It’s not a competition, but Sco wins here…by far

[Rob MacKillop]

[kris]

Scof plays the guitar beautifully and others just play.

[Zack]

Scofield had plenty of practice time with the man (Miles) himself back in the early 80s as I remember. Steve could have too but was too busy toto'ing about at the time. Whereas Meola, good on him to oblige here but it's never really been his thing anyway..

[spencer096]

Major berklee faculty jam vibes

[mr. beaumont]

For the record, I like all three of these guys, but anytime I see more than one guitar in a "jazz" context I get pretty nervous about what I'm going to hear.

Sco's solo is excellent, as pretty much always. He's somehow still getting better, which is nuts.

[Rob MacKillop]

Agreed. I didn’t want to watch it at first, but took the chance. Sco still sounds fresh, which is amazing, and even more now I see him as the closest we’ve had to a guitar version of Miles himself. The phrasing and note choices are just so Miles-like at times, without being a copy. Hear two notes, and you know it’s Sco.

[kris]

John Scofield has the greatest jazz experience.
By the way "All Blues"-Scof played this tune several years ago at a concert dedicated to Tal Farlow.Here he also played a brilliant solo...8:31:

[Doctor Jeff]

For the record, I like all three of these guys, but anytime I see more than one guitar in a "jazz" context I get pretty nervous about what I'm going to hear.

Sco's solo is excellent, as pretty much always. He's somehow still getting better, which is nuts.

Unless Bucky's one of them. Bucky is a "value-added" proposition to any jazz combo experience, more than one guitar or not.

[Jerzy]

Lukather should have played first,then DiMeola and,for dessert,Sco.

[grahambop]

Sco told a story, building an arc in his solo and using space. The others didn’t, to me anyway.

[kris]

Blues is the best test for every guitarist.

[starjasmine]

I was thrilled to hear Sco play through a decent amp for once. The distortion on a JC-120 is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

[mr. beaumont]

I was thrilled to hear Sco play through a decent amp for once. The distortion on a JC-120 is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

Doesn't he usually use an AC-30?

[DawgBone]

That was borderline awful.

Trying to be too clever is a reliable recipe for bad blues.

[James W]

The solos were ok, Sco's was probably the best but that's not surprising since I prefer him to the others. None were particularly inspired though.

The last five minutes I could have done without.

[charlieparker]

For the record, I like all three of these guys, but anytime I see more than one guitar in a "jazz" context I get pretty nervous about what I'm going to hear.

Sco's solo is excellent, as pretty much always. He's somehow still getting better, which is nuts.

I think Guitar Night with Vignola works but this was...

[JDNC64]

Doesn't he usually use an AC-30?

He has been using the Deluxe Reverb for the last few years.
I saw his trio a few weeks ago, and it was pretty subdued overall,
relative to previous concerts.

[John A.]

I was thrilled to hear Sco play through a decent amp for once. The distortion on a JC-120 is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

He hasn't used a JC-120 regularly in decades. He's gone through a series of tube amps (Mesa Boogie, Sundown, Vox, Fender, probably others). But a consistent feature of his sound his been a Proco Rat distortion pedal, so maybe that's actually the sound you don't like.

[wolflen]

Disappointed with DiMiola..it sounded like he was not even trying to play the tune.
Far away from Friday Night in San Francisco.

Scofield.. tasty lines that punched the melody..but kept it in the fight.

Luke..did what he has done for years..on many tunes..sad to say..playing everything you know in one tune..gets old fast..

[pkirk]

Isnt that Isaiah Sharkey in the back? They should have given him a couple choruses!

[kris]

Isnt that Isaiah Sharkey in the back? They should have given him a couple choruses!

Legends first...:-)

[starjasmine]

a consistent feature of his sound his been a Proco Rat distortion pedal, so maybe that's actually the sound you don't like.

Who knows what the preparation (or lack thereof) was for this jam... but a pedal is pretty easy to throw in your carryon, so I'm wondering if he had it with him and the Deluxe just accepts that pedal more musically than the other amps he was using...

[kris]

It doesn't make sense.
Scof use a big pedalboard.

[ragman1]

Yes, well. When Miles and Coltrane did it, it was jazz. This wasn't.

Taking a Miles Davis classic and turning it into a rock/blues bash isn't what I'd call a tribute to Miles Davis. Even with Sco predominating because he was the better player.

[kris]

Yes, well. When Miles and Coltrane did it, it was jazz. This wasn't.

Taking a Miles Davis classic and turning it into a rock/blues bash isn't what I'd call a tribute to Miles Davis. Even with Sco predominating because he was the better player.

And what Miles did in the 80s, what was it?
It's not about whether it's jazz or not.
Listen to interviews with Miles about what he had to say about jazz.
This jam was not a tribute to jazz, but to Miles, who was very open to all genres of music.