It’s not surprising that Pat Metheny, John Scofield and Bill Frisell form the triumvirate of a very exclusive mutual admiration society. As three of the guitar world’s most acclaimed and distinctive ...

Among the most highly regarded of today's jazz guitarists, John Scofield doesn't think that much about styles and genres. He's a guitar player, and a great one. As such, he's had the chance to perform ...

Jazz guitarist John Scofield, who performed with his quartet at the Dakota jazz club Tuesday night, has probably done more than any other musician to influence the stylistic direction of jazz guitar ...

Over the past decade, John Scofield has put out three types of albums. First, there are the acoustic post bop outings: Quiet, Works For Me, and his latest release, EnRoute. Second, there are the ...

Unlike rock and country bands, jazz groups rarely feature more than one guitar player. So that makes guitarist John Scofield’s current Hollowbody Band a unique project. The quartet, which opened a two ...

Perhaps unheralded within the mainstream, jazz guitarist John Scofield has a resume that is jaw-dropping. From collaborations early in his career with Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and Herbie Hancock to ...

The eclectic electric guitarist John Scofield left Berklee College of Music about 40 years ago to perform with Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan. Since then, he's found wide success throughout the jazz ...

John Scofield’s 2011 concert at Grace Cathedral wasn’t quite his first unaccompanied performance, but filling that reverberant room with sound as part of SFJAZZ’s Sacred Space series seems to have ...

It's usually best to assess a project on its own merits, rather than getting caught up in expectation or preconception. Fans of guitarist John Scofield's more jazz-centric work, including his ...