John Scofield has always been a jazz improviser in funk-rocker's garb, from his days at Berklee College of Music to his three-year stint touring and recording with Miles Davis in the '80s. He follows up his much-acclaimed Medeski, Martin & Wood collaboration A GO GO with another all-star groove fest that burrows ever deeper into the funk.
Scofield spins a rainbow of tone colors from his electronic trick bag while his guests-Medeski, Martin and Wood bassist Chris Wood, Soul Coughing sample wizard Mark De Gli Antoni, and the rhythm sections of jam band faves Sex Mob and Deep Banana Blackout--keep the big beats flowing. "Three Sisters" and the stuttering "Drop & Roll" are Crescent City soul struts peppered with wah-wah, digital delay and the guitarist's axe run through a Leslie organ amp. And for a little Latin flavor, Scofield kicks it with a seductive, samba-fied trio on "Swingnova."
Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, New York in 1999.
Personnel includes: John Scofield (acoustic & electric guitars); Mark De Gli Antoni (keyboards); Tony Scherr, Chris Wood (acoustic & electric basses); David Livolsi (electric bass); Eric Kalb, Kenny Wollesen (drums); Johnny Almendra (bongos, congas, tambourine, percussion); Johnny Durkin (congas).
01. Three sisters
02. Chichon
03. Beep beep
04. Kelpers
05. groan man
06. Fez
07. Blackout
08. Kilgeffen
09. We are not alone
10. Swinganova
11. Drop and roll
12. Kilgeffen (reprise)
