2022 release. With a career spanning over half a century, marked by influential collaborations with jazz greats like Miles Davis and Joe Henderson as well as several dozen genre-bending leader dates, it’s all the more striking that this is in fact John Scofield’s first ever guitar-solo recording. The long wait, however, pays off, as John is able to benefit from his decades of experience and charts an intimate path through the styles and idioms he has traversed up until today. He is not entirely all on his own on this endeavour though: the guitarist enters into dialogues with himself, soloing to his own tasteful chordal and rhythmic accompaniment via loop machine. John’s main emphasis throughout the years, however, has remained his deep commitment to the jazz tradition, and here he grabs a number of standards off the rack and gives them unique interpretations.

Tracklist:

1. Coral
2. Honest I Do
3. It Could Happen to You
4. Danny Boy
5. Elder Dance
6. Mrs. Scofield’s Waltz
7. Junco Partner
8. There Will Never Be Another You
9. My Old Flame
10. Not Fade Away
11. Since You Asked
12. Trance de Jour
13. You Win Again

UPC: 602445311644
Label: Ecm Records
Release Date: 5.6.22
Format: CD