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 ...

“Men in love should never sing.” I’m paraphrasing, but that’s a truism from one of Woody Allen’s short stories. He was even more adamant that, as he added, “they should never talk the lyrics to the ...

John Scofield has one of the most distinct and fascinating guitar sounds in jazz. Notes are picked and bent, creating a pizzicato-like, jagged sound that meows in places and lingers in others. John ...

Say the name 'John Scofield,' and fans from across the musical spectrum — whether jazz, blues, rock or funk — will nod in approval. Affectionately known as "Sco," the guitarist is revered for his ...

John Scofield’s 2011 concert at Grace Cathedral wasn’t quite his first unaccompanied performance, but filling that reverberant room with sound as part of SFJAZZ’s Sacred Space series seems to have ...

The broadest bridge between the jazz and rock worlds is the guitar. Almost every jazz guitarist born after World War II started out as a rock guitarist (if we broaden our definition of rock to include ...

John Scofield has played with Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and many more over the 100 or so albums he's recorded as a sideman and bandleader. He says that picking 10 tracks from that illustrious ...