Artist: John Scofield
Album: A Go Go
Song: Hottentot
Description: This is an album I recently borrowed from my friend Chris. Surprisingly, I never heard this one even though it’s from 1998. Why is this such a good album?…because it’s funky, funky like my non-wool bike jerseys on a hot summers day. Scofield is pretty amazing on the guitar and with the backing of Medeski, Martin, and Wood, the funk really shines through. My only complaint would have to be MMW just isn’t as all out crazy as they are in their own endeavors. Martin’s drums keep me in the groove the entire time though and Sco does what he does best…playing the guitar like no one else.
Download here.
DT
found out this week that they just wrapped on another one to be released sometime this year. peace
. . . sco+MMW, that is.
Very cool man. I look forward to hearing that. I wonder how different it will be, considering it’s been something like 8 years in both of their careers. I think it would be pretty cool for MMW to lead it and have Sco more integrated, a little more like a jam session and a little less choreographed.
agree completely. I hope to be pleasantly surprised by a break from sco’s usual type-a studio presence.
on your DC music tip…
you may enjoy the energy of TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS
then on the music download tip…
http://2006.sxsw.com/#
and Dave V has turned me onto some canadian podcasts
http://radio3.cbc.ca/
DT.
Missed my ‘Music Monday’ fix yesterday. You be slackin’.
Must have been too many homebrews over the weekend.
DT - as regards the general notion that MMW were a little timid on this album. News on the next one together is that it is the first release on MMWs own label and that the group will be called Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood. So, perhaps more of a level playing field if not MMW+Sco (vice the apparent opposite on A GO GO).
peace