Miles Davis 'Band featuring ''John Scofield'' Guitar solo

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

Miles chewing gum and just walking around like a guy in a hardware store shopping for bits and pieces while Scofield’s setting the stage on fire with a hot drummer! Amazing really.

[@pallhe]

I think that's actually Darryl Jones on bass, rather than Marcus Miller.

[@вадимасланян-е2и]

Cocaine

[@Mr.ABartley]

Thanks you made me laugh. And true.

[@falsenotefest]

Bob Berg sx, Robert Irving cl, Darryl Jones ba, Steve Thorton pe, Vince Wilburn dr

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

@@pallhe Yes, I amended it!

[@mackjigger6030]

Just when you think he painted himself in a corner, he finds a hidden door and escapes

[@kennyhollidayjr5206]

Beautiful description

[@thesuncollective1475]

Houdini

[@NeilRaouf]

😂🤣😇

[@gamby16a]

Man, Daryl Jones is locked in here!!! I love how Scofield starts out playing straight pentatonic and then goes WAY out there along the way. Amazing footage.

[@montech5647]

Boring as hell... 😑🥴

[@Brad5161]

@@montech5647 It can be if you don't understand... definitely not for everyone.

[@egyptianminor]

@@montech5647 How about you share w/ us some of the guitarists and solos you like? I'm curious to know what you find 'exiting' in music.

[@montech5647]

@@egyptianminor John McLaughlin, Chris Poland, George Benson, Allan Holdsworth, Al di Meola, Don Mock, and others... 😎

[@egyptianminor]

Okay, I reckon you listed mostly flashy,, often speed oriented Fusion guys or others on the Rock/Flamenco side of Fusion (Poland And Dimeola). The sole Jazz name you listed is Benson, but we all know he is also a chops, speed demon in his own right... So I see technique and speed as main attractors in your tastes...I reckon Speed and chops and virtuoso technique as the aforementioned players are not really features of Sco's style. I also reckon you like mostly diatonic players, meaning 'out' is not really our thing?... (McLaughlin might be the exception in that department, especially his older, 1970s bag)...So In relation to your tastes I can see why you think his paying here is 'boring'....By any chance have you ever listened to 'Still Warm' or Pick Hits Live'?

[@SuperRocktron]

John was killin that guitar so good that I heard his guitar say the F word twice........Epic solo John

[@lasdudas9210]

Just say fuck.

[@dnalpuca1236]

FAAAAACKK!!!

[@Kolef88]

There is no higher musical honor than playing in Miles' band and Scofield earns it ... five stars!

[@indigofruit59]

the most amazing concert I ever went to was Miles with John Scofield and Mike Stern, London 1983. I was buzzing for days afterwards.

[@TheBlueCream]

maybe ear damage ?

[@paulkelly154]

Oh, man!! I would've loved to have seen that! Sco and Stern together in Miles' band? Holy shit!

[@indigofruit59]

​@@TheBlueCream More like mental enhancement

[@indigofruit59]

@@paulkelly154 same band who recorded "Star People" 1983

[@naderzekrya5629]

I was there, 2nd row! Scofield appeared on stage later from the left. I'd agree, one of the most mind blowing memorable gigs ever!

[@michaelh8854]

absolutely sick. the tone, the scofield little stutters, big bends, dissonant 16th note runs, everything is there love it

[@AtanasovPetar]

His harmonic and rhythmic vocabulary is out of this world.

[@Passion535]

John Scofield Huh? Amazing! Loves how he "steps out and in" with so much ease!!

[@pianoverses5183]

That is sick! Incredible outside playing from Mr Scofield.

[@aloysiussnailchaser272]

What a great solo! I’ve seen him many times and he’s never failed to impress. What I love about this is how he moves so much but for almost the whole time his feet don’t move. He’s rooted to the spot, like a tree in a hurricane. Complete and utter absorption in what he’s doing. Phenomenal!

