John Scofield - Piety Street -Album-Documentary

John Scofield - Piety Street -Album-Documentary

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• John Scofield
• Piety Street
• Documentary
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• Jazz
• Guitar
• Universal Music

[melrhyne]

Huge Scofield fan, since Electric Outlet, but why couldn't he get

authentic GOSPEL musicians???

They are around, and definitely have the facility to deal with the tunes.

He could've had Andre Crouch, or any of the greats from the Hawkins era.

Any of the guitar based gospel denominations, like

Church of the Living God would have destroyed this!!!

This just seems like fru-fru gospel lite, lite extry!!!

[gillyarchtop]

Buy the album you f*%kers, don't download it for free.

[sixstringer82]

man scofield's playing is so good it makes you wanna cry!

[melrhyne]

@tortoiseland

Thanks for your comment!

I'm not sure what "typical" gospel is...

Nowadays, gospel is as diverse as pop, with Jazz strains, Funk strains, and even some Metal.

I totally understand wanting to do something a little different from the norm, but gospel, like

reggae, is deceptively easy, and have definitive sonorities, that make up it's sound!

NOW- he could have used the same arrangements and some of the amazing gospel musicians available to us.

All in all, still a good recording!

[tortoiseland]

@melrhyne Maybe because he didn't really want to make a typical gospel record. Love it.

[Gugalundum]

See it: It´s gospel and high level at the same time.

[tejastiger61]

John Scofield is  the RENAISSANCE MAN of modern times....

Thank goodness he picked up the git -tar .. Instead of say, a paint brush. God Bless him.....

[anndeesavage]

@melrhyne But Scofield didn't want to simply make a gospel record. Listen to what he says, he started out wanting to make a blues record and changed course as the process went on. He is also not a particularly religious guy, and just wanted to make music with top class musicians who live in the Big Easy. It works as it is. Christ, does their have to be an argument about 'authenticity' here?

[jacobmoon]

Hurt in a car? Call Ricky Fataar!

[jorgetenamusic]

I had the chance to hear this incredible band (Scofield, Cleary, Porter Jr, Higgin) last friday in México and I am impressed by the intensity of the interpretation! They are amazing! I hope all the wonderful jazz, blues and gospel musicians of all over the world find México to be a good venue place!!! We want you guys to come here more often!

[bisitino]

john scofield broke the rules of jazz! I think that this has the best feeling of all.