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John Scofield — A Go Go
Album: A Go Go
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Released: 1998
Length: 6:32
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 nu11 wrote:

At least a million on the Scoville scale! unlike the Red Hot Chili Peppers this is completely hot !





Rates at least a 9 on the RP/Scofield Scale!
Posted 2 months ago by TurtleMan    [ Reply ]
One of those recordings that makes me reconsider my antipathy to jazz...
Posted 3 months ago by SgtBeefheart    [ Reply ]
 norwegian_would wrote:

I don’t usually comment. I just listen and read, but when Scofield plays I have to write. I have seen him more times than any other ‘jazz’ artist. It’s weird, when he is really grooving, it looks like he is having a seizure, until it feels lIke I am having one as well. I guess that’s what you call transcendental. Keep them coming Bill. 


Music so good you may need to be hospitalized!   ; )
Posted 5 months ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
This organ just screams John Medeski.
Posted 5 months ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
 nu11 wrote:

At least a million on the Scoville scale! unlike the Red Hot Chili Peppers this is completely hot !




Hmm, Different.
Posted 6 months ago by Pitjes    [ Reply ]
10 the rating, plus ten times more!
Posted 6 months ago by Pitjes    [ Reply ]
At least a million on the Scoville scale! unlike the Red Hot Chili Peppers this is completely hot !


Posted 1 year ago by nu11    [ Reply ]
 paloeguevo wrote:

Awesome version with Medeski, Martin & Wood live version




Thank You.  I will check it out.  I love MMW! ...it is on You Tube. 
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 bitbanger wrote:

Dang but this does swing. Gotta love MMW's work on this bad boy! Digging on the counterpoints all over the place. Easy 9 from South Billyburg.




I Agree completely!  Thabx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
exemplar ensemble! That drummer channels Clyde onto another level
Posted 2 years ago by Dr_Ross    [ Reply ]
 xcranky_yankee wrote:

it just seems that this was used for a TV show... thought it was Barney Miller but it is not. anybody else hearing this?



There is a lot of twang in the base.  Barney Miller had a very bass-heavy theme song with a fair amount of twang in it.
Posted 2 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
Awesome version with Medeski, Martin & Wood live version
Posted 2 years ago by paloeguevo    [ Reply ]
it just seems that this was used for a TV show... thought it was Barney Miller but it is not. anybody else hearing this?
Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
 Shmelo wrote:

John Medeski lending his funk to Scofield, can't go wrong. 



amen
Posted 2 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
precise, bouncy, playful, bluesy, jazzy
Posted 2 years ago by Ihatethissong    [ Reply ]
Hyping up 70's funk with a whole box of soft tissues. Or what? Some lense-cleaner ones involved... to remind us pluckin' some strings could be fun.
Posted 3 years ago by (former member)    [ Reply ]
Execellent...👍👍👍
Posted 3 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
The session I want to play in :)
Posted 3 years ago by Atombender    [ Reply ]
When you can recognize an artist from only the first few notes, it's a pretty good indication they're doing something right.
Posted 3 years ago by amcostigan88    [ Reply ]
Dang but this does swing. Gotta love MMW's work on this bad boy! Digging on the counterpoints all over the place. Easy 9 from South Billyburg.
Posted 3 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
Cool to the bone. 
Posted 3 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
He haz tone !
Posted 4 years ago by craigthedove    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:


Fred, 

Your parents called from The Beyond. They tried to do their best by you, but they'd really appreciate it if you'd let go of your hatred of their musical choices. 

I'd give this an 8.5 if I could. 
 