[@ajadrew]

'He’s rooted to the spot, like a tree in a hurricane' - Great way of putting it!!

[@jessedelaney2386]

I don't know how many times I've watched this vid!! It's absolutely awesome. I've seen Scofield a number of times and got to meet him at a tiny little outdoor amphitheater in a park in Reno one evening, maybe 75 people there! Many of the people didn't know WHO HE WAS!! It was part of some package of events for this Park. I couldn't believe my luck!!

[@stevejones1563]

Was there 8th row back ,he came on after midnight and we walked out St. Denis theater around 3am Montreal and the party was still going ,what a night!

[@Giltribe]

Big Wow! Miles knew how to bring major artists together.

[@markmacintyre3422]

Bassist taking it to “the next level”!!!!!

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

That's Darryl Jones. He's been recording and touring with the Rolling Stones since 1993.

[@gamby16a]

@@fuchsiaswing8545 ...and Sting for his first solo album in 1985

[@thewoodys_surf_instrumental]

Miles sure had a knack for always assembling the worlds best players.

[@Shodan616]

this moment in space and time is one to be remembered, prayers to they who recorded it.

[@jaredpurdy2164]

Love John's playing. He's got such a great tone.

[@rafolsmorales]

It never gets old and it always surprises - what a great solo - full of fluctuations in mood from all the harmonic exploration. And that constant, controlled explosion of energy - wow.

[@JazzBanjo]

Sco at the top of his game right there. Incredible…

[@shastakeys]

Love Sco...but this one is extra special imho because how long he maintains this incredible intensity and just keeps spinning more and more great ideas...wow

[@JOVO1971]

yeah, what a flow and endless inspiration in Sco's guitar playing, so amazing!

[@MrTkeddo]

Bob Berg’s sax solo on this was amazing too.

[@petercallaway3376]

Legendary!🎼🎵🎶 🎷

[@johndellaselva687]

Miles always had a way of making excellent musicians Great Ones!

[@MrJazzharmonie1]

GENIAL !!! Great outside solo !! John is an "outside jazz player " master !!

[@jonRboy]

I never saw Scofield with Miles but I did see him once in the George Duke/Billy Cobham band (with Alphonso Johnson on bass). That was pretty cool.

[@danashane]

Miles solo - 4:33-4:34

[@TheTralfaz]

ha ha ha ha ha ha

[@caprise-music6722]

Miles is the emperor of space. Like the king of the universe

[@dauphindauphin6607]

insanely good those few notes ! 😂

[@DANTEANDOLINI]

so versatile. saw him again last month. Love him with the new standard all stars plus with avi botnik and uberjam. amazing plays live almost everynight.

[@davidfernleigh]

so glad I saw this tour, one of my very fav periods with Sco and D.Jones, doesn't get much earthier than this

[@kennymcquinkiss8292]

I remember seeing Miles Davis at Massey Hall in Toronto Ontario one of the best concerts I've ever seen in my life

[@patrickkirby7612]

They're all AMAZING.

[@shredsixsixsix9218]

Yeah his sound is so outside .we were saying the other day how half the notes in the super locrian are in ,and the other half are out ,John has a great balance so soulful and technical at the same time

[@solarwind1985]

Scofield kicking major ass, great solo and great band, wow!!!!

[@eberniewon]

Sco..amazing

[@adrienpotvin4239]

Scofield's always in top form but Darryl Jones' bass playing is absolutely ripping on this

[@-dash]

No doubt

[@Frip36]

Pay no attention to the bass.

[@martinkoutny5240]

​@@Frip36on the contrary, try not to focus on Scofield 😊

[@EvanC.Rhodes]

John's solo is fire. Reminds me playing with Drew Davidson when I was 9 playing drums with him. So electric john.

[@kdomster9141]

kick ass tune and john is just killing it ....

[@emanuelemazzoni782]

Great musician... beautiful phrasing

[@andresetc]

Simply awesome guitar playing ...difficult to say anything to justly measure and qualify the level of musicianship here...

