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John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Bill Stewart, Mark Johnson - Meant to Be

John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Bill Stewart, Mark Johnson - Meant to Be

Band: John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Bill Stewart, Mark Johnson Title: Meant to Be Rating: Release Date: 01 February, 1991 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Big Fan 2: Keep Me In Mind 3: Go Blow 4: Chariots 5: The Guinness Spot 6: Mr. Coleman To You 7: Eisenhower 8: Meant To Be 9: Some Nerve 10: Lost In Space 11: French Flics

Customer Reviews Great jazz quartet I love anything John Scofield does. The year was 1990 and the quartet featured Joe Lovano on tenor saxophone & alto clarinet, Marc Johnson on bass, Bill Stewart on drums and of course the great man himself on guitar. His guitar sounds much more muted these days; this album is from back when it still used to wail a little. The uptempo tunes are brilliant enough but it's the ballads on this album that get to me; The beautiful "Keep Me In Mind", "The Guinness Spot", "Meant To Be" and "French Flics" are worth the price of the CD all by themselves. But other favourites are "Chariots", "Mr. Coleman To You" (a tribute to Ornette?) and the weird and wonderful "Lost In Space". Scofield writes all songs, naturally. With great input from all four members of the quartet, this album has a very similar vibe to the 2002 "scolohofo" project which featured Scofield and Lovano alongside Dave Holland and Al Foster, so if you liked that I think you'll like this. (And if you like this of course I think you'll like THAT!) Modern jazz at its best for sure. Modern Jazz at it's best Scofield. This is one of my favourite staight-ahead jazz albums by Mr. This is what modern Jazz guitar should be. The solos are soulful but I think the most impressive is the quality of the compositions. How can this man be so gifted ? The other musicians are also perfect especially Bill Stewart on drums. If you like modern Jazz you have to buy it. a wonderful album Don't let the ugly shirt John's wearing on the cover dissuade you; this is indisputably some of his finest stuff. A heartfelt sort-of homage to Ornette Coleman, this stands as my favorite Scofield album. I highly recommend this album to anyone who has never heard Scofield before and is curious to hear what some of his more straight-ahead stuff is like. It's hard to find any ballad that matches the beauty of "the guinness spot" or "keep me in mind". . You can see a complete list of all John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Bill Stewart, Mark Johnson discography, or go back to the John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Bill Stewart, Mark Johnson tabs