I've been a fan of these 4 together since Sco's "A Go Go" dropped. Thanks for the react
@marcsullivan7987
10 ай бұрын
A Go Go is a desert island disc
@daveguitarnowski4402
10 ай бұрын
@@marcsullivan7987 no lie!
@drno2141
10 ай бұрын
mate..lovely vid..and specially how hard string gauge mr scofield use
@alexposilkin9683
10 ай бұрын
I saw Medeski Martin & Wood so many times from about 1995-2005. The intensity and adventurousness they brought to every show put you in another dimension. They were too rocking for a lot of jazz fans, and too out there for some of the jam band scene fans. But those of us who liked that overlap got phenomenal concerts every time. We are only getting Medeski on the piano here, but he had a rig including a hammond organ, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, and a clavinet that he would smack like crazy. This was really great to watch someone seeing them for the first time. Well done!
@whatdothlife4660
10 ай бұрын
It's fair for Michael to focus on Scofield here since he's a guitar player but it would be sweet to see him react to a MMW song. I saw them once on The Dropper tour and they remain one of the best live shows I've ever seen. I lament not having gone to more of their shows.
@iamshea1
10 ай бұрын
Scofield is obviously genius level, but can we get some love for Medeski in here too?!?
@whatdothlife4660
10 ай бұрын
John Medeski is in my highest rankings for individual favorite musicians on their instrument alongside John Coltrane, Victor Wooten, and a lesser known drummer Dave LeBleau from The Mercury Program.
@PolburnProductions
10 ай бұрын
This trio has an absolutely incredible catalog and has played with many greats in different genres including jam and rock. Each is master talent no matter what band they play in.
@jeffgoodstine4976
10 ай бұрын
MMW is one of my all time favorite bands. All 3 of them are amazing!
@resena7234
8 ай бұрын
As a complete jazz illiterate, I find Medeski one of the best. I can't understand how he gets it, but he has style and class, even when the setting seems surreal or weird. Take for examplewhat he can do with Ribot in that AMAZING album of cuban-inspired music, or the track "Between two worlds" in John Zorn's Nova Express. I get actual chills every time.
@jakobullmann7586
4 ай бұрын
And also for Chris Wood!
@ArtoftheDial
10 ай бұрын
MMW is one of the greatest bands of all time. Adding Sco just gave them another flavor
@BobSiefken
10 ай бұрын
Last week, I watched a stream of John Scofield playing at a German festival. Incredible. And then it was followed by Bill Frisell. Insane.
@michaelglidden4765
10 ай бұрын
I remember MMW doing an all acoustic set at the Roseland back in the day... around Combustication... These guys have a ton of jam band experience, and know how to take a solo "out" and bring it back... The PC set will bring it back right when it starts to feel uncomfortable, but let me tell ya, they can hang in discordant land for a while if they feel like it... They seem to be getting more balanced and mellow over time... Like an old dog is just chill. Scoffield has different tones... sometimes he gets that hollow body super hot, a normal human would just get feedback, but not in his hands. He likes the Mingus "wrong notes right" thing... Like he tries something outside the changes just to see how he recovers... and therin' finds his sound. I love your reaction to this stuff... You are putting yourself outside of your comfort zone to learn something new in front of us... I mean... This is the process... Always make yourself uncomfortable to learn more. There is no place I would rather be... the precipice... the breakthru.. of a wealth of knowledge, beauty and wisdom. Good stuff.😎
@mozartsp
10 ай бұрын
Last year I saw Scofield playing with Scary Pockets and Larry Goldings, and the energy was crazy. The crowd went absolutely bonkers each time Scofield started to solo. The man is a legend.
@JohnAmatulli
10 ай бұрын
John Medeski and Billy Martin may be the most under-rated funky geniuses of our time. Chris Wood on bass is equally as talented.
