From the Pioneer Press:
After opening with a brisk slice of jazz-funk, Scofield played a request - not from the audience, but from one of his sidemen. Before the show, drummer Gregory Hutchinson had asked Scofield to resurrect one of his older originals: "Still Warm," a ballad Hutchinson - then a high school student - had heard him play 20-some years ago.
The tune started out fairly mellow and increased in intensity as Scofield got into his solo, backed by some chunky rhythms laid down by Hutchinson, who's considered one of the top drummers of his generation.
The combo followed that with a hard-swinging version of the Dizzy Gillespie bebop standard, "Woody 'n' You."
Scofield's current group includes a semi-local connection: his pianist is North Dakota native Michael Eckroth, who also leads his own combo in New York City. Eckroth impressed the crowd with his solid soloing and comping behind the other players, on piano and organ.
Scofield also dipped into the Thelonious Monk songbook, with a version of "Hackensack," one of Monk's catchiest riff-based tunes. Hutchinson provided some spiky punctuation from his drum kit, in a bold style evocative of the great Roy Haynes.
Scofield's newest CD is a collection of ballads called "A Moment's Piece." He played one tune he composed for that album, called "Simply Put."
Scofield showed his funky side with another original, "Slinky,"After opening with a brisk slice of jazz-funk, Scofield played a request - not from the audience, but from one of his sidemen. Before the show, drummer Gregory Hutchinson had asked Scofield to resurrect one of his older originals: "Still Warm," a ballad Hutchinson - then a high school student - had heard him play 20-some years ago.
The tune started out fairly mellow and increased in intensity as Scofield got into his solo, backed by some chunky rhythms laid down by Hutchinson, who's considered one of the top drummers of his generation.
The combo followed that with a hard-swinging version of the Dizzy Gillespie bebop standard, "Woody 'n' You."
Scofield's current group includes a semi-local connection: his pianist is North Dakota native Michael Eckroth, who also leads his own combo in New York City. Eckroth impressed the crowd with his solid soloing and comping behind the other players, on piano and organ.
Scofield also dipped into the Thelonious Monk songbook, with a version of "Hackensack," one of Monk's catchiest riff-based tunes. Hutchinson provided some spiky punctuation from his drum kit, in a bold style evocative of the great Roy Haynes.
Scofield's newest CD is a collection of ballads called "A Moment's Piece." He played one tune he composed for that album, called "Simply Put."
Scofield showed his funky side with another original, "Slinky," which features a 5/4 rhythm reminiscent of Dave Brubeck's "Take Five." The guitarist turned up the volume for some sustained Jimmy-Page-style blues bending and some percussive string-scratching. Then he closed the opening set with a carefully-phrased rendition of another ballad, "My Foolish Heart," a tune popularized back in the swing era by singer Billy Eckstine.
Dan Emerson is a freelance writer and musician in Minneapolis.
which features a 5/4 rhythm reminiscent of Dave Brubeck's "Take Five." The guitarist turned up the volume for some sustained Jimmy-Page-style blues bending and some percussive string-scratching. Then he closed the opening set with a carefully-phrased rendition of another ballad, "My Foolish Heart," a tune popularized back in the swing era by singer Billy Eckstine.
Written by: Dan Emerson is a freelance writer and musician in Minneapolis.
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