John Scofield “I Don’t Need No Doctor”

[fep]

I'd pay to watch this band... Well I like lyrics and vocals.

[Phil59]

I'd pay to watch this band... Well I like lyrics and vocals.

Excellent! Making jazz relevant!!!

[northernbreed]

Excellent! Making jazz relevant!!!

Jazz? Ain’t no jazz there - that’s pure R&B funk, and real good too. Sco was just surfin with the rest of them.

[Phil59]

Jazz? Ain’t no jazz there - that’s pure R&B funk, and real good too. Sco was just surfin with the rest of them.

I'd say some jazz mixed in. A true jazzer playing. Define it the way you want.

[Banksia]

Long before he got this gig, Louis Cato played drums in a Scofield live band. He was also on the album Uberjam Deux in 2013.

[Flat]

Louis sounds good here! Sings like Stevie, plays good funk, brings some joy. Nice to see Sco get on national TV.

[Irishmuso]

The horn players quickly realised that bars 5 and 6 have some cool chords that nobody told them about

[ragman1]

That was good :-)

[Midnight Blues]

I like it, but I prefer this one:J

I bought this album when it was released in '71. It was Frampton's playing on that album, which was unlike that of his contemporaries, that made me want to play guitar. Plus, all those pictures on the album of that absolutely gorgeous LP Custom contributed to that as well.

[Bop Head]

I'd pay to watch this band... Well I like lyrics and vocals.

I like singers in he oldschool blues and gospel tradition.

[Doug B]

I like it, but I prefer this one:J

I bought this album when it was released in '71. If was Frampton's playing on that album, which was unlike that of his contemporaries, that made me want to play guitar. Plus, all those pictures on the album of that absolutely gorgeous LP Custom contributed to that as well.

Loved Stevie Marriot's vocals on this album as well!

[pingu]

The horn players quickly realised that bars 5 and 6 have some cool chords that nobody told them about

Yes nice chords ....

Anyone fancy transcribing those changes ?
(And bars 9 and 10 too)

[Irishmuso]

I'll give it a go...

Bars 5 & 6

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x53553

5x3553

xx4555

xx7887

[pingu]

bars 5&6

maybe
something like
|Bb13 A9 | C9. B11|

(shades of the coda to lil darlin
maybe)

discuss ….

[MarkRhodes]

Scofield played this song on his tribute to Ray Charles. A few vocalists appear here and there but it's mainly an instrumental album.

John Mayer sang this song on that record. (And it's a great record. I'll add a few more tracks from it.)

[Midnight Blues]

Loved Stevie Marriot's vocals on this album as well!

Me too Doug! He was one of the most soulful singers and a great showman as well.

[AndyV]

Dig Scott's second solo. Funky!