John Scofield Leverkusener Jazztage October 22 1988 Leverkusen Germany John Scofield: Guitar Jim Beard: Keyboards Dennis Chambers: Drums Gary Grainger: Bass 1 Protocol 2 Blue Matter
A great ensemble. Amazing Jim Beard solo on 'Protocol', incredible trading w/ Sco. The peak of Sco's Funk Fusion era, starting w/ the seminal 1985 release 'Still Warm'. Thanks for sharing.
Oh yes !This was at the start of John's creative peak for me, leading up to 'Time on my Hands'; the start of his maximum dP/dt where P is his playing coolness (blues plus) and pushing it like Miles must have taught him. Dig that ultra-funk beat and that raging tempo to start . Great post thanks !
@@ianweir6334 Not sure why; seems to fit my model nicely: The opening number I think in that Montreux set is 'Red Baron' where Sco's solo on his modded Les Paul Jnr is just sublime (as is the Dook's electric piano comping..) but John is hipping it with bluesy phrasing, bends, and groovy behind the beat feel... only later did he pick up the altered harmonies, double stop work, the counterpoint lines (so cool on time on...), chromatic phrasing and overall greater facility on the axe...
@@doce7606 I think the work with Miles reflects this work with Cobham more than the later grooves. This is a perfect example: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E-DQfQ_LcRA.html
@@ianweir6334 Oh rite; the groove is about the same fierce tempo as 'What it is' off the early 80s Miles album Man with the Horn (lol).. (I think). It;s a sco number. Sco was MD'ing Miles' shows around this time, but I didn't know he worked with Cobham except this date that much, tho he definitely was influenced by Cobham with Mahavishnu's 'Inner Mounting Flame' like the intensity on the Hal Galper collaboration; Rough House'... I think Miles was SCos biggest meta-influence overall...
@@doce7606 Now that you mention that I can here bebop styling in older releases like this great piece: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M5e6L_U0swI.html