[@chadwickhurlburt9523]

Scofield is a magical guitar player. I'm certain he isn't "thinking" like a typical guitar player when he plays. He has transcended that a long time ago. He is a musical great on the same level as the biggest and most sacred names in jazz. Miles, Coltrane, Monk, Parker, Gillespie, to name a few. Jazz has other great guitarist. Benson, Pass, and many others. But Scofield is something different from them. He isn't just a great jazz guitar player. Scofield is one of the great jazz musicians.

[@dominiquemiletti6685]

I agree!

[@chrisscarfo8832]

I second that emotion.

[@maximelepage5928]

this man is just impossible to replicate

[@jdguitar1040]

@@maximelepage5928 While I understand the sentiment, and share your love of the man and his music, you are factually incorrect. I have personally replicated the man. All aspects: genetic, creative, diet, behavioral, etc... Over the last 3 decades me and my team have been perfecting, in an undisclosed black site location, an unimpeachable cloning process, combined with a new Cryovac technology the likes of which will revolutionize the planet and species. For obvious reasons, Mr.Scofield was chosen as our first subject for future generations and his replicant is sealed and set for release into the world in the year 2476. Please refrain from asking for any details pertaining to Mr. Scofield's replicant and our processes therein. Even the asking, let alone your somehow receiving any information about the replicant process, would result in your necessary killing. Thank you for your cooperation. And, uhh... Now She's Blonde.

[@maximelepage5928]

@@jdguitar1040 I'm impressed my man. You keep up the good work.

[@bensher5132]

great vid! Nice to hear him stretch farther than on the record...where he already stretches! Sigh...Bob Berg on soprano...one of my favorites..I would have loved to hear his solo on this too. He is sadly missed. My favorite of all the saxophonists of this era ( Michael Brecker etc.)

[@rightchordleadership]

Brecker is my main man but BB is def second. If no Mikey B, BB becomes the king of post-Coltrane tenor. 🎷

[@mck1972]

I used to own the Ibanez Scofield Signature Model-Beautiful Instrument!

[@GimmeJimmy23]

Freaking amazing! Also, the guy at 2:20 looks like he's rocking a plumbus.

[@aljoschascherner3320]

I’ve always wondered how plumbuses were made though..

[@GimmeJimmy23]

@@aljoschascherner3320 Me, too, until I saw the handy "how it's made" video on interdimensional cable. Now, if I could only figure out how to use this incredible device..... Is there a Roiland in the house?

[@jefferyroy2566]

It's called a shekere, and everybody who watched percussionists of this period know what it does. While this instrument lacks the infinite capabilities of the plumbus, it makes a shimmery, scratchy sound unlike the ratchet-like guiro. Morty bought one on Ebay, but the seller has yet to deliver it.

[@GimmeJimmy23]

@@jefferyroy2566Cool! I don't know percussion instruments, admittedly. Thanks for the info!

[@fibboobbif]

It is called an Afuche/Cabasa in south america.. Which "now" is much smaller and hany for much easier use. The Shekeré is the west african version, which probably was the mother of the Afuche.

[@ivanleone82]

That bass... man

[@artyskye]

Sick!!!! Love when he steps outside and goes into that chromatic stuff!

[@nowakmaciej]

I hear a bit of "Protocol" here ;) Great stuff!!!

[@Stckmand]

+Maciej Nowak yep...I heard it too :-)

[@tiluriso]

Absolutely.

[@williammiller4653]

"Protocol" for sure. That's Omar Hakim on drums and, I'm guessing, Darryl Jones on bass, Scofield's rhythm section on "Still Warm."

[@ajadrew]

Me too...just wasn't sure which tune that 'bit' came from. 👍

[@ajadrew]

@@williammiller4653I saw the Blue Matter line up with Gary Grainger & Denis Chambers in a small but ancient Church now known as The Arts Centre in Colchester, England. You could hear a pin drop between the notes that band played... majestic 🙏

[@MrCobraVerde]

Absolutely impressive!

