Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead's bassist for over 30 years, claimed their basic inspiration came from the musical unions he saw in the Miles Davis Quartet along with the John Coltrane Quartet from the early ...

John Scofield is a modern-day jazz legend, one of the most instantly recognizable voices on the guitar, and an inspiration to many. In a solo career that began in earnest in 1977, Scofield has carved ...

It's usually best to assess a project on its own merits, rather than getting caught up in expectation or preconception. Fans of guitarist John Scofield's more jazz-centric work, including his ...

It’s not surprising that Pat Metheny, John Scofield and Bill Frisell form the triumvirate of a very exclusive mutual admiration society. As three of the guitar world’s most acclaimed and distinctive ...

From time to time in his storied career John Scofield will take a look over his shoulder and re-examine some of the music that has fed into his own, personal brand of jazz. The influences are many, ...

Over the course of his four-decade career, guitarist John Scofield has maintained a successful dual career that alternates purer jazz with projects that skirt its edges and are aimed at a larger ...

Guitarist John Scofield’s Thursday night concert at the Theatre Raymond Kabbaz was a blend of the jazz artist’s newer songs from Grammy Award-winning album “Country for Old Men,” along with classic ...

The opening seconds of "Acidhead, the first track of guitarist John Scofield's latest recording, Uberjam, are enough to alert the jazz purist that the road ahead might be bumpy. The tune opens with ...

Hear the week's most notable songs, from Pharrell Williams' less-than-happy new tune to Oneohtrix Point Never's collaboration with Iggy Pop. By Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica and Giovanni Russonello ...