I had always admired John Scofield's playing, but when he teamed up with Medeski Martin & Wood in 1998 and produced 'A Go Go', I went from admirer to devotee.
I still think it might be the best jazz recording of the 1990's, and anyone who doesn't own it, should.
But while 'A Go Go' is fairly easy to find, this recording isn't.
It is Scofield's first recording as band leader,(recorded in 1977), and features some awful production(the bass in particular sounds like it was made out of cardboard), but some fine playing.
The solo guitar tracks stand out in particular for me as well as a notable cover of the Carla Bley penned 'Ida Lupino', which is one of those many songs in the Real Book which no one ever plays.
1. Public Domain
2. Amy(who else?)
3. Blues for Okinawa
4. V.
5. Un Toco Loco-Ballet
6. Ida Lipino
John Scofield - guitar
Clint Houston - bass
Motohiko Hino - drums
Terumasa Hino - trumpet on 'public domain' and 'V'
I found some old links for this recording floating around but none of them work anymore, here is a new one, enjoy.
http://rapidshare.com/files/358626354/john_scofield_-_east_meets_west.rar
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