[@stevefitzpatrick1101]

The guy is a fookin genius, I've followed john since 1987 his still warm album it's a pity there is no footage that I know of, of his pick hits live album when he played heaven hill, fantastic piece of music

[@avbeast]

I love those records, too. Omar Hakim and Dennis Chambers...

[@jirikrajnak9047]

Miles was lovin' it

[@JillHayling]

Brilliant 👍🌟🎵🎵

[@loveone4292]

The definition of guitar fusion🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@kirkyounkins8344]

A unique talent, Scofield...

[@davidchamberlain8910]

This is so happening! Thanks for sharing.

[@danuhl4939]

Lately I've been having trouble linking the Scofield I knew from the Seventies, with the more-recent John. This video bridges that gap, nicely. I see both the older John, with the contemporary one, both, in this video.

[@DC9V]

I had to view this twice. its so much fun to see him playing.

[@madmax8949]

This had to have been in the early-mid '80s! Superbly sublime!

[@alessandrorossini8704]

I always thought he had, and still has, an "oblique playing"... also because he phisically is this way when he plays: oblique, his body follows the music and vice-versa, simple! 😁 By the way: what a stellar band this was... holy cow...

[@egyptianminor]

Definitely one of the most underrated for sure, along w/perhaps Steve Grossman, for example.- If you get the chance buy the recently released DVD box set 'Miles Davis - The Complete Live at Montreaux' - it has most of the the complete sets between 1973-1991 including complete, 2 set performances of both his 1984 and 1985 bands which have some mind blowing Scofield and Bob Berg solos - it's worth the somewhat salty price.

[@markyoungmusic]

That is a hot solo!

[@tuckersguitarfiasco]

Outright all awesome musicians.

[@danyelle8856]

dream team !!!

[@rickketchum8668]

Loved his playing since Billy Cobhams Glass Menagerie '83 .A truly fine guitarist.

[@organjoe]

Amazing Music right there !!

[@Krisach]

Awesome! I love his phrasing! :D

[@QuistJam]

0:45 that's what I call playing out - yummy

[@devindevine6887]

Fancy seeing you here... more scofield backing tracks please! Love your stuff.

[@QuistJam]

@@devindevine6887 haha thanks, you got it!!

[@mikeanaro]

Thats what I call playing like shit - yuck.

[@KevinM-dg7kx]

mikeanaro you should post some videos of yourself showing us how it should be done.

[@mikeanaro]

@@KevinM-dg7kx I dont need to, Allan Holdsworth already did it for me. Can you play better than him? if you can Show us, please.

[@josephvotta6698]

I love Scofield's playing. The way he slips in and out of the box is so cool!

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

Oh yeah and if you really wanna hear him play some cool outside stuff in a total rock context then check him out with Gov't Mule doing this song they wrote with him called ScoMule. It's really cool. He was also who showed John Mayer the version of I Don't Need No Doctor that he does.

[@pallhe]

Wow, very cool vibe. I hear a little bit of Sco's Still Warm album in his playing here, i.e. over and above being the same player. Must be from that period.

[@williammiller4653]

My thoughts exactly. Darryl Jones has a lot to do with that.

[@melzaquesilvestrecaetano1673]

Estava vendo uma Vídeo aula sobre solos outsides, então lembrei desse solo do gênio Scofield na banda do Miles Davis !

[@gamesbaden1729]

this outside soloing just amazing

[@tpzid]

Fucking sick!!! Saw JS about 4 times and always was killer.

[@melzaquesilvestrecaetano1673]

Solo fantástico !

[@OneWayTruthLife]

On Fire!! Good thing Miles is so supercool otherwise the stage would burn up.

