, Patti LaBelle, Jimmy Buffett, David Byrne, Johnny Adams, Harry Connick Jr., Earl King, Warren Haynes, Tori Amos, and Snooks Eaglin among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cissy Strut
"Cissy Strut" is a 1969 funk instrumental by The Meters. Released as a single from their eponymous debut album, it reached No. 4 on the R&B chart and No. 23 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011, which honors "recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old". ''The A.V. Club'' called the song a "classic" deeply rooted in New Orleans music tradition. The Meters also released another single, "Sophisticated Cissy", from the same album. "Cissy Strut" was featured in the films ''Jackie Brown'', ''Red'', '' King Richard'' and '' Another Round'' as well as in the BBC television series ''The Pursuit of Love''. In 2021, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked "Cissy Strut" at number 158 on their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list, one of the handful of instrumentals to make the list. Covers According to a compilation set by WRTC-FM Digital Archive Project the song has been covered by Los Holy's, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piety Street
''Piety Street'' is a 2009 studio album by jazz guitarist John Scofield. It was recorded in New Orleans with Meters bassist George Porter Jr. and keyboardist/vocalist Jon Cleary. The album features gospel music with Cleary singing most of the songs. John Boutte is the guest vocalist on three tracks. Track listing # "That's Enough" # "Motherless Child" # "It's a Big Army" # "His Eye is on the Sparrow" # "Something's Got a Hold on Me" # "The Old Ship of Zion" # "Ninety Nine and a Half" # "Just a Little While to Stay Here" # "Never Turn Back" # "Walk With Me" # "But I Like the Message" # "The Angel of Death" # "I'll Fly Away" Personnel * John Scofield – guitar * Jon Cleary – organ, piano, vocals * George Porter Jr. – bass guitar * Ricky Fataar – drums * Shannon Powell – drums, percussion * John Boutté John Boutté (born November 3, 1958) Boutté studied business at Xavier University of Louisiana where he was in ROTC. After he graduated, he was commissioned in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groove Elation
''Groove Elation'' is an album by the jazz guitarist John Scofield, released in 1995. It features keyboardist Larry Goldings, bassist Dennis Irwin, percussionist Don Alias and drummer Idris Muhammad, as well as a four piece horn section led by trumpeter Randy Brecker. Critical reception ''The Washington Post'' wrote that Scofield "balances crisp articulation with cool legato passages, jarring intervals with catchy melodies, acoustic warmth with electric bite and soul." ''The Globe and Mail'' determined that "the two pieces on ''Groove Elation'' that feature Scofield on acoustic guitar are rather ordinary, but several of the other eight are irresistible, none more than the title track, 'Kool' and 'Big Top'." Track listing Personnel * John Scofield – acoustic & electric guitar * Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn * Steve Turre – trombone * Billy Drewes – tenor saxophone, flute * Howard Johnson (jazz musician), Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone, tuba, bass clarinet * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bennie Wallace
Bennie Wallace (born November 18, 1946) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Wallace began playing in local clubs with the encouragement of East Ridge, Tennessee High School band director and drummer Chet Hedgecoth and professional reed player Billy Usselton, who appeared as a guest at a stage band festival, and heard Wallace with the East Ridge High School Swing Band. After studying clarinet at the University of Tennessee, Wallace settled in New York in 1971 with the encouragement of Monty Alexander, who hired him and recommended him to the American Federation of Musicians local, which virtually guaranteed his entry. Wallace played with Barry Harris, Buddy Rich, Dannie Richmond. His debut recording was done with Flip Phillips and Scott Hamilton in 1977. He has cited Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins among many major saxophone influences. He recorded on the revived Blue Note label in 1985; the label's earlier issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Anderson (musician)
