Oct 10, 2017 drawn by a wide variety of styles, he studied jazz and classical guitar and north texas state universitynow university of north texas. Best of elton john for bass, transcribed by aidan hampson. John scofield songs for all instruments and levels. A community for jazz guitarists and lovers of jazz guitar. Pat metheny this is what jazz blues should be jens larsen. Besides having a signature tone and always coming up with new projects and collaborations he also has a very personal melodic language. He has a strong command of the style but really goes for his own voice which is a beautiful mix of elements from essential parts of american music culture. In fact, he gets away with using an effect i dont like and i still love his playing. John scofield is heard on the left channel and pat metheny on the right channel of this stereo recording. John scofield some of the greatest double time lines i. This guitar lesson provides 10 john scofield jazz blues lines with tabs, audio files and youtube video transcribed from one of his improvised solos with the trio medeski, martin and wood. Click to download bass transcription of flat out by guitarist john scofield.
After attending classes at berklee, he left school for his first gigs with chet baker. This video is on probably my favorite john scofield solo. Personnel on camera recorded on 23rd may 1990 at chelsea studios, new york city. Here is a great one for you guys to check out, john scofields solo from the new and very great uberjam deaux cd just released a few months ago. Coleman to you one can hear the influence of not just the original ornette coleman quartet but the keith jarrettdewey redman quintet. Guitar foundation studies is a 5 week course from jgs founding partner john pin. Every song in this album is a seal of groove greatness.
He has worked with miles davis, dave liebman, joe henderson, charles mingus, joey defrancesco, herbie hancock, eddie palmieri, pat metheny, bill frisell. Pdf download john scofield guitar transcriptions pdf. Solar chord melody jazz guitar lessons richie zellon. Youtube endless summer john scofield solo from uberjam deaux, transcribed by doug perkins. Start applying these licks and ideas in your solos. Levi clay missmisstreater transcriptions youtube free. A go go album transcribed in 1996 john scofield paired up, for the first time, with medeski, martin and wood.
May 1, 2020 jazz guitar lessons on youtube youtube. Just a great smorgasbord of great jazz guitar compilations with transcriptions. I can see your house from here is a 1994 jazz album by john scofield and pat metheny. Vibraphone player gary burton was around in boston, and used to jam with john and his rythm section. This is a melodic lick in the style of john scofield over a v going to i minor and uses the c minor harmonic scale. John scofields trio blues solo transcription by steve khan. Veteran jazz guitarist john scofield has released a second album with uberjam, which includes drummer adam detich, guitarist avi bortnick, and guest keyboardist john medeski. He recorded with miles davis, chet baker, billy cobham and many others, but he mostly developed a great solo career that has kept him touring the world for more than 35. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Endless summer john scofield solo from uberjam deaux. Download and print sheet music or learn how to play online. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Here is a great one for you guys to check out, john scofield s solo from the new and very great uberjam deaux cd just released a few months ago.
A john scofield line transcribed by jgs instructor dave hill off of uberjam. Jazz transcriptions an online forum to share transcriptions. I would love to be on stage, playing with a good band, not because i want fame, but because i love playing on stage, i love the energy, the raw emotion, the excitement leading up to it, the thrill of playing in front of a big crowd, the excitement when you finish. Missmisstreater transcriptions youtube free transcriptions. It took quite some time before i got anything together so i could play with people who knew jazz. John scofield born december 26, 1951, sometimes referred to as sco, is an american jazzrock guitarist and composer whose music includes bebop, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul, and rock. In this john scofield lesson, i am going to break down some phrases from his solo on not you again. These days he splits his time between the guitar and mandolin. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Here is a set of original transcriptions of jazz and brazilian guitar. A double stop is when you play 2 notes at the same time and can be used to outline the harmony in your solos. John scofield biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. I have compiled a collection of 26 solos featuring jazz greats herbie hancock, booker little, max roach, grant green, stan getz, slide hampton, thelonious monk, jackie mclean, cuong vu, clifford brown, roy haynes, woody shaw, sonny rollins, jon irabagon. Heres a lead sheet for john scofields not you again as performed on his works for me.
