When I write a tune — and it's been like this for many years — I always hear in the back of my head some sort of vague, orchestrated, fully fleshed-out big-band version of the song with other parts ...

An acclaimed guitarist who has played with artists as varied as jazz master Miles Davis and Allman Brothers spinoff Gov’t Mule while recording more than 30 albums of his own, will team with a highly ...

Things are changing in the jazz world. Ideas drawn from funk, hip-hop and drum ‘n’ bass are changing the way rhythm sections play. Technological innovations are giving instrumentalists a much broader ...

While there's no doubting the seriousness of his chops, John Scofield has spent the better part of his career trying to get folks to lighten up. His funk-tinged guitar jams are invariably lighthearted ...

They struck groove Sunday night at the University of Hartford’s Lincoln Theater. The miners of this veritable Comstock Lode of funk came together for the John Scofield All Star Groovathon, where the ...

John Scofield. Where: Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St., near Avenue of the Americas, New York. When: Tomorrow night through Sunday, 8 and 10:30 p.m. How much: $35 music charge at tables, $20 at bar, $5 ...

Over the past decade, John Scofield has put out three types of albums. First, there are the acoustic post bop outings: Quiet, Works For Me, and his latest release, EnRoute. Second, there are the ...

NEW YORK >> Jazz guitarist John Scofield went back to the future on his Grammy-nominated CD “Past Present,” reuniting members of his acclaimed quartet from the early 1990s to play his new compositions ...