COMPOSERS: John Scofield
LABELS: Verve
ALBUM TITLE: John Scofield
PERFORMER: John Scofield, Avi Bortnick (g), Jesse Murphy (b), Adam Deitch, John Medeski (o)
CATALOGUE NO: 589 356-2
With its wah-wah guitar and greasy organ accompaniment, Sco’s new take on headbanging jazz rock is lowdown and dirty. College kids in the States dance to it, apparently – which is not something you can say about most contemporary jazz. GB