@stiv3844
10 ай бұрын
John Medeski is the absolute best. Had a chance to see MSMW and they blew me away. Little Walter Rides Again is Meters but better
@DystoniaFive
10 ай бұрын
It's always a pleasure watching your breakdowns, and seeing Scofield's stylings flip your wig is awesome. Cheers, Mr. Palmisano!
@DavidSmith-fz2xk
10 ай бұрын
This is just so damn cool and out there. Michael....I love how you're NEVER afraid to dip your toes in those uncharted waters. You will give anything a try and I frickin LOVE IT!!! I need to add that the band as a whole are bonkers. They need their props as well here. I have to add .... I hear so much MITCH MITCHELL in this with the snare work and those Tom rolls.
@mattunes5823
10 ай бұрын
Man getting down on the piano like a Charlie Brown movie.
@randomperson-dy6kj
10 ай бұрын
Ayyy! I just had an MMW fest in the kitchen while making dinner and was thinking about Scofield’s A Go Go album. It’s been a while since I listened to either. Great minds think alike, my man! :)
@LuckyGallopsNC
10 ай бұрын
I was fortunate enough to see Medeski, Martin & Wood when I was 19 and it completely changed my perspective on what was possible. “Face melting”!
@JohnAmatulli
10 ай бұрын
F-Diminished WH scale. That is core of the first “outside” lick he plays. This is one of the five principle scales used in jazz (Modes counted as a single scale). They are in order of importance the Major/Minor, Jazz Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor, Diminished and Whole Tone. However, there is a whole other way to that helped me understand it much better which is the Barry Harris 6th Diminished Scales which focused on harmony, especially “real jazz” or bop. There are 4 of these 6th Diminished Scales: The Major 6th Dim, Minor 6th Dim, Dominant 6th Dim, and Dom7 Flat-5 6th Diminished. With these you can also play the modes. Chris Pike does videos on this.
@davegrice3423
10 ай бұрын
One of my fave under-the-radar bands, and Sco's stuff is always mind-blowing to me. He truly scribbles outside the lines, but always makes it tasty.
@IvanFlavin
10 ай бұрын
MMW (medeski martin & wood) are phenomenal on their own as well
@stiv3844
10 ай бұрын
Everyone should check out Medeski Martin and Wood if you haven't had a chance.
@jangitaarman
5 ай бұрын
John Scofield is a hero Michael! Jazzy but always groovin', and, unlike a lot of jazzplayers, he bends a lot, to give that note feel and groove. A real hero!
@kennyrosenyc
10 ай бұрын
Ironically, John is 'Jazz' but Medeski, Martin and Wood is not (I know they are, but that's not their crowd). John just likes playing with them. I used to work security at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC and Medeski, Martin and Wood would play there a lot. They were sort of the end of the line going from The Grateful Dead to Phish to Medeski, Martin and Wood. Their shows were wild. I worked many shows where John Scofield played with them. You weren't allowed to smoke tobacco BUT you could smoke all the pot you could handle. Those shows were full of kids (in their 20's) with dreadlocks and Berkenstocks. LOL BUT, back then, Chris Wood was almost always playing a Double Bass, not an electric bass. Also John Medeski was always playing an entire fort of organs, electric pianos and MAYBE a piano. But their album 'Friday Afternoon in the Universe' convinced me that Billy Martin is one of the greatest drummers to ever walk the planet. Also, for Jazz, my cousin (who taught me a lot about playing guitar, played bass for Art Blakey) - it's all about the note you hold and not the notes in between. He taught me that there are no 'wrong notes'. And there are only 7 intervals (there are 12 notes) and they all 'pull' towards the notes of the chord you are playing over. So that 6th is just pulling towards either the Tonic or the Fifth, and so it doesn't matter. You could play a flat 2 if you wanted, so long as you follow it with a hold on the Root, you're gold. That's why people get thrown off the stage at Jazz jam sessions, they're playing out of a textbook and not going as far out of the box as they can.