[@YaoEspirito]

For some reason I always love seeing guitar masters who find a guitar that works for them and they stick with it. Lesser guitarists tend to always have about 50 axes, usually really glossy, glamour guitars made of the most dazzling exotic 'tone-woods'. But Scof, Stern, Morse, Gallagher, May, guys like that, they squeeze every ounce of genius out of their chosen axe.

[@vhollund]

mano a mano That's a 335 i think He changed to Ibanez Artstar

[@OurOnePassion]

vhollund it's an ibanez in this video as well.

[@-dash]

After many listens, 1:46 is the definitive favorite phrase. This music is remarkable.

[@thesuncollective1475]

nah 2:12

[@alexaalexa6524]

He is soooo great!!

[@JazzLinesForGuitar]

frickin amazing

[@MrMts9]

NO ONE TURNS OUT A SOLO LIKE SCO!...YOUR BODY MOVES UP DOWN SIDEWAYS AND BACKWARDS IN A CONSTANT GROOVE!....don't U LOVE HOW MILES ACTS LIKE NTHINS GOING ON?..LOL

[@egyptianminor]

This progression he's soling over could be reduced to a Bluesy II/V vamp -despite playing a lot of other things over it - 'two fiving w/ chromaticism to temporary tonicizations of various notes', etc, in essence he playing Blues. Someone wrote that no matter what Sco plays, it always sounds like he's playing The Blues, which is true to a great extent. Some old Jazz Educator once said: "Well...what's Jazz, besides II/Vs and Blues?" We know it's more than that, but that's its essence. Sco rules

[@Chunkfterbi7183]

One idea morphs into the next, all furthering the story he tells. Mighty.

[@artnieckarz]

this is so cool people still dig this

[@natemclarke]

Timeless solo

[@royalmountain8669]

Sco is full shred mode here. A far cry from his Slow Sco stuff. Gotta love it. Would love to see how Zappa would've played here as well.

[@jade999111]

Royal Mountain Zappa and miles, dream combo

[@didifischervideo]

sry, I love zappa. I own 14 records. I love his compositions. The HUmor. But Zappas solo-playing ist overrrated. Scofield just looks a little bit like Zappa in this video, that's all : ))

[@janhoggart]

@@didifischervideo Zappa is too wild for you, maybe, but he's a natural born guitarist ! No easy licks.

[@didifischervideo]

@@janhoggart Sure, Jazz-Guitarist Scofiled plays less complicated than Zappa : )))))

[@janhoggart]

@@didifischervideo Zappa plays out of the box, he's like a wild animal, you know. He doesn't care about rock or jazz. Scofield may be a better guitarist but here, on this video, he seems trapped in a lesser groove 😄

[@Olivier-es3vh]

Magnificent !

[@luigicannizzo2669]

" Very Special Event .. Great Sounds and Musician ". .. So' Good ... ☺😊😀/💙💙💙/👍👌👏👋

[@fabiolg6719]

THIS IS SICK!!!!!!

[@Bobby007D]

Sco is outstanding.

[@ricandreoli8086]

Love his playing.organized Kaos at its best.

[@juanmanuelelez198]

Scofield es un guitarrista maravilloso.

[@yggdrasil9039]

I remember first hearing the whole Decoy album, like nothing I'd ever heard before

[@HabAnagarek]

Top of the line improvisation.

[@edwinskau]

I also love Scofield's solo on That's Right from this same album

[@modularmuse]

Love how he plays right out there on the edge with almost reckless abandon, just like it should be.

[@TheRider]

Got to love Miles at this time!

[@a3081952]

Schofield turned in a 'blinder' of a solo. Brilliant.

[@yukiduck0w]

@JohnnyGuitarWhelan Miles Davis Live Montreal Festival 1985 is it. one of the best miles live !

[@MrCobraVerde]

Masterpiece!

[@steviethebassman]

Insanely sic Sco, a total badass....

[@fooljack7940]

喜歡這貝斯。。。。好有感覺。。。

[@johnmccann8319]

Great guitar!

[@lokijam]

Sco literally never runs out of stuff to say.