Billy Martin on drums makes this track for me. An easy 9.
Posted 4 years ago by missionaire    [ Reply ]
Reasonably funky. Much prefer George Duke and Billy Cobham's earlier work with Scofield along these lines c. 1976
Posted 4 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

Fine by me - jazz sucks the big one to these ears. Your comment reminds me of my jazzophile father, to whom technical virtuosity was the main criterion for judging jazz numbers. Never mind that it sounded like a herd of tomcats on heat, if it's fiendishly difficult to play and hasall sorts of esoteric musical techniques in the scoring, it's the dog's bollox in his view. As a non-sophisto myself, I'll take something with a decent toon, without all the self-indulgent noodling and discords and ear-mangling percussion that so characterises 'sophisto-jazz'. This number may be more processed than a can of baked beans but it sounds good, and that's all I give a monkeys about.
 

Fred, 

Your parents called from The Beyond. They tried to do their best by you, but they'd really appreciate it if you'd let go of your hatred of their musical choices. 

I'd give this an 8.5 if I could. 
Posted 4 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
assembled elevator music
Posted 4 years ago by Stetsonman    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
A terrific groove but enough head turning stuff going on to make it interesting.
 
Seconded... 😁
Posted 4 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
Oh....Soooo...smooooth....mmmm 😌
Posted 4 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
Great album.  Glad to hear on RP
Posted 4 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
I don’t usually comment. I just listen and read, but when Scofield plays I have to write. I have seen him more times than any other ‘jazz’ artist. It’s weird, when he is really grooving, it looks like he is having a seizure, until it feels lIke I am having one as well. I guess that’s what you call transcendental. Keep them coming Bill. 
Posted 4 years ago by norwegian_would    [ Reply ]
A terrific groove but enough head turning stuff going on to make it interesting.
Posted 5 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Groovy!
Posted 5 years ago by SDBob    [ Reply ]
Love this!
Posted 5 years ago by Tim_Coletti    [ Reply ]
This is great! But it makes me feel inadequately ungroovy.
I love it, but it somehow seems to point at my lack of cool. Like I wish I could move to that song the way it deserves, but I know I would be falling short. Does that make any sense?

And you have every right to say no
Posted 5 years ago by Egctheow    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}{#Hug} this is just plain goood
Posted 6 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
When you want to play trumpet, but you only know guitar.

I mean that as a compliment, not a criticism... 
Posted 7 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}
Posted 7 years ago by power.user189    [ Reply ]
Having seen Mr. Medeski jam his amazing Hammond in Tokyo (MMW), I recognized his hand in this right away. Jazzy, funky, soulful art
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Outstanding. Haven't heard Scofield in quite awhile. My bad.
Posted 8 years ago by fgrunewald    [ Reply ]
Hi Class!
Posted 8 years ago by Shipp    [ Reply ]
I judge if I like something when I sit up from reading and have to check out on the squeezebox which track is playing if I've not heard it before. This is cool.
Posted 8 years ago by Philo    [ Reply ]
 Hippostar wrote:
Playing quarter and eighth notes doesn't make musical genius either.  Otherwise, this is just a vacuous attempt to copy actual acid jazz by people who most likely entered music as a "second career"....
 
John Scofield has played and recorded with Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, George Duke, Billy Cobham, Pat Metheny, and quite a few other jazz notables - one hell of a "second career".  That obviously does not make him a musical genius but I don't think that claim had been made here anyhow.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
John Medeski lending his funk to Scofield, can't go wrong. 
Posted 8 years ago by Shmelo    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Guitarist}
Posted 8 years ago by SteffT    [ Reply ]
Funking awesome, love his work.
Posted 9 years ago by exurbia    [ Reply ]
pretty tasty guitar work!
Posted 9 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
 scraig wrote:
That song was like a four course meal. Very tasty and quite satisfying.

 
Reminds me of the funkiest of funky chickens. Maybe she wound up in the pot by the time you heard this...
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Just goes to show that you can produce a kick ass song with just 5 words :^ )
Posted 9 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
sorry, wrong song./
Posted 9 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Excellent
Posted 10 years ago by GeminiGirl    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Someone misspelled the title; 
actually, it's "A No No". 