Ray Anderson (born October 16, 1952) is an American jazz trombonist. Trained by the Chicago Symphony trombonists, he is regarded as someone who pushes the limits of the instrument, including performing on alto trombone and slide trumpet. He is a colleague of trombonist George E. Lewis. Anderson also plays sousaphone and sings. He was frequently chosen in ''DownBeat'' magazine's Critics Poll as best trombonist throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s. Biography After studying in California, he moved to New York in 1972 and freelanced. In 1977, he joined Anthony Braxton's Quartet (replacing George E. Lewis) and started working with Barry Altschul's group. In addition to leading his own groups since the late 1970s (including the funk-oriented Slickaphonics), Anderson has worked with George Gruntz's Concert Jazz Band. In the 1990s, he began taking an occasional good-humored vocal, during which he shows the ability to sing two notes at the same time (a minor third apart). Anderson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels Lan Doky
Niels Lan Doky (born 3 October 1963) is a Danish jazz pianist, composer and producer. He is the older brother of jazz bassist Chris Minh Doky. Biography He was born in Copenhagen of a Danish mother and Vietnamese father. His father worked as a doctor, but was also a classically trained guitarist so the guitar was Niels's first instrument. He switched to piano at 11. He went on to attend the Berklee College of Music in the early 1980s. In his career he has recorded 37 albums as a leader and has a group "The Doky Brothers", which includes his brother Chris Minh Doky on bass guitar. He has also worked with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, John Scofield, Gino Vannelli, Pat Metheny, Joe Henderson, Mike Brecker, Dave Sanborn, Ray Brown (musician), Ray Brown, Woody Shaw, Charlie Haden, John McLaughlin (musician), John McLaughlin and many others.[ All Music] In the wake of a very eclectic period of his career (various collaborations in the fields of world, pop, classical and electronica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas Album)
''By Any Means Necessary'' is the third album by saxophonist Gary Thomas recorded in 1989 and released on the JMT label.Shimada, T.JMT label discography accessed November 14, 2014 Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The music features dense ensembles, simultaneous improvisations, eccentric funk rhythms, and rhythmic but very dissonant horn solos that have a logic of their own. One can think of this noisy date as being an updated extension of Ornette Coleman's Prime Time and is recommended to open-minded listeners who think that nothing new has been played in jazz since the mid-'70s."Yanow, S.Allmusic Reviewaccessed November 17, 2014 Track listing ''All compositions by Gary Thomas except as indicated'' # "By Any Means Necessary" - 7:44 # "Continuum" - 6:52 # "You're Under Arrest" (John Scofield) - 7:17 # "Potential Hazard" - 6:23 # "To the Vanishing Point" - 4:37 # "Screen Gem" - 5:02 # "Janala" (Geri Allen, Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Naná Vasconcelos) - 2: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Thomas (musician)
Gary Thomas (born June 10, 1961) is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist, born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a member of Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition band and has worked with John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Jim Hall, Dave Holland, Greg Osby, Wayne Shorter, Ravi Coltrane, Cassandra Wilson, Wallace Roney, Steve Coleman, and Miles Davis. Thomas was the Director and Chair of Jazz Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Discography As leader * ''The Seventh Quadrant'' (Enja,1987) * ''Code Violations'' (Enja, 1988) * '' By Any Means Necessary'' ( JMT, 1989) * ''While the Gate Is Open'' (JMT, 1990) * ''The Kold Kage'' (JMT, 1991) * ''Corporate Art'' (JMT, 1991) * ''Till We Have Faces'' (JMT, 1992) * '' Exile's Gate'' (JMT, 1993) * '' Overkill'' (JMT, 1995) * ''Found on Sordid Streets'' (Winter & Winter, 1997) * '' Pariah's Pariah'' (Winter & Winter, 1998) As sideman With Cecil Brooks III *'' The Collective'' (Muse, 1989) With Uri C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meant To Be (John Scofield Album)
''Meant to Be'' is a studio album by jazz guitarist John Scofield. It was the second of his albums to feature saxophonist Joe Lovano, and the first to be released as “The John Scofield Quartet” and to feature drummer Bill Stewart- who would go on to record and tour with Scofield for many years. The bassist is Marc Johnson, with whom Scofield had toured and recorded in Johnson's Bass Desires group. Track listing All tunes composed by John Scofield. #"Big Fan" - 6:03 #"Keep Me in Mind" - 6:00 #"Go Blow" - 8:19 #"Chariots" - 6:02 #"The Guinness Spot" - 6:35 #"Mr. Coleman to You" - 6:02 #"Eisenhower" - 5:20 #"Meant to Be" - 7:07 #"Some Nerve" - 5:10 #"Lost in Space" - 6:30 #"French Flics" - 5:28 Personnel *John Scofield – electric guitar *Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
