Scofield Medeski Martin & Wood - Chank

[@coolworx]

Hard to believe it's coming up to 25 years since this was filmed. What a different world.

[@blueleaftuber]

Look at these young guys on stage

[@josephtravers777]

I remember turning on a lot of people to A Go-Go. Everyone loved it! 👍

[@ToddieBender]

Johns phrasing and timing + the 3 boys never gets old for me.

[@bossestudios]

The bass playing is just absolutely slammin'!!!

[@AlexGuitar1987]

The entire A Go Go album which originally contains this song is just about the most funky jazz album ever recorded. So professionel musicians just having a blast. Great video, thanks for uploading! Been looking for Scofield playing songs from that album live for a long time :-)

[@ianedmonds9191]

It's just so good isn't it? Luv and Peace.

[@marKism69]

A Go GO is one of my favorite albums of all time, every friggn song is a gem. Sco is just so unique, and I think MMW are all such a perfect compliment to each other.

[@raymonddunne7153]

It's good I played it a lot over the coarse of a year. But check out Ivan "Boogaloo" Jones then come back and talk to me about funky.

[@mflee6590]

Takes me back to some of my favorite years of live music

[@Bix12]

Sco just cruises around, playin' here, playin' there, groovin' with this cat, groovin' with that cat, jamming with dem n' jammin' with doze. What a life....

[@possibly8180]

A hofner bass being used for other genres of music? What a time to be alive.

[@Jake_Reid]

IM FUCKING BACK AFTER 12 YEARS

[@fangok]

scofield is one of the all time great guitarists - no doubt

[@danuhl4939]

What I have always loved about John, is his ability to squeeze fast notes in at the last millisecond, just after a long pastoral jazz line.

[@dressedtosmellgood]

yeah he really knows how to round off a phrase

[@salvatorespencer7445]

Which John? 😁

[@tylerthompson1842]

Dan Uhl “pastoral jazz line” wtf are u on about mate?

[@BeingAwakeisPainful]

Tyler Thompson he’s on that good shit my son.

[@displaychicken]

Tyler Thompson jazz lines that you play while tending your flocks of sheep in the countryside. How do you not know that?

[@tidepoolbay]

What A Groove! John Do More With Medeski Martin & Wood! Peace & Love! WooF!

[@Mr.Proghead]

Those descending sevenths at the end with Sco's squeaky soloing on top are just... pure magic.

[@pokerstar311]

Met Medeski at Heathrow airport - thoroughly nice chap , happy to chat, easy going and approachable .Great musician without being stuck up - what more can one ask for .

[@ianmsalmon]

Scho MEANS every note. I'm lovin. Who needs drugs when there's music like this to expand your mind?

[@gylfmusic]

Billy Martin is by far one of the most funkiest drummers out there. And so creative. And there's so many drummers out there trying to sound like him. This clip is a wonderful example of that. Love it!

[@superjay42]

@taste4phree I think it was the liner notes to Uberjam where Scofield mentioned how he hadn't had a drink or gotten high since 'a festival in Europe X years ago' - turns out this was the occasion he was referring to. :)

[@matambale]

Think my brain just successfully divided by zero, man. Right there at the Peak Of Funk.

[@W.O.P.R]

16 years ago? Damn I am feeling old. Loved this off the album

[@lewikono2781]

The amount of fun they must be having over this tune would be incredible

[@zweidrei91]

Incredibly funky. This must be one of the best jazzvids i've seen. No, the best. Period.

[@stormbringer67]

Fantastic tune!!! You just can't sit still on this one! Scofield with Medeski Martin & Wood make a great combination! Thanks so much for posting!

[@talpajam]

one of the better projects, ever.

[@JackFisherTrio]

and here I am again today

[@jken2632]

Thanks for posting this. I have listened to it for years but have never seen it.

[@farvedetal]

Love Scofields' sandals! Rock ON!

[@ambermcdade2919]

I am salivating out of my ears 😂

[@Kingfish179]

What a maestro! Sco's improvisational skills are unmatched; Medeski adds some nice fuel to the jam here as well. Masterful performance.

[@meanmistermustard1041]

Such utter tastiness! Sco and whole band are great!

[@jeffhamula]

I wish these guys would play together more - I love to listen to sco and medeski. I met sco after a show he played here, seemed like a down to earth guy. I appreciate his talent more since he is not a prick.

[@ghostnote43]

Love watching Medeski play. All those guys are groovin' tough. Extremely sweet.