Michael, you're am incredible guitarist and musician, and also an incredible teacher. I just subscribed. If I had a genie lamp, my first wish would be to know how to break songs down like you do to play them. Youre amazing. Going to dig deep on your channel to not only enjoy but to most importantly(to me) improve my playing. Just subscribed. Enjoy the holidays brother.
@amtfurwertewiederbeschaffu9025
10 ай бұрын
Don´t try to understand Scofield. Either you are Scofield or you are not. He is from outside this universe.
@DigitalBirdie
8 ай бұрын
If you’re brave and adventurous, you might want do a reaction video to modern jazz guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel (can play anything, arguably the most influential jazz musician since the late 90’s on, noted for incredible improvisations). Eric Clapton called him a genius. The easy one: 2013 Crossroads Festival-Big Road Blues ft Eric Clapton (of course he plays a 3-chord blues progression, but watch for the fire🔥) kzitem.info/news/bejne/pquZy42mZqZqdoIsi=A9su93TV6LKTBe6z The Hard One: 2021 Emmett’s Place-Nica’s Dream kzitem.info/news/bejne/qHht35x7k2mUlpwsi=Oxrys5-YEuPVyWSB 😱 Take your pick😁
@theshimmyking1514
10 ай бұрын
Got deep into medeski Martin and wood for a while. Arranging teacher plays a go go out of nowhere and I recognized them as the band but the guitar playing blew me away
@averyprice9422
10 ай бұрын
Man... i used to love MMW
@randomperson-dy6kj
10 ай бұрын
Yep. First time I ever heard them was at a Phish show in Hampton in like ‘95 or ‘96. “It’s A Jungle in Here” was the intermission music. Holy crap. I had a religious experience lol. It was like finally hearing what I had been trying to find my whole life. Maybe it was the fungus?
@geetpicker
10 ай бұрын
Enjoy your Sco journey. Your life will forever be changed now. Best guitar player alive today.
@alexwalsh3516
10 ай бұрын
Love the way you don't shy away from stuff outside your box. Kudos.
@KevinSmith-fi1zy
10 ай бұрын
Was just thinking the same thing and then read your comment
@normaleehi
10 ай бұрын
“If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad” Miles F. Davis
@perrypittman6369
10 ай бұрын
Nailed it.
@KhalDrogo76
10 ай бұрын
Scos vocabulary in harmonic improvisation is mind-boggling
@10FootMushroom
10 ай бұрын
Ive had the pleasure of seeing Scofield twice. The second time was with Phil Lesh and Warren Haynes and he absolutely was ripping it up in that context! Hes known as an elite jazzman but he was doing some wild psychedelic stuff that left us scratching our heads at that show. One of the best to ever touch the instrument!
@natrixxvision6997
10 ай бұрын
4:00 that’s a signature Scofield lick is what that is.
@WordAte
10 ай бұрын
His picks mid-bend as so sweet. He is pulling notes from the otherworld. And those runs. Wow.
@Mister_Samsonite
10 ай бұрын
Musicianship at its finest! I don't have to understand it to LOVE it.
@georgechristiansen6785
10 ай бұрын
Scofield's A Go Go was the first thing I ever heard from him and still one of my favorite instrumental albums. It just a feel good, but not trite sort of vibe. Great chops, but pop relatability. He used Medeski, Martin & Wood as his band on it.
@TeleTonemonkey
10 ай бұрын
Good to see Michael making the same face as me as I listen and try to cover a Scofield tune! 😂😂😂
@crosnest4969
10 ай бұрын
YES! SCO!! Seen him live many time... legend..