Nov 01, 2014 click to download bass transcription of flat out by guitarist john scofield. See more ideas about transcription, sheet music and miles davis so what. Andress, wes montgomery, al di meola and many other prominent jazz guitarist. John scofield biography guitarist john scofield was born on 12261951 in dayton ohio. I play both a 4 string and a 6 string and with the 6 string i can get up into some of the guitars range for playing solos.
This album has scofield playing alongside accomplished colleagues steve swallow, larry goldings and bill stewart. Jun 04, 2012 john scofield sounds like no other guitarist ive ever heard, and the guys got some badass chops. John scofield sounds like no other guitarist ive ever heard, and the guys got some badass chops. Jazz guitar society is about to soon to make available its first course. All jazz guitar players need to learn to improvise over whats known as the charlie parker blues, a sophisticated modification of the basic 12 bar blues progression with a l read more jonathan orriols playing over static chord vamps. John scofield uses a technique called double stops here. This is an incomplete transcription of the head to chris potters high noon for eddie harris. Meant to be features guitarist john scofield s 1990 pianoless quartet on 11 of his compositions. Please keep in mind that all material posted on this site is done so strictly for our mutual edification please go to legitimate sources to obtain the original recordings. Transcriptions chank john scofield submitted by barnabass.
Bruno mars versace on the floor electric guitar cover by vinai. Bill frisell can be described as the gentle genius of jazz guitar. John scofield attended berkeley college of music in 1970, where he studied for three years. From the album a go go, released 1997 by the verve music group. For those that dont use paypal when you click the button below, it will give you the option to pay with any major credit card without the need to sign up for paypal. Jul 25, 2016 bass transcriptions of 12 elton john hits. Scofield transcriptions pdf this page lists 476 guitar solo transcriptions that are. This album has scofield playing alongside accomplished colleagues steve swallow, larry goldings and bill stewart, and was produced by scofield himself. Johnson jackie mclean jim hall jimmie rivers jimmy raney joaquin murphy joe pass john coltrane john fedchock john scofield jonathan kreisberg jon irabagon jules ah see keith jarrett kurt rosenwinkel lee konitz. He met guitarist mick goodrich, who also became his mentor during this time.
In this lesson i play and analyze transcriptions of 2 solos over the same jazz blues progression same key and tempo by george benson and john scofield. I wanted to learn jazz as a teenager, says scofield, but it didnt happen right away. As an electric bass player i like to transcribe guitar solos because of similarity in the fingerings on the bass. I dont know a lot about jazz guitar so post up youtube links to some good jazz guitar music. I chose to transcribe this one for you because being a series of extended ii7 v7s that we all have to play all the time, it will give you a lot of great ideas and a great look into how he thinks in terms of substitutions on chord changes, etc. Nov 17, 2016 john scofield comps behind tenor sax titan joe lovano at the 2016 newport jazz festival. John scofield autumn leaves solo transcription youtube. This solo is a testament to his seemingly endless creativity and flare for holding a listeners attention, so were talking about the whole deal right here. A dazzling electric guitarist with a steely tone and fluid lines to earmark his distinctive postbop style. John scofield tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including a go go, i dont need no doctor, georgia on my mind, ideofunk, since you asked. John scofield is one of my favorite jazzguitarists.
In a jazz funk context, we gonna see how john scofield blends the pentatonicblues scale, the mixolydian mode, the diminished scale for outside playing and other concepts such as chromaticismpassing tones. Milestones of the joe henderson album so near, so far which is anyway a fantastic album. To most people, and certainly if you ask mike stern and john scofield, joe pass is where they went to learn jazz guitar. John scofield wee from this great album pat martino how insensitive from this great album george benson stella by starlight from this youtube video grant green if i should loose you from this great album jim hall beautiful love from this great album. If you want to check out the video i did on the john scofield solo on this track then have a look here. Milestones of the joe henderson album so near, so far which is anyway a fantastic album milestones is a very difficult chord progression to solo on, but john scofield really nails it with a lot. John scofield, or sco as guitarists know him, mixes jazz with blues, rock, funk, soul, gospel and rock, and does it all with a very relaxed style and a cool gritty sound. Trio blues john scofield sometime during september of 2006, john scofield and his wonderful trio, with bandmates. I play both a 4 string and a 6 string and with the 6 string i can get up into some of the guitar.
Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Jazz guitar here is a set of original transcriptions of great performances from traditional expressions to the more modern manifestations of jazz guitar. John scofield is in many ways a fantastic jazz artist. For free downloadable tab on this lesson and dozens more visit. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. I have always enjoyed reading and looking at the transcriptions in downbeat magazine over the years. A free john scofield lick from dave hill jazz guitar society.
See more ideas about jazz guitar lessons, jazz guitar and guitar lessons. John scofield often referred to as sco, is an american jazzrock guitarist and composer, who has played and collaborated with miles davis, dave liebman, joe henderson, charles mingus and many other wellknown artists. His technique and swinging bebop phrasing is a bible of information for learning to play jazz, both in terms of the notes and melodies but also in terms of phrasing and swing feel. How deep is the ocean as played by john scofield 2010 on youtube namely you as. Country for old men is scofields homage to such greats as george jones, dolly parton, merle haggard, james taylor, and hank williams among others.
In this lesson i show you how to add some super cool john scofield inspired. Soon he was a regular with billy cobham for several years, contributing to excellent albums such as shabazz and life and times. I hope it gives you the courage to make your own jazz guitar transcriptions. This is my first jazz guitar transcription ever i made when i was 18 years old for like midterm exam at koyo.
Sep 26, 2011 john scofield a moments peace emarcy 2011 in a career just entering its fifth decade, john scofield may have covered a lot of stylistic territoryfrom the burning modality of rough house enja, 1978, funkified fusion of blue matter gramavision, 1987 and nawlins leanings of piety street emarcy, 2009, to jamband workouts like a go go verve, 1998, burning modern mainstream on time on. Solo excursions pilot jazz guitar transcriptions and lessons. Guitar transcription john scofield secret love youtube. John scofield all the things you are transcription from. Its full of funk and soul, and we talked with scofield shortly after the group started its current tour. Transcription of john scofield playing secret love from flat out pdf file. Ive always been more than aware of pat and his playing, his smooth styling and rapid bop lines were always on the radar and a part of my ever growing cd collection.
I have compiled a collection of 26 solos featuring jazz greats herbie hancock, booker little, max roach, grant green, stan getz, slide hampton, thelonious monk, jackie mclean, cuong vu, clifford brown, roy haynes, woody shaw, sonny rollins, jon. Subscribe for more free jazz guitar lessons and videos. A double stop is when you play 2 notes at the same time and can be. I have compiled a collection of 26 solos featuring jazz greats herbie hancock, booker little, max roach, grant green, stan getz, slide hampton, thelonious monk, jackie mclean, cuong vu, clifford brown, roy haynes, woody shaw, sonny rollins, jon irabagon, john fedchock, dexter gordon, ben riley. John scofield s latest album country for old men was released september 23, 2016 country for old men is scofield s homage to such greats as george jones, dolly parton, merle haggard, james taylor, and hank williams among others. King of belgium hudson jack dejohnette, larry grenadier, john medeski, john scofield. John scofield all the things you are transcription from flat out transcription is available for download at. Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4. John scofield inspired dissonant intervals lesson youtube. Bass transcription of flat out by guitarist john scofield. Jazz guitar lessons featuring topics such as playing standards, chord melody, improvisational concepts and transcriptions of both guitar and non guitar influ. John scofield on improvisation i know this used to be on.
John is a graduate of hollywoods musicians institute and holds a honors degree in jazz performa. See more ideas about jazz, saxophone and jazz standard. John scofields latest album country for old men was released september 23, 2016. The mandolin, while being native to bluegrass, has a home in music as diverse as choro to classical to swing and contemporary stringband. John scofield guitar transcriptions paperback december 1, 1987. John scofield on improvisation i know this used to be on the sidebar but was taken down from yt i found an alternate link if anyone is interested.
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