{"id":13920,"date":"2020-07-11T20:34:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T03:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=13920"},"modified":"2020-07-11T21:34:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T04:34:23","slug":"john-scofield-and-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2020\/07\/john-scofield-and-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"The New One By John Scofield And Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several <em>Rifftides<\/em> readers have expressed concern that this blog has appeared infrequently of late and asked if the staff are all right.<\/p>\n<p>We are fine. Thank you for asking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1_Swallow-and-Scofield.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1_Swallow-and-Scofield-800x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1_Swallow-and-Scofield-800x394.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1_Swallow-and-Scofield-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1_Swallow-and-Scofield-768x378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1_Swallow-and-Scofield-200x98.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1_Swallow-and-Scofield.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back to business: John Scofield brings together a pair longtime colleagues for a new collection reminding us that his range and flexibility are among the greatest of any guitarist. With drummer Bill Stewart and bassist Steve Swallow (Swallow, left, and Scofield pictured) the repertoire of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Swallow-Tales-Scofield-Steve-Stewart\/dp\/B086G2R7MB\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=John+Scofield&amp;qid=1594528115&amp;sr=8-1\">Scofield&#8217;s new all-star trio<\/a> draws on several admired Swallow compositions. They &#8221;\u00a0include some of his best-known pieces, among them &#8220;Hullo Bolinas,&#8221; which long ago became a jazz standard. It is good to hear Swallow&#8217;s classic in this new configuration.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hullo Bolinas\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ibsb1TD-zl4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering about Bolinas, it&#8217;s a small place on the northern California coast not far from Mill Valley, one of my favorite former hometowns.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rifftides<\/em> will be back. Soon, we hope.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Rifftides readers have expressed concern that this blog has appeared infrequently of late and asked if the staff are all right. We are fine. Thank you for asking. 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