Scofield's Cissy Strut

[briguyhackins]

I own this same guitar but funny mine does not sound like his. LOL

[jm1072]

@briguyhackins LOL I wish that was all it took!

[pretorious700]

I did this song for many years in several bands, and any way you want to do it, it's FUN AS HELL.

[gregshell]

nice to see the audience grooving away there. maybe they're just cardboard cut outs.

[gregshell]

coolio

[thizzincarlton]

to get this tone- I play guitar through a chorus pedal with 2 outputs, and run em into 2 different amps, one more bassy and clean, and one more high and distorted. i do this for the surf band i'm in and he's pretty much hit My tone right on with this song i think. of course i'm sure he did it long before i was even born and his musical exploration in general is far deeper than mine thus far..

[elipardue]

scofield's tone is the truth

[SensibleMusician]

wow fun. sco's 80's sound is delicious in small doses LOL

[3Dudelsack3]

amazing!

[ignarukih]

YEAH JOHN RILEY PLAYIN' THE SCO-N'AWWLINS GROOVE #7

[brandon1ucas]

where's the Lovano solo...disappointment

[BrianMBrody]

Is Lovano playing a Dolnet? The bell seems slanted to me.

[rmoraespinto]

Man! That's John Riley on drums!

[nickel9696]

man!

that tone is amazingly rank

[funkifyyourlife]

@nickel9696 Maybe, but it's the most original, recognizable tone in music today. No flies on Scofield, man...

[nickel9696]

@funkifyyourlife

im saying it in a positive way

hence y i said amazingly

[funkifyyourlife]

@nickel9696 Yeah, man. I agree. Good taste in players...

[BrianMBrody]

Who uses Joe Lovano and not have him solo? HELLO

[Eyzebian]

@BrianMBrody , his cowbell skills are tight!

[davidobrienii]

YEAH!!! Props for Joe Lovano on cowbell!!!

[benzuckerman]

What a jamming bass player - WOW!

[YellowInABottle1]

this one is sooo much faster BUT who cares i love it

[dacapomusic]

All KILLER no filler excellent version

[booherz]

Nice Straight Life tease in the solo. effin rad.

[jazz1bro]

Mean solo John!

[misieksiem]

kick ass show, wow

[brookelyn7714]

Schofield and company sounds great. This is perfect for a 5 min. funk jam session. Doesn't get any better!

[garethbest]

Scofield's tone makes me want to throw up. Or like when you eat too much sugar and you get sweaters on your teeth. Or like you feel when you eat at McDonald's. Processed.

[funkifyyourlife]

No accounting for taste. I love his tone. Doesn't have to sound like Wes to be great.

[kevlar1818]

@funkifyyourlife reminds me of satriani's style. Satch Boogie for instance. Don't mind it, especially for this rendition of the song.

[Saxman11290]

then don't listen to him

[cormacmccoy]

@garethbest Sweaters on your teeth??? hehe that's the first time I've ever heard that hehe :D

[awesomewelles1990]

@garethbest agreed. terrible tone, Stern too.

[pretorious700]

@garethbest Sco's tone has balls, so not liking it would suggest.....????

[NDiesel31]

I LOVE John Riley....but he plays this pretty white haha.

[LukeDSimpson]

AAAAAAHHHHH CHORUS

[ristretto1977]

what kind of effects do you hear from scofield's guitar? overdrive, chorus, delay... what else???

[SirSampsonSimpson]

check out lovano rockin the cowbell! this may be the first time i've enjoyed hearing a cowbell!  scofield's phrasing is funky as can be

[CTnorthstreetband]

haha thought that guy was drumming on his sax for a second. siiiiick song.

[dariodrag]

woooooooooooow!

Thanx 4 sharin'!

[nickdrozdoff]

Man o man, is this good! I l9ove Scofields' playing. The whole group is outstanding. Lovan's sound is like butter melting off a hot biscuit! The drummer and bass player groove like mad. Thanks for sharing. Peace.

[paulefty]

thanks for uploading! :)

[marredsun]

Yeah man! I love the drop for the B section. I wonder if thats a Sco thing or if others have done that...

[funkifyyourlife]

I've only heard it from Scofield. Now, of course, a lot of people do it.

The other way I've played it is to use blues changes over the solos, but keep it a one-chord vamp for the head.

[marredsun]

Nice. I bet it gets a little challenging having that big ol' C chord in your face the whole time. I did notice a little disparity on the head...I think. I thought the tune was (this is gonna be weird to read) C Bb Eb C G G *A* C *A* C. Here the As are Bbs.