 
Ha, that's funny.  I like this track, but I'd prefer to hear something off the album "Still Warm"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p5lhErXh7Y&feature=kp


Posted 10 years ago by konz    [ Reply ]
If I had a mind to. . . if I set myself the task to play guitar, it would sound like this. 
Posted 10 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
kinda different
Posted 10 years ago by Lauriea    [ Reply ]
Someone misspelled the title; 
actually, it's "A No No". 
Posted 10 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I think this is called "Noodling"... Sorta like doodling but more audible than visual...

Not my cuppa...


Maybe it's just me... If so, that's fine...    
Posted 11 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
This whole album is so darn good 
Posted 11 years ago by abcde_fz    [ Reply ]
Dig it
Posted 11 years ago by Doogie    [ Reply ]

very groovy jam...  love it...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
you GOT to funkify yo life {#Bananapiano} this guy listened to a lot of METERS records is my guess, YES?
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
get the funk..........in my face
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
What a nice groove...
Posted 11 years ago by bc    [ Reply ]
I like all music, don't matter which category the theorists dump it in.  I just think it takes a lot more genius to write and perform an engaging piece.  It goes for all forms of entertainment.
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
For a second there I thought I was listening to one of my mp3's...

prolly my second favorite guitarist next to Pat Metheny.  nice groove.  
Posted 12 years ago by dpvest    [ Reply ]
Damn, mellow out young un's.
Posted 12 years ago by Kokoloco53    [ Reply ]
 Hippostar wrote:
Playing quarter and eighth notes doesn't make musical genius either.  Otherwise, this is just a vacuous attempt to copy actual acid jazz by people who most likely entered music as a "second career".

The drums are mechanical and could be replaced by a drum machine and nobody would notice — this guy seems to only know one lick. It's painful to listen to the beautiful sounds of a Hammond brutalized by heavy digital effects and processed within an inch of its life.

 
Fine by me - jazz sucks the big one to these ears. Your comment reminds me of my jazzophile father, to whom technical virtuosity was the main criterion for judging jazz numbers. Never mind that it sounded like a herd of tomcats on heat, if it's fiendishly difficult to play and hasall sorts of esoteric musical techniques in the scoring, it's the dog's bollox in his view. As a non-sophisto myself, I'll take something with a decent toon, without all the self-indulgent noodling and discords and ear-mangling percussion that so characterises 'sophisto-jazz'. This number may be more processed than a can of baked beans but it sounds good, and that's all I give a monkeys about.
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 Hippostar wrote:


Playing quarter and eighth notes doesn't make musical genius either.  Otherwise, this is just a vacuous attempt to copy actual acid jazz by people who most likely entered music as a "second career".
 
Sounds like the hipster from Portlandia is a master baiter. 

I guess I always thought that John Scofield was an actual, fully credentialed, jazz guitarist. 
Posted 12 years ago by treehugger    [ Reply ]
 sfearll wrote:
made me look.... sounds great..!
 
Made me BUY it!
Posted 12 years ago by midigitguy    [ Reply ]
made me look.... sounds great..!
Posted 13 years ago by sfearll    [ Reply ]
Very nice, would love to hear more from Medeski Martin and Wood on this station!
Posted 13 years ago by risk    [ Reply ]
 

Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood - A Go Go, Live
Estival Jazz, Lugano, Switzerland, 5th July 2007 John Medeski - Keyboards John Scofield - Guitar Chris Wood - Bass Billy Martin - Drums.
 

Posted 13 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
niiiiiiiiiiiiiice. love the long slow fadeout
Posted 13 years ago by rashad    [ Reply ]
great album

Posted 13 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
That song was like a four course meal. Very tasty and quite satisfying.
Posted 14 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
I can handle his music in small doses. Over the course of a whole CD it starts to get a bit tired.
 

i kinda agree...although I'd say I "enjoy" his music in small doses...
Posted 14 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]

You've got to appreciate well-placed notes. Great album.


Posted 14 years ago by katiediddler    [ Reply ]

i've listened to this album religously since it's conception....if you like this song i recommend it strongly!!