@pauldigirolamo600
10 ай бұрын
Sco is a wizard! And king of the guitar face lol. He mixes deep jazz knowledge and chops with a love of blues and funk like no one else. Such a unique sound and player. Though I admit I don't always love his guitar tone, sometimes I wish he'd dispense with the Rat, chorus and AC30s and just use a Fender Super or Twin with a touch of verb. Anyway A Go Go is a brilliant record, I need to check out the new stuff! The whole band is killing it! I usually hear Medeski playing way out on an organ and it's very cool to hear him playing more straight ahead on a piano. Fantastic stuff... PS that lick at 8:08 is just jaw dropping, damn. And the left hand run at 13:52 is superhuman, Oscar Peterson level shit. Wow....
@cliffprowse3341
10 ай бұрын
Sco is great, but the pianist definitely stole the show on that one! Damn
@pauldehorn
10 ай бұрын
Thanks Michael. You are awesome. I appreciate the joy, thoughtfulness, and positivity you bring into the World.
@hacklnh
10 ай бұрын
Makes me want to go to the Green Mill right now!
@maxpuppy96
10 ай бұрын
That whole band is amazing.
@perrypittman6369
10 ай бұрын
Scofield is and always will be the 🐐
@fredcampbell4536
10 ай бұрын
Sco is DA MAN!
@williamfaircloth1559
10 ай бұрын
Love seeing your reaction to medeski… he’s an alien.
@williamfaircloth1559
10 ай бұрын
Check out the album “Hudson”…
@guitardog
10 ай бұрын
All these cats are off the hook! 🔥
@darwinsaye
10 ай бұрын
2:52 -Guitarists who play outside like that are the only ones that catch my ear and inspire me. But it definitely does not just apply to clean jazz playing. Robert Fripp on David Bowie’s Scary Monster album … Marc Ribot on Tom Waits songs … Sonny Sharrock … Tom Verlaine … Robert Quine… -Lots of guys who go off like that with dirty tones.
@josephtravers777
10 ай бұрын
I saw Sco twice on the Uberjam tour 20 years ago. Got to meet him after a gig. Very down to earth cat. Good dude 👍
@troubleondemand7703
10 ай бұрын
Love me some MMW with (or without) a little Sco thrown in! In retrospect. I think MMW was probably my favorite band in the 90's. Sco's been doing some fun stuff with Scary Pockets lately. I'd love to see Michael react to MMW's live version of Crosstown Traffic!
@francescodardanello6066
10 ай бұрын
My god Michael, saw him at Milano’s blue note a few weeks ago and after the show i searched for videos of yours covering his stuff. Love your channel! Greetings from Italy!
@ththejackjumper
10 ай бұрын
As soon as this started I heard Phish Chalkdust Torture. Also why is the bass player kneeling? Great tune
@monoswinger
10 ай бұрын
13:25, they push the pentatonic scale by chromatic steps for a little, and go back after - sometimes several times, sometimes just once. Very "shape driven", even on piano. McCoy Tyner did it a lot, Coltrane, and of course the guitar players, as, this basic pentatonic approach is kinda "low hangin fruit" for us, right? :)
@HalfFastForward
10 ай бұрын
SMMW at Mississippi Nights years back was a religious experience for me.
@porgy29
10 ай бұрын
One of the things I really like is that his playing is sort of "anti-shredding" for lack of a better word. Shredding is often all about sounding powerful and impressive, and he just does these fast intricate lines that sound so light and so easy.
@dougdeforge2241
10 ай бұрын
One of my favorites. Love the groove!!
@volkerteske8360
10 ай бұрын
If you're interested in learning more about Sco's style, check out the YT channel of the British guitar player Stephen Down. He has made a video series about Sco playing the tune "Hottentot". Great music, meticulous analysis and so cool to try and play along and learn the solo!
@jorymil
3 ай бұрын
These KNKX recordings are classics. Roy Hargrove introduced "Soulful" there.
@shrooman777
8 ай бұрын
Scofield is to me the most recognizable guitarist in jazz (from his sound). His jam band stuff is sweet too. Found you from your awesome Mr. Crowley video, looking forward to this!