[@Phydeauxoneone]

Yes. I would listen if it were 45. Hell, I've seen these guys play a show where they didn't stop for the entire set. Good music never needs to end

[@VDP207]

Jeez that is some unbelievable drumming. The symbol work is bonkers

[@drmizik]

thanks a lot volvo40 4 sending these wonderful videos.they are all geniuses.thanks again.cheers...

[@chefnaj78]

I love this song. I wish they did more then the two albums.

[@Dave-bo8ry]

Medeski looks like a younger Jason Statham. "Three songs, 254 notes-*that* was the deal."

[@trebor3377]

I got to hear them play this live on the tour for A Go Go with Clyde Stubblefield filling in for Billy Martin. Watching this brings back memories of how exciting that show was. This also brought back a memory of one afternoon the summer the album came out when I was driving with my windows down listening to the finale to Boozer at a somewhat unhealthy volume. A women in her 70s pulled up at the traffic light next to me and leaned over and said "Nice jazz!". I don't know where she is now but that comment made my day.

[@el0blaino]

Perfect! With the Cold Sweat bass line that'd be ideal!

[@JonnyLikesPie]

I swear that's Jaco playing the cold sweat line ;) MMW killing it for so long, fkn amazing great vid and audio, thx for posting

[@aarfeld]

I've never seen anyone choose a Hofner bass for playing Fusion, but, sounds lovely.

[@RocknJazzer]

that's cuz it's not quite fusion, they are going for a older jazz funk sound that came before fusion, and the hofner fits right in perfectly for that.

[@possibly8180]

I'm on the lookout for videos of hofners being played for anything other than beatles' music. Suffice to say this was a treasure hunt of a video, it's even played fingerstyle like holy damn.

[@RocknJazzer]

@@possibly8180 well there's one up of a rogue copy playing autumn leaves jazz

[@possibly8180]

@@RocknJazzer already watched that a number of times, the bass was actually being used for jazz as intended by hofner so that's nice

[@RocknJazzer]

@@possibly8180 That's cool, tho it doesnt sound like a hollowbody much being so small a body, I have tried many hollow and semi hollow basses to try and get a more upright tone, including fretless ones and acoustic bass guitars and stick type uprights w no body but seems nothing can get close enough to a regular fullsize upright. If you know of anything let me know. regular uprights are too hard for me to play, Im a guitarist so need something more like an electric bass scale playability, but going for upright sound

[@NavinJohnson90]

This music twists my insides into funky shapes.

[@Artiscrafty]

So incredibly bad ass

[@elguitaro]

this makes me even more excited to be seeing them live in a month.

[@lajmiKhalil]

This is got to be the best musical performance I've ever seen...

[@fractal_nature]

TRUTH

[@EricSheppardMusic]

I do not think that more badass music exists than this

[@rogierasselt4972]

I was there and I still remember..:) North Sea Jazz festival would still program some proper jazz and funk .....

[@POSYmusic_us]

Damn, John Scofield has some skills, i really like his style of guitar sound.

[@millerezra8]

His early shit with Miles Davis is wild of course but I feel like he really found his tone with this funky type of shit

[@Frankronin]

This might go on forever. Very funky.

[@Hilmers1]

the bassline and melody towards the end is killer!

[@whirlingsu1]

Saw them live last night. They spoke to the audience briefly. Someone called out, "Thanks for the two minutes"! Guess they don't talk much? Great show.Lots of dancing going on.

[@mikodelosreyes9883]

Wow! Hofner Bass! I love the groovy sound of it!

[@Scrauso74]

...one of their best performance, and people sitting quiet?!!!?!?!?! man a love jazz too, but besides the labels, when music is good is good and those guys are great... thanks for sharing

[@kdc300z]

These two were meant to play together.. It's a match made in heaven as far as music goes! MM&W are amazing and with the Gutiar God Scofield its absolutely the best combo...

[@pazzmanmusic]

Yea.. this song, and many like it are on that album.. a go go ... it is my favorite 'jazz' album in the last decade... maybe favorite album total in the last decade...

[@AlLigamGun]

whoa that's some fresh smooth funky stuff here!:)

[@Belchocsalsa]

So glad I will see them as well at the Blue Note festival in Gent (Brussels) on Wednesday 11/07/07

[@eberniewon]

Love this song. Sco and MMW and are magnificent as usual but Medeskis' robot whirling dervish at the 7:00 mark sends this to another level. How can anyone sit still during this..?

[@dr05guitar]

these guys can groove, that's for sure

[@scotty6124]

I would give one of my toes for a recording of this show since it was AMAZING!

[@zuberfde]

medeski's solos are amazing

[@johnielsen08]

what a well put together song

[@whizmachine]

Sweet! Thanks for adding this. I've had an audio version of this same take for 4 years, so it was great to actually see it. For the record it is spelled "Chank".