Posted 14 years ago by elliotgoettelman    [ Reply ]

john scofield 2 by ~Thaisis
©2006-2010 ~Thaisis



Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Drummer}{#Bananajam}{#Bananapiano}
Posted 14 years ago by spigolli    [ Reply ]
 openears wrote:
Good to hear someone playing the right notes in stead of 50 notes per second

 

Playing quarter and eighth notes doesn't make musical genius either.  Otherwise, this is just a vacuous attempt to copy actual acid jazz by people who most likely entered music as a "second career".

The drums are mechanical and could be replaced by a drum machine and nobody would notice — this guy seems to only know one lick. It's painful to listen to the beautiful sounds of a Hammond brutalized by heavy digital effects and processed within an inch of its life.

This is truly a great example of what you can buy with a whole lot of studio time and unlimited digital post-production.

Posted 14 years ago by Hippostar    [ Reply ]
I use to open my coffee house with this in the morning!  THe BUZZ! execellent to get you awake!!! Thanks RP.
Posted 14 years ago by buzmaggie    [ Reply ]
I thought this was Trey and Phish. Nice groove.
Posted 14 years ago by biomedvgh    [ Reply ]
I can handle his music in small doses. Over the course of a whole CD it starts to get a bit tired.
Posted 15 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 jonahboo wrote:
Mr 335
 
Is he playing a 335 here?

Posted 15 years ago by h_in_bristol    [ Reply ]
 openears wrote:
Good to hear someone playing the right notes in stead of 50 notes per second

 
Like Django or perhaps Les Paul?

Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
I have the "Still Warm" album and thought this track was on it, but I don't see "A Go Go" on its track list.  Love that album - it's getting played this weekend.


Posted 15 years ago by konz    [ Reply ]
The local CBC station used to play this song as background for their traffic report! I keep waiting for Bill to give the traffic info {#Lol}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Good to hear someone playing the right notes in stead of 50 notes per second

Posted 15 years ago by openears    [ Reply ]
Reminds me a bit of some of the less frenetic stuff on Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow.
Posted 15 years ago by FrankMc    [ Reply ]
Brilliant! 

{#Dance}   {#Guitarist}
Posted 15 years ago by hopper99    [ Reply ]
Mr 335
Posted 15 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
I think Martin Medeski + wood is the band w/ him on this ——-  Killer stuff
Posted 15 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
My 2nd favourite guitarist after Pat Metheny. Check Sco out on his collaboration with Metheny on "I can see your house from here", his playing on Herbie Hancock's New Standard album and Saudades by Trio Beyond. Be prepared to be bowled over. Hand Jive and Grace under Pressure albums are, for me, his best works in his own name, though he excels on his huge backlog catalogue.
Posted 15 years ago by fugglesworth    [ Reply ]
Niiece!

This is completely new to me and I like it.
Posted 15 years ago by Verpeiler    [ Reply ]
Initially I thought Grateful Dead in groove mode, but this is better.  Tasty stuff.
Posted 16 years ago by shayde    [ Reply ]
Zzzzz. It's 9:30 AM on the east coast. This is music to lay in bed on Sunday morning with. 
Posted 16 years ago by MrWheat    [ Reply ]
 ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
I just love those guitar squonks!
 