@cd349er
10 ай бұрын
I, too, saw Sco with Phil Lesh, and Warren let him blow all night. He was on a Tele instead of his Ibanez. Touch, phrasing, and groove. So good. You'll love it!
@chrisbishop9626
4 ай бұрын
Hey Michael. I love your reviews and observations. You obviously have a deep love of music and all the back stories. Very cool and fun. Also, as an Australian, I can't thank you enough for NOT starting your videos with "WHAT'S AAAARRRRP"
@DanielShapiroPhoto
10 күн бұрын
Next time anyone asks my ethnicity, I'm saying that I come from a high gain background.
@dave-uu4no
10 ай бұрын
If you want another MMW side project find John Medeski with David Fiuczynski it's goodly jammy goodness.
@CraigBrown-sq9zy
9 ай бұрын
So.New to subscribing and Live how you approach every analysis. There is a very little known Soul/Funk/Jazz Guitarist that little know of. But I’ve been lucky enough to turn a lot of people on to him (he has sense passed) As a non-guitar player, I need someone like yourself to express your analysis of him. Just how good is he OR not. His name is Ivan “Boogaloo Joe” Jones. The track is “You’ve got it bad girl”…once you get past the 1st minute or so intro, that’s when Jones the Drummer and Bass Player go on a 7 minute Non-Sop Groovy Burner…you can hear the sweat in the track. He’s a virtual unknown in the reaction world. I hope you’ll take a listen to it and see if it’s something worth commenting on and maybe exposing to the unaware. Either way, keep up the good work! Digging the Channel 👍👍
@justinguitarcia
10 ай бұрын
Seeing Sco this week, I have seen this particular group many times. Some of the best live music you can see, Sco is truly peerless but also always playing with younger cats to keep that torch burning
@natrixxvision6997
10 ай бұрын
6:35 Dude….you gotta understand. The ONLY people who listen to that kind of phrasing are people who listen to Scofield. He’s the only one who does it. Even among jazz players.
@Pix2GoStudios
10 ай бұрын
Don't f*** with jazz players. They'll kick your a$$ every time.
@Larry1077
10 ай бұрын
check out Bill Cobham / George Duke Band - Red Baron from Montreux 1976
@kmichaelp4508
10 ай бұрын
You CAN’T copy John Scofield!!! Listen to “Science and Religion”.
@keesketsers5866
10 ай бұрын
I've listened to A Go Go a milion times to "get" some of that ...ehm.... Scofield phrasing (?) into my playing, but it seems to always be slightly out of reach for me. Even playing some of the simple parts, he does "things" that make it sound somewhat different to what I'm doing. That's what keeps his guitar playing interesting for me, I just can't seem to put my finger on it and that's great :)
@petergrohmuller1372
10 ай бұрын
Hi Michel, stay cool. No reason to doubt anything. Jazz is far beyond the rock mainstream... and more colorful! Try it and you will find that this kind of music is the Mount Everest! 😆
@naMnivraM
10 ай бұрын
The F lick with the 6th interval is an Alt lick for sure. Hit the sharp 9, flat 13 flat 5. Then Chromatic enclose whatever he wants. So everything... Lol
@dandaris2153
10 ай бұрын
Greeting Sir! Today, I would LOVE to suggest a brand new song entitled "Dissociation", by the French Canadian Death Metal/Classical project named "Disorientation". This is a lyric video* Thank you for your attention and have a nice day ;)
@Squirrelconga
2 ай бұрын
He's throwing in some country licks, man! Be bop too) So lyrical! ...his vibrato
@thebigsmooth99
10 ай бұрын
Watched Scofield play a solo set in NH this past spring. Just the man and his guitar LOCKED IN with the whole room. Awesome
@rigelloar7474
10 ай бұрын
Oh Yeah!
@chasefreeman627
10 ай бұрын
In the spirit of the upcoming holidays, I would love to see a reaction to Lincoln Brewsters Miraculum!