[funkifyyourlife]

Scofield changed the melody a little on his studio version. The Meters did it like this: C, Bb, G, Eb(E), C G, A, C, A, C. Both this version and Scofield's studio version changes those A notes to Bb. In his studio version, he seems to change the second note (Bb) to A, as well.

Then there's the key modulation.

[funkifyyourlife]

Why would it be heavy? It's a semi-hollowbody...

[mivec25]

Where does scofield get get that tone from? It sounds dirty and clean at the same time!

[StephenMatthewMusic]

That Ibanez and I believe that's an EARLY Pro co Rat that he sticks with.. has to be set to pretty low distortion.

[mr79415]

@mivec25 He's playing with a lot of chorus.

[thailow117]

@mivec25 i read he plays extremely heavy strings. 13 and thicker... maybe that contributes

[cm0220ster]

@mivec25 Pro Co Rat, gain turned way down, volume maxed.

[eenem13]

@mivec25 his godliness

[pretorious700]

@mivec25 I love his tone and attack.

[PabloMaffioli]

@mivec25 a little overdrive, a little 335, a little reverb, a little harmonics with the right thumb and a lot of his very own left hand

[lafnbuddha]

@PabloMaffioli

Mmm... It's an Ibanez Artstar actually.

[PabloMaffioli]

@lafnbuddha mmm, touchè.

[fretbuzz59]

@lafnbuddha Mmm...it's an Ibanez Artist, actually. The AS-200.

[jbassderby]

I coulda used a little more cowbell...

[Shawn200220012000200]

The Mighty Joe Lovano & the undisputed John Scofield got the funk!

[pholzer5]

Hey Mr. Funkify,

Thanks for posting. When/where was this performance? I love it.

-Peter Holzer

[funkifyyourlife]

From CD Universe: This 1990 concert, shot at Chelsea Studios in New York City, features guitarist Scofield in three distinct and creative settings. It opens with an organ trio featuring Don Pullen on organ and Marvin "Smitty" Smith on drums. The next segment ... Full Descriptionfeatures two duets with Dr. John. Finally Scofield debuts his quartet with Joe Lovano for a series of originals.

Jazz great scofield performs nine tunes including his own "Big Fan," "Wabash III" and "Keep Me in Mind."

[ThrashMetal]

DAMN! Some of Sco's best work.

[baltostar1]

Whooaaahhh ... this is insane ! They're even tweaking the head as played on Flat Out.

Where'd you get this , may I ask ? So cool that more and more amazing Sco viddies keep surfacing.

[jazzguitardotcom]

i like how they changed keys for the other part of the tune. Made it fresher!

[funkifyyourlife]

Yeah, that's cool. I sat in with a group that played the tune this way, and boy is it confusing when the band changes key and you don't realize it. Fun and challenging, though.

[drummaven91]

amazing. might be my favorite version of the song.  i like it this quick

[ayesoundmate]

whee john riley!

[Claptonfreak18]

anyone know what scale the guitarist is using??

[funkifyyourlife]

Well, guitarists of this stature don't use one particular scale. This is John Scofield, a master jazz player. He uses an amalgamation of scales and arpeggios. The simplest way to find what notes work is to the use the Mixolydian mode, but since there is a lot of minor 3rd going on in the melody, the blues scale works nicely, too, not to mention various altered tones and scales, such as the Lydian b7, etc. Search for Scofield lessons to get a better idea of what he does.

[Claptonfreak18]

Thanks man. That was a lesson for me. I have been trying to learn mixolydian for jazz stuff. Do you teach or something?

[funkifyyourlife]

Yeah, I teach. Mixolydian is pretty easy to learn. Learn the 5 fingerings for the major scale and either think of these from their 5th note to make them Mixo, or just flat the 7th note of a major scale to make it Mixo. The important thing is to consider the chord tones and target those notes within the scale. I don't really think of Mixolydian when I solo as much as work in some notes from that scale. I'm positive that this is the way that Scofield works.

[Claptonfreak18]

Thank you, sir. What do you solo on?

[wahwahwes]

I think I heard some dorian too...

[funkifyyourlife]

Yeah, Dorian would be the Mixolydian scale with a minor 3rd.

Mixolydian: C, D, E, F, G, A, Bb

Blue scale: C, Eb, F, F#, G, Bb

Dorian: C, D, Eb, F, G, A, Bb

Lydian b7: C, D, E, F#, G, A, Bb

Mix and match, baby...

[funkifyyourlife]

I'm not sure what you mean. You mean what kind of guitar do I solo on? I play different axes. I like my strat, a telecaster, an Ibanez Artcore, and mainly a Line 6 Variax, which allows me to use many different guitars.

[turntapzap]

Who is that guitarist?

[cyclejazz]

That certainly funkified my life!

[MaxTH]

One of my favourite guitarist! Great video!