Squonks! Nice.
Posted 16 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
no comment  -   8.
Posted 16 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Nice groove.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
stevetheshoe wrote:
I don't what guitarists you refer to, but I've seen quite a few myself and Scofield is right up at the top of the field.
Damn straight. If Scofield was deemed good enough to play in Miles Davis' bands during the 80s, he's good enough for me. Best thing about John is you can pick out his sound pretty easily. It's a distinguished style that goes along with his distinguished career.
Posted 16 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
Time signature hook 101.
Posted 16 years ago by E_A_D_G    [ Reply ]
chucklesalmon wrote:
Holy Crap! It's OLD MAN FUNK! A veeerry special kind of groove, usually only played by aging Showbands or swing musicians. Often in the 70's swing bands would add one or two straight time "rock" tunes for "the kids". Yep, this is old man funk. "boom boom Bap, b-doo bee doo Bop" Nope, I don't care who is playing drums.... it's old man funk. Not funky, but.... Old. Man. Funk.
Hilarious! A bit of a let down after Porcupine Tree....
Posted 16 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
I just love those guitar squonks!
Posted 16 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
SCO rules!
Posted 16 years ago by marmelock    [ Reply ]
parrothead wrote:
This is also known as loud jazz. An old rock and roller and an attraction to blues could take a liking to this.....
Ah, so........that explains it!
Posted 17 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
rgrace wrote:
I dunno, but I've seen a lot of genuinely great guitarists and lemme tell ya, Scofield ain't one of 'em...
I don't what guitarists you refer to, but I've seen quite a few myself and Scofield is right up at the top of the field.
Posted 17 years ago by stevetheshoe    [ Reply ]
FANTASTIC ALBUM! check it out if you can, well worth it!
Posted 17 years ago by eeke    [ Reply ]
Hey! if it had some cowbell I'd give it a Ten!
Posted 17 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
I like the funkyness.
Posted 17 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Fusion music is very welcome too! What about Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Brecker Brothers and similar cool, jazzy-funky bands, Bill...?
Posted 17 years ago by Nabla    [ Reply ]
In my opinion, this collaboration from Scofield and Medeski Martin & Wood is better than either one of them alone (from a listenable-album point-of-view). Alone they are prone to rambling, but together the songs are much tighter. A good album...
Posted 17 years ago by Guero    [ Reply ]
healyf52 wrote:
This song is doing absolutely nothing for me. It's definately a 'ho-hum'. Let's hear some Bill Frisell, that is if RP is hip enough to have any of his recordings..
Agreed. I was intrigued enough to see this tour live at Iridium and was blown away. Then I bought the album... Haven't listened to it since though bootlegs of this tour do the performances some justice.
Posted 17 years ago by aronson    [ Reply ]
This song is doing absolutely nothing for me. It's definately a 'ho-hum'. Let's hear some Bill Frisell, that is if RP is hip enough to have any of his recordings.. .. just checked .. they don't.. maybe I'll upload a couple of tunes..
Posted 17 years ago by healyf52    [ Reply ]
This is also known as loud jazz. An old rock and roller and an attraction to blues could take a liking to this.....
Posted 17 years ago by parrothead    [ Reply ]
Old man funk Long time since I heard Scofield. Does that mean I'm old too
Posted 17 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
I dunno, but I've seen a lot of genuinely great guitarists and lemme tell ya, Scofield ain't one of 'em...
Posted 17 years ago by rgrace    [ Reply ]
junebaby65 wrote:
I love John's playing because as technically adept as he is and having super chops, he never forgets the blue note in his playing. He never has that typical jazz fusion "sterile" sound. Amen to that.
chops? you mean he plays the guitar with his mouth? he certainly didn't last time i saw him in concert... still a briliant performance though!
Posted 17 years ago by rexi    [ Reply ]
very good! fantastico
Posted 17 years ago by magico    [ Reply ]
chucklesalmon wrote:
Holy Crap! It's OLD MAN FUNK! A veeerry special kind of groove, usually only played by aging Showbands or swing musicians. Often in the 70's swing bands would add one or two straight time "rock" tunes for "the kids". Yep, this is old man funk. "boom boom Bap, b-doo bee doo Bop" Nope, I don't care who is playing drums.... it's old man funk. Not funky, but.... Old. Man. Funk.
yeah..right I guess Miles lost his chops when he got over 40?
Posted 17 years ago by yclept    [ Reply ]
ha..just ordered this from amazon today
Posted 17 years ago by yclept    [ Reply ]
word
Posted 17 years ago by C57BL6    [ Reply ]