@Baci302
29 күн бұрын
Scofield has to be playing out of one of those guitar modes like mixolydian etc.
@Monkie_.
10 ай бұрын
Day 1 of asking for a breakdown of Bon Iver- Skinny Love with BBC Music
@koyaanisqatsi78
10 ай бұрын
Yeah just go seeing a show of MMW made you a better piano player, bassist and drummer..well musician... just by seeing them interact with their instruments, body motion is important, make the movement like you want it to sound, especially with acoustic instruments everything is about the technique and motion to produce the sound you want. and sound and the rhythm actually outweigh the notes if it grooves the notes or sounds can be anything, I mean that's kinda what rhythm is... most drummers have horrible notes and sounds to work with like boom, kssshhh, crack, snap, stand alone most of those sounds are pretty horrible and abbrasive.. yet the way you tap it makes it sound different and put some patterns to it and suddenly it sounds enjoyable and ya want to tap your foot or move your body, such strange voodoo this thing called music.. that's why he can get away with playing dirty or messy or off key or chromatic if it's rhythmically strong... just make sure to land somewhere resolving then it's all good :p
@amziadi
8 ай бұрын
I think the line you spent some time with at first is a diminished arpeggio, which is a signature Scofield lick. Sick nonetheless, Scofield is untouchable!
@Diseased_Mr_T
9 ай бұрын
Love me some MMW - the groove is so damn deep you can't climb out! Sco is a little hit and miss for me. With the wrong group of musicians he can be highly forgettable. With MMW he really gives his best.
@muritis1
10 ай бұрын
Michael, if you getting stuck on a riff and want to sort it out like ya did on this one, you could give a try at slowing down the play back speed on the settings. Great REACTS. Been a fan of The Wood Brothers for a long time, fun to see some stuff before the brothers got together.
@marcgregoryneville
10 ай бұрын
Hey bro, check out Sco on the side on Joe Henderson's 'So Near, So Far'. Also, a reaction to early Michael Hedges would be cool. Peace.
@stephenweade7487
10 ай бұрын
“That..I don’t know what the hell that was” 😂😂😂😂😂 FACT!!!!!!!! Still funny
@LarryDavid-j7i
10 ай бұрын
Mickeys out of his leage. The best jazz/ jam band music out there
@joeynice123
9 ай бұрын
Scofield is filthy. I've always admired whatever he is doing.
@kennethbernhardt3806
10 ай бұрын
dude, how have you never listened to sco before? you paraphrase miles in the video... he played with miles for years in the 80s. and mmw is classic. you need to listen to real music more often.
@UHollis
10 ай бұрын
@9:29 findin those Chalkdust Torture vibes
@vincentparrella5668
4 ай бұрын
Nobody sounds Like John Scofield,He does thing like nobody else 😮
@basicbreakfast
10 ай бұрын
Sco is an American treasure
@richardbradley3684
29 күн бұрын
Very brave of you to take this on Michael - very well done!
@yl1438
10 ай бұрын
Next REACT TO ALIP BA TA COVER BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
@benkatof5852
10 ай бұрын
Scofield makes guitarists make the funniest faces
@PolburnProductions
10 ай бұрын
I’m surprised you don’t know MMW.
@l8tapex
10 ай бұрын
They come to New Orleans often.... I still have yet to see.
@Lebowski55
21 күн бұрын
Scofield has a little Garcia to him, no?
@alexeagle9966
10 ай бұрын
dude I started listening to Scofield again after Guthrie mentioned him in his lesson the other day
@petestottsberry1133
10 ай бұрын
Summed it up perfectly…buttery..👍🏻
@koenroels4549
10 ай бұрын
Haha you never play with reverb? 👉😎🫢🙈
@skygates2224
10 ай бұрын
Time to do nobody or the stage by avenged sevenfold!
@Talisk3r
9 ай бұрын
MMW is the best rythm section I have heard live ever.
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