This Meets That

John Scofield - This Meets That

This Meets That
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Artist: John Scofield
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-09-18
Music Label: Emarcy / Umgd
Soundtracks:
  1. The Low Road
  2. Down D
  3. Strangeness In the Night
  4. Heck Of a Job
  5. Behind Closed Doors
  6. House Of the Rising Sun
  7. Shoe Dog
  8. Memorette
  9. Trio Blues
  10. Pretty Out
  11. Satisfaction

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Music Review: A Brilliant, Focused Work--Masterpiece?
Rating: 5 Stars

John Scofield has been on a pretty long roll. Starting with 1989's "Time on My Hands," (well, maybe starting with "Flat Out" the year before) Scofield shook off the metallic tang and coke groove of his fusion records and started articulating a more straight ahead soul-jazz vision that has proven to be one the deepest, most sustainable, fertile vehicles in the history of jazz, if you are asking me. I mean, it's been a lot of inspired albums by now, from the spectacular set of quartet sessions, most with Lovano and Bill Stewart and a bassist du jour (my favorite is "What We Do,") to the incredible "Hand Jive" with Eddie Harris and Larry Goldings, to his collaborations with Pat Metheny and with Bill Frissell--you simply can't go wrong with any of it. And it almost amazes me to say this, but "This Meets That" is quickly becoming one of my very favorites!

Scofield's secret weapon is that he is a truly gifted songwriter. Unlike Metheny and others, he has never expressed any long-form compositional ambitions (to my knowledge) but as a lithe, witty and heartbreaking melody writer, well, dude, he's Paul McCartney. Or Bill Evans. For real.

As you probably know, for the past few years he's been alternating between arty, NYC minimalist funk albums with very young sidemen drawn from the jam scene (Uber Jam, etc.) and more mainstream jazz efforts with his usual partners in crime.

This album follows up on the live trio album En Route, but it is very different in character. "En Route" was a somewhat difficult, lean jazz trio album with the pretty melodies buried under plenty of jazz abstraction--good disc, though. Sco in particular is on fire.

This Meets That is a kind of folk jazz album, blending disarmingly simple and unfailingly pretty melodies and changes with very subtle bed-style brass arrangements that often evoke Aaron Copeland and other voices of artful Americana. But the album is not without some devilish subtleties--the songs forms, while simple and folky as a rule, often grow sudden new compositional elements, entirely new "C sections" that commence after all the soloing is done--witness "Shoe Dog," or "Heck of Job." And then there's a bit of sonic experimentation, creeping over from his Jam God identity. There are also a couple of structurally twisted compositions ("Strangeness in the Night," "Pretty Out) that belie the folksiness of much of much of the album.

It's just a masterful, coherent and beautiful disc. The three covers are wonderful--Frissell's cameo is a real treat, and Scofield's playing throughout is...well, if you love him, you'll love it. IMO, he keeps getting better, "more Sco"--if there are any improvisers who rely less on schtick and more on the deep resources of a very mature voice, I am not sure who they are--the guy is bottomless, while being instantly recognizable at every note. He's my hero. Could you guess?
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Description of This Meets That

Following celebrated runs on the Enja, Arista, Gramavision, Blue Note and Verve labels, Scofield is proud to release his first project for Emarcy, This Meets That. The album finds Scofield once again in the company of what he calls his "A-Team"--bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Bill Stewart--the trio that released En Route in 2004. Added to that, the four-part horn section of Roger Rosenberg on baritone sax and bass clarinet, Jim Pugh on trombone, Lawrence Feldman on tenor sax and flutes and John Swana on trumpet and flugelhorn. A special treat, one tune also features special guest Bill Frisell on tremolo guitar-- a cover of "House of the Rising Sun."

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