Re: John Scofield: should I go?
- From: JC Martin <jcmartin@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:17:18 -0800
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>>>>>With all the recent hoopla surrounding Scofield's two-show stint with
>>>>
>>>>Phil,
>>>>
>>>>>I see that he's going to be coming to do a show locally in a club
>>>
>>>setting
>>>
>>>>in
>>>>
>>>>>a couple months. Would the rmgd cognoscenti consider him worth
>
> seeing?
>
>>>>JC,
>>>>
>>>>>etc.?
>>>>>
>>>>>Lineup:
>>>>>John Scofield(g),
>>>>>Dean Bowman(vo),
>>>>>Gary Versace(org,p),
>>>>>Rueben Rodriguez(b),
>>>>>Steve Hass(ds)
>>>>>
>>>>>John recounting of putting together his new album released last June,
>>>>>"That's What I Say -- JS Plays the Music of Ray Charles," on the
>>>>>"What's
>>>>>New" section of his Website http://www.johnscofield.com/
>>>>>is a good read.
>>>>>--
>>>>>Peace,
>>>>>Steve
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>it'll be a "John Scofield Plays the Music of Ray Charles" evening,
>
> FWI}W,
>
>>>>from what his Web site says.
>>>>
>>>
>>>in other words, would this event be one of those where Scofield"plays
>>>down"
>>>to the audience (to paraphrase some rmgder feedback from previous Phil
>>>show
>>>threads), who are coming to hear Ray Charles music? (instead of what he
>>>might be doing performance-wise when not having a specific "theme" to
>>>uphold.) thanks for any feedback.
>>
>>What else do you have to do that night, Steve?
>>
>>R.
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>>
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>
> Play pocket-pool? No, I'd have to work first, on each day of the
> three-night stand 2/27 to 3/1, then, I'd have to be judicious if I was to go
> over to the Tokyo Blue Note, as the show costs 8,400 yen (plus optional
> drinks/food) --
>
> Per the currency conversion site xe.com,
>
> Live mid-market rates as of 2006.01.19 05:14:26 UTC.
> 8,400.00 JPY
> Japan Yen = 72.8820 USD
> United States Dollars
> 1 JPY = 0.00867643 USD 1 USD = 115.255 JPY
>
> That's a lot of money, as Japan shows are wont to be, so unless it's the
> awesome Japanese band Melt-Banana or I get a freebie, as is always the case
> here, I have to consider carefully where to spend my cash.
>
> Plus, I don't know a heck of a lot about Scofield, which is why I am seeking
> feedback from those who may be more familiar and who may have seen him in a
> more reasonably priced setting. But from his website sound samples, he
> sounds pretty good...I'll have to also give those P&F shows a spin, which I
> haven't had time to do yet.
Who plays in the band? If Bill Stewart is playing the drum kit, you
MUST attend.
FWIW, Ifeel the Scofield Ray Charles tribute (produced by Steve Jordan)
was surprisingly well done. A couple of the tracks were pretty
lightweight, but much of it was really solid. Much better than
Scofield's recent jam band efforts IMO.
-JC
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