Released May 20, 2003 (US) (CD) Artist John Scofield Producer Avi Bortnick | Length (CD) Release date 2003 Label Verve Records | |
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Recorded December 2002–January 2003
Long View Studios, Massachusetts, United States Up All Night
(2003) EnRoute John Scofield Trio LIVE
(2004) Genres Jazz fusion, Jazz-funk, Jam band Similar John Scofield albums, Jazz fusion albums | ||
The john scofield band philiopiety
Up All Night is an album by The John Scofield Band, released in 2003 as jazz guitarist John Scofield's sixth album for the Verve label, and the second for the band. For this recording, the band included second guitarist Avi Bortnick and drummer Adam Deitch, both of whom were also featured on the band's debut recording Überjam. The recording also features bassist Andy Hess, who replaced Jesse Murphy in the band after Überjam was recorded.. The quartet is backed by a four-person horn section on six of the tracks. The recording features The Dramatics 1971 hit "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get," the only track that is not an original. Five of the songs on the album were written by Scofield, and five were co-written by Scofield and the band.
Contents
Critical reception
On AllAboutJazz Farrell Lowe begins his review “The Freaky Deaky is back!,” referring to Scofield's time playing with Miles Davis, “this is the most inspired playing I have heard from John Scofield in many years.” “Scofield inhabits a place in which the cerebral and the funky ... form an alliance and work together for the common good,” Alex Henderson writes in his four-star-review on AllMusic, and concludes: “Up All Night is a consistently engaging addition to his sizable catalog.” Whereas on JazzTimes Nate Chinen writes in his critique, “Scofield and crew acquit themselves flawlessly to the material, but ... there are no real clunkers on the album (despite a cheeky "Watch Out for Po-Po," which comes close). ... What seems to be missing is the edgy sensibility of a band reaching beyond its limits. It should serve as a testament to Scofield that those borders have already been stretched to the extreme.”
Track listing
All songs arranged by John Scofield
- "Philiopiety" (John Scofield, Avi Bortnick, Adam Deitch, Yusef Lateef) – 6:23
- "Watch Out for Po-Po" (Scofield, Bortnick, Deitch, Jesse Murphy) – 6:04
- "Creeper" (Scofield) – 7:27
- "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" (Tony Hester) – 5:53
- "I'm Listening" (Scofield, Bortnick, Deitch, Murphy) – 2:58
- "Thikhathali" (Scofield, Bortnick, Deitch, Murphy) – 6:58
- "Four on the Floor" (Scofield) – 6:03
- "Like the Moon" (Scofield) – 6:40
- "Freakin' Disco" (Scofield, Bortnick, Deitch) – 8:21
- "Born in Troubled Times" (Scofield) – 4:56
- "Every Night Is Ladies Night" (Scofield) – 5:27
Personnel
Songs
1Philiopiety6:19
2Watch Out for Po-Po6:06
3Creeper7:28