John Scofield

Decoy

Miles Davis · 1984

A Go Go

John Scofield · 1998

Still Warm

John Scofield · 1986

You're Under Arrest

Miles Davis · 1985

Miles Davis's 1984 album Decoy features guitarist John Scofield alongside bassist Darryl Jones. In 1993, Jones became the Rolling Stones' touring bassist — an unlikely bridge from Davis's fusion-era band to one of rock's most enduring institutions.

A Go Go

John Scofield · 1998

Released April 7, 1998 on Verve, A Go Go was John Scofield's first collaboration with Medeski, Martin & Wood. Recorded at Avatar Studios in NYC and produced by Lee Townsend, its ten Scofield originals fuse jazz with funk and groove.

— A Go Go (John Scofield album), Wikipedia, 2024

Decoy

Miles Davis · 1984

Star People

Miles Davis · 1983

You're Under Arrest

Miles Davis · 1985

Music From Siesta

Miles Davis / Marcus Miller · 1987

When John Scofield joined Miles Davis's band in November 1982, it left two guitarists standing in the lineup. By Scofield's account, Miles liked putting two players of the same instrument together to make them compete — deliberately building the kind of redundancy most bandleaders take pains to avoid.

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Decoy

Miles Davis · 1984

John Scofield joined Miles Davis's band in 1982 and stayed about three and a half years. His first studio appearance was on Star People (1983), followed by writing and guitar contributions to Decoy (1984) and You're Under Arrest (1985).

— John Scofield, Wikipedia, 2024

You're Under Arrest

Miles Davis · 1985

Human Nature

Michael Jackson · 1982

Miles DavisMiles Davisマイルス・デイヴィス covered Michael JacksonMichael Jacksonマイケル・ジャクソン's 'Human Nature' on his 1985 album You're Under Arrest. During the session, his longtime drummer Al Foster refused to play a pop song, walked out of the studio, and never came back — ending their collaboration. Miles defended his choice: 'Why can't Human Nature be a standard?' The original melody began as a tune Toto's Steve PorcaroSteve Porcaroスティーヴ・ポーカロ wrote for his daughter after she came home crying from school.

— Miles Davis Covers Michael Jackson's 'Human Nature' — Open Culture

Tales from the Hudson

Michael Brecker · 1996

Word of Mouth

Jaco Pastorius · 1981

The New Standard

Herbie Hancock · 1996

80/81

Pat Metheny · 1980

On Pat Metheny's ECM date 80/81 (1980), two tenors stood side by side: Michael Brecker, by then a fusion and pop studio staple, and Dewey Redman, straight out of the free-jazz lineage. Pairing the studio ace with the avant-garde tenor was the whole point of the record.

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