John Scofield Tickets Continued
Early on in life, John Scofield's family relocated to the small, mostly rural location of
Wilton, Connecticut; it was here that he discovered his interest in music. Educated at the
prestigious Berklee School of Music, John Scofield eventually joined jazz fusion groups,
playing with the likes of Billy Cobham. He recorded with Charles Mingus in 1976, and replaced
Pat Metheny in Gary Burton's quartet. In autumn 1976 he signed a contract with Enja Records, and
he released his first album East Meets West in 1977. In 1979 he formed a trio with Steve
Swallow and Adam Nussbaum. He later joined Miles Davis, with whom he remained until 1985.
While still with Davis, he released the Electric Outlet in 1984. Still Warm followed in
1985, after he left Davis's group.
At the beginning of the 1990s, John Scofield formed a quartet with Joe Lovano with
whom he recorded several important albums for Blue Note Records. The album, Time on My
Hands, released in 1990 and recorded with Lovano, Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette,
showcased John Scofield's guitar and Mingus-influenced writing. Bill Stewart
subsequently became the group's drummer, and played on the albums Meant To Be
(1991) and What We Do (1993). In 1992, John Scofield released Grace Under
Pressure, featuring fellow guitarist Bill Frisell, with
Charlie Haden on bass and Joey Baron on drums. Stewart was back in the drum chair for the
1994 collaboration with Pat Metheny, I Can See Your House From Here.
Towards the end of his tenure with Blue Note, John Scofield returned to a more funk-
and soul jazz-oriented sound, a direction which has dominated much of his subsequent output. At
this time, he also started performing with various jambands, and even performed with DJ Logic to cover
Phish's "Cars Trucks Buses", on Sharin in the Groove (2001).
John Scofield is currently serving as an adjunct faculty member in the Jazz
Department at New York University's Steinhardt School of Education. He is endorsed by Ibanez
guitars. His signature guitar, the JSM100, is based on his longtime stage and recording guitar, a
1981 Ibanez AS200 (a model based on Gibson's ES-335) and, according to him, one of the best
semi-acoustics ever built.
