What I don’t talk about in this lesson, even if it is as interesting as the notes he plays, is how John Scofield works with tone and shapes the sound of what he plays. The solo is also a great example of how half of playing a good solo on a jazz standard is about interpreting and re-harmonizing the standard chords while playing. In many ways, it is a pretty fantastic way to use a technique that makes it easier to play the lines in a way that makes the phrasing more interesting. John Scofield has a great very practical way to use legato in his playing. Analyzing John Scofield licks really demonstrates how he uses pentatonic scales, melodic minor and mixes this with bebop influences. This is a song based on the changes of There Will Never Be Another You. In this John Scofield Lesson, I am going to break down some phrases from his solo on Not You Again. Besides having a signature tone and always coming up with new projects and collaborations he also has a very personal melodic language. John Scofield is in many ways a fantastic jazz artist.
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