[@jeffhubbard1232]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this clip! Insane, super hot playing from all four gentlemen. I saw the tour behind A Go Go, but with Larry Goldings, Bill Stewart, and a bassist who's name I sadly can't recall. It was mind blowing, but it's ultra-cool to hear Sco do this, live, with MMW, the album line-up. This is some high-altitude playing. By the way, I'm probably not the first one here to reveal this, but "Chank" is Jimmy Nolen, James Brown's guitarist. Peace!

[@nazznate]

Thanks for posting! I looked for this band playing this tune a couple years ago on youtube, but all i could find was an Asian guy and band doing a cover (very good cover). I am preparing to record this tune, and need to figure out the drum part. One of if not my most fave-o-rite tune on this album. Thanks again

[@nvp323]

0:15 the one time Scofield plays a chord that humans will recognize

[@superjay42]

I believe this is July 11, 1998.

[@ZealLevin]

Killing it.

[@borzas]

I saw them yesterday in Budapest. They seriously kicked ass.

[@OdinsLoaf]

I couldn't in my life imagine going to a concert and sitting.

[@davidettinger6246]

Good one! Scofield is a great addition. This one has it all,…Grooves!

[@happybeach777]

David Ettinger they are the addition not him lol ;)~

[@ShitCrap]

good shit, this is the kind of jazz/funk I was looking for

[@7.0SLO]

I love watching videos of bands with this much talent...and especially reading the comments - no one talks shit, cause they can't! these guys rule! HAIL ALL MMSW FANS!

[@Trageikeman116]

Medeski is UNBELIEVABLE!

[@mandolinoelettrico]

JAZZ IS, WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE!

[@Bertiklein]

Scofield is one of the Best.

[@gawful44]

The "Beatle" bass IS funky as hell!

[@axbarino]

one of the best organ solos i v ever heard!!!

[@keyboardhwiz]

@jrr619901 I was just about to tell my wife how serious this Chank was when I read your comment. Amen, friend. This freaking performance choked me up it was so good.

[@Veghead]

Where Im from we stand up for Great music, even while tunig up - Come on People !!!

[@PalleSchultz]

To me this is THE essence of music!

[@BroscoWankston]

Medeski looks so young!!!!!! Wow!

[@CreativedotMedia]

this music is really good while you are working...or while you are cooking!!! I cook the best stuff while listening to this man...If i could i would cook for all of ya so you can have a taste ;)

[@jato1956]

Even now...all I can do is sit here and nod in a funky fashion.... Under control of the huge monstrous GROOVE in the room!

[@POSYmusic_us]

Loving that Violin Bass!

[@marcuselia5329]

How in the name of all that is holy are those people sitting down

[@rorshakks]

I remember first hearing this and knowing it'd be an instant classic (for this album).

[@pjrow]

What a great SOUND!

[@nicovaneenennaam5065]

John Scofield, Medeski, Martin and Wood 1997 North Sea Jazz Festival Verplicht kijken en luisteren.....prachtig thema....keihard werkende John Medeski op Hammond...dat begint op 5 minuut en 15 sec.....Martin en Wood houden de motor draaiende op bas en drums...en John Scofield als vanouds....

[@BenWeeks]

Crispy drums!! OG Sco & mmw killing it as always.

[@OlymPigs2010]

I marvel at the instruments: A 1950's Lesley organ,a 60's Hoffner bass and Scofields 81 Ibanez! Those Pearl drums are probably 60's too. *Medeski is dressed like a guy who works on a kids ice cream truck!

[@beckblowbyblow]

That was awesome.

[@EmielBlom]

Very nice music, great groove

[@docparider88]

helps me live another day

[@noirtriptyline]

If John Medeski was my church organist I would NEVER miss a Sunday....

[@dumpstyle]

Best vid on youtube ever..

[@RaytheMon]

6:05 Billy Martin = Genius!

[@dbphiladelphia]

*Cannot* fucking wait to see MMW w/ Scofield @ Mountain Jam this year. I love the vibe these guys put out so much, it damned near hurts.

[@rolling1up]

Funky as they wanna be !!!!!!!!

[@fingazfunk]

Crazy progressions!

[@maestro48239]

@fiveweelo everyone was probably so entranced with the music, all they could do is sit there in total awe

[@taste4phree]

This show happened in 1998. I was there

[@baskinhu]

"jazz you love" lol its right, this is really good. wish I knew other jazz guitarrists like Scofield. wish he would come to Portugal soon too :P

[@craigwalker7415]

Groovular ! ~