John Scofield - Country For Old Men (2016)

John Scofield
Country For Old Men
2016 - Impulse!, Universal Music France: 0602557088106 / 570 881-0
http://www.impulse-label.com/artists/john-scofield/
https://www.amazon.com/Country-Old-Men-John-Scofield/dp/B01IQ8IGQM



* John Scofield : guitar, ukelele (12)
* Larry Goldings : piano (1, 5, 6) Hammond organ (2-4, 7-11)
* Steve Swallow : bass
* Bill Stewart : drums

http://www.johnscofield.com/
http://www.larrygoldings.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Swallow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Stewart_%28musician%29

Recorded at Carriage House Studios, Stamford,
Connecticut (CT), USA, on April 3 and 4, 2016.
Recorded and mixed by Jay Newland.
Assistant Recording Engineer: Mikhail Pivovarov.

Reviews

By John Fordham
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/22/john-scofield-country-for-old-men-review-jazz-guitarist-country

Following last year’s Grammy-winning Past Present, the improvisationally wily
but sociably funky jazz guitarist John Scofield now presents a tribute to the
country songs of American icons including Hank Williams, Merle Haggard and
Dolly Parton, with pianist/organist Larry Goldings, bassist Steve Swallow, and
drummer Bill Stewart pitching in. Williams’ I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry quickly
becomes a fast bebop bass-walk, but Scofield always keeps his long, zig-zagging
solo within earshot of the tune. Parton’s Jolene begins as a dark and dramatic
theme statement, and takes on the elemental rhythmic insistence of the classic
John Coltrane quartet, while a fine account of Shania Twain’s You’re Still the
One exhibits a tenderness caressed by Scofield’s signature tonal
creativity. Occasionally there’s a disconnect between the convivial lilt of
some of these tunes and the jazz grooves, but Scofield at full jazz-improv pelt
is always something to behold.

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By John Kelman
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/country-for-old-men-john-scofield-impulse-review-by-john-kelman.php

By Patrick Hadfield
http://www.londonjazznews.com/2016/09/cd-review-john-scofield-country-for-old.html

By George W. Harris
http://www.jazzweekly.com/2016/10/scofield-plays-the-moose-lodgejohn-scofield-country-for-old-men/

By Michael Ullman
http://artsfuse.org/150600/fuse-music-review-john-scofields-country-for-old-men-well-worth-a-visit/

By Marc Myers
http://www.jazzwax.com/2016/09/sco-country-for-old-men.html

Jacek Brun (de)
http://www.jazz-fun.de/john-scofield-country-for-old-men.html

Da Maurizio Comandini (it)
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/country-for-old-men-john-scofield-impulse-review-by-maurizio-comandini.php

Par Pierre Tenne (fr)
http://www.djamlarevue.com/blog/2016/9/29/john-scofield-country-for-old-men

Por I. Ortega (es)
http://www.distritojazz.com/discos-jazz/john-scofield-country-for-old-men