Alfred john scofield jazzfunk guitar, volume 1 cd complete notefornote transcriptions of all the songs, solos and exercises on the jazzfunk guitar video. Spy has few memorable melodies but plenty of dynamic playing by scofield, who at this point was growing as a major stylist from album to album. I had to resort to a printed source called john scofield. No particular insights to offer as to scofields technique, etc but i will say that johns earlier work was and still remains my favorite. A 1981 ibanez as200 is his stage and recording guitar. Ibanez john scofield series jsm100 pdf user manuals. There are loud moments on this studio set, but the title cuts name is more a humorous attempt to describe the john scofield quartets music than an accurate depiction of their style. John scofield jazzfunk guitar volume 2 download free. Galloping between the steppes of the terrific hand jive blue note, 1994 and a go go verve, 1998, the funkier stage of scofields music in the mid90s visited the lands of groove elation with the company of the late dennis irwin and larry goldings the core of his band, the collaboration of idris muhammad in lieu of bill stewart and the absence of a tenor sax coleading the front. Pdf download john scofield guitar transcriptions pdf. Three phenomenal guitarists at the top of their game, plus mingu.
Using his own tunes, john goes over concepts such as chromaticism, form, contour, voiceleading, pedal tones, and. John is cementing himself right up there with metheny with some of the best guitar playing of his career and some of the best guitar playing on the planet. John scofield uses a technique called double stops here. And for as varied as his musical stylings are, there also seems no end to the breadth of scofields musical collaborations. John scofield one of the big three of current jazz guitarists along with pat metheny and bill frisell, scofields influence grew in the 90s. John scofield has played with miles davis and is an incredible guitarist. John scofields latest album country for old men was released september 23, 2016 country for old men is scofields homage to such greats as george jones, dolly parton, merle haggard, james taylor, and hank williams among others. He has worked with miles davis, dave liebman, joe henderson, charles mingus, joey defrancesco, herbie hancock, eddie palmieri, pat metheny, bill frisell, joe lovano, pat martino, mavis staples, phil lesh. John scofield jazzfunk guitar by john scofield dvd. Lots of other great ones, too, of course, since then, but i prefer his tone and lessfunky approach from.
Free guitar backing tracks for john scofield in mp3 format. His signature guitar, the ibanez jsm100, is based on it. Transcriptions loud jazz by john scofield submitted. Both volumes i and ii of jazzfunk guitar on one dvd. The jsm20 john scofield signature ibanez is a proven classic with modern features. In a jazz funk context, we gonna see how john scofield blends the pentatonicblues scale, the mixolydian mode, the diminished scale for outside playing and other concepts such as chromaticismpassing tones. View online or download ibanez john scofield series jsm100 user manual. On jazzfunk guitar 2, john covers the compositional aspect of his style as he analyzes the songs performed on this tape and reveals the correct chord voicings and melody lines. John scofield guitar, larry golding keys, bill stewart drums. The chart stretched for five pages because of the varied sections. This album has scofield playing alongside accomplished colleagues steve swallow, larry goldings and bill stewart, and was produced by scofield himself. Their 10track studio release, juice, is a mix of originals and covers, infused with the unique global funk jams the msmw collaborative have come to be known for. In volume ii, john covers the compositional aspect of his style as. This set features some highquality postbop guitar playing by the immediately distinctive john scofield.
The music which includes such numbers as tell you what, dirty rice, wabash and spy vs. A double stop is when you play 2 notes at the same time and can be. Jazz guitar pro jgp wiki for advancing jazz guitarists. One of the most famous jazz guitarists of any generation, john scofield has become known for his unique approach to jazz funk guitar. Colour, digital sound, dvdvideo, multiple formats, ntsc language. After watching only the first 20 minutes i learned a lot. He is one of the pioneers of integrating the jimi hendrix legendary into jazz guitar.
This is the title track from john scofields loud jazz 1988, gramavision. In this video, scofield mentions his love for ac30s, dealing with travel issues on the road, and walks us through his entire pedalboard. On this page you will find the guitar pro tab for the song chords by john scofield. Guitar john scofield keyboards robert aries keyboards, soloist george duke tracks.
Youll find the content on the jgp wiki guitar gadgets, list of jazz guitarist, jazz guitar videos and articles in the menu and index og pages on the right. His playing with charles mingus, philip catherine and larry coryell on the mingus album three or four shades of blues. Scofield plays an ibanez as200 guitar and also many effects and processors such as a chorus pedal, filter modeller, delay modeller, eq pedal, wah pedal and a loop station. John scofield says that he like to think that miles davis would have loved this album because of the way it stretches jazz fusion boundaries and how it sounds so current. Johns multifaceted style is covered in depth as he discusses intervallic ideas, stringskipping, chordal concepts, playing ideas across the fingerboard, and developing your own personal. Imho, rough house with hal galper as a ferocious sparring partner. This features rhythm guitarist avi bortnick who lays down some of the nastiest funk on rhythm guitar and even has some rapping on a song or two. John scofield born december 26, 1951, sometimes referred to as sco, is an american jazzrock guitarist and composer whose music includes bebop, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul, and rock.
An essential purchase for any john scofield fan, and the chance to receive some exclusive onetoone lessons with a real jazz master. Funkjazz guitar i due to the complexity of the composition. John scofield 1951 is an american fusion jazz guitarist and composer, he has recorded with chet baker, gerry mulligan and charles mingus, and toured and recorded with miles davis guitar. Trying to label john scofields work is nearly impossible. If you instead learn the lines and then analyzes from which scale and how they work in. The music holds ones interest throughout and shows how mature a. Download the song the funky chicken with him and jaco, incredible guitar and bass on that one. Ibanez jsm20 john scofield signature electric guitar black. Not one, but two masterclasses with one of the greatest jazz guitarists in the world. This is a melodic lick in the style of john scofield over a v going to i minor and uses the c minor harmonic scale.
In this article i am discussing john scofields composition green tea. Though his jazz funk and fusion playing is well known, sco also has recorded a number of classic bebop influenced tunes and records. Talking gear and juice with john scofield guitar world. The guitaroogle bot above, is not for searching this site. Funk finds its swing guitarist john scofield is largely known for playing over funky grooves. Between the two of us, we cover just about everything a guitar can and should do.
Possessor of a very distinctive rockoriented sound that is often a bit distorted, scofield is a masterful jazz improviser whose music generally falls somewhere between postbop, fusion, and soul jazz. Theres really several phases of his playingsound and all worth a listen. The dvd shows scofield playing with a band and then him giving a lesson. Scofields regular group of the era consisted of keyboardist robert aries, electric. The rest of the band is good too, especially as john sprinkles short sound effects over the entire mix.
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