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When I write a tune - and it's been like this for many years - I always hear in the back of my head some sort of vague, orchestrated, fully fleshed-out big-band version of the song with other parts going on.

~John Scofield

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It turns out kids today still learn that four-chord progression when they're just picking up the guitar.

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The Meters are, I think, the most influential group in our time to come out of New Orleans, to have changed and introduced us all to a way of playing, and to a groove and a level of feel in playing funk-jazz.

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Who isn't a fan of Ray Charles?

~John Scofield

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I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz.

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Generally, when a record label suggests album ideas for you, you smile politely, and then proceed to shoot it down, because it's never what you as an artist feel is right for you.

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I like forms that are flexible, that can let you feel creative.

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It's one thing to sit at home and write a piece with your guitar, and quite another to have it performed by four people. For me, it's always trial and error.

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I have to work at tunes to get them to come out. Sometimes I'll sit there for four or five hours and get absolutely nothing.

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It's really good to be forced to get away and try something else, find something that's exciting.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: December 26th, 1951

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