Guitarist John Scofield is proud of the fact that he, like some studio-guitar players, can’t pick up a guitar and play in any style and sound like any guitar player on the planet. The truth is that Scofield can only play in the style of Scofield and can only sound like Scofield. And that’s why he has become one the guitar greats of modern jazz. Whether he’s playing bebop like on his previous CD En Route or the music of Ray Charles on his latest release That’s What I Say: what you hear is always 100% undiluted Scofield. The same story could be written about Chris Potter. His sound on the saxophone is so personnel that the listener only needs a few seconds to recognize him. In 1997 Scofield was featured on Potter’s breakthrough CD Unspoken. Now, in the new millennium, they tour with the drummer of the millennium: the incredibly talented Bill Stewart.
