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Scolohofo - OH!

OH!
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Artist: Scolohofo
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-02-03
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Oh!
  2. Right About Now
  3. The Winding Way
  4. Bittersweet
  5. Shorter Form
  6. New Amsterdam
  7. In Your Arms
  8. The Dawn Of Time
  9. Brandyn
  10. Faces
  11. Oh I See

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Free Music Review: Scofield's super group!
Hit: 5 Stars

When Scolohofo (John Scofield on guitar, Joe Lovano on tenor and soprano saxophone, Dave Holland on bass and Al Foster on drums) put this album out back in 2002, I literally whooped with joy. I only bought the album because of Scofield and Lovano, to be totally honest, but I became a firm Dave Holland and Al Foster fan as a result of it.

Produced by the band and co-produced by Eli Wolf, each of the eleven songs on here is brilliant. My two favourites, the upbeat "The Winding Way" - all ten and a half minutes of it - and the beguiling ballad "Bittersweet", I could play back to back all day but the rock-influenced "New Amsterdam" (in terms of Scofield's playing, at least) - another big adventure twelve and a half minutes long - and "In Your Arms", another ballad are also up there.

Scofield's guitar blends so well with Lovano's gentle, wispy (especially on soprano) saxophone tones. They've done quite a bit together already and I really wish they would do something together again soon. Actually, I thought this super group formation was going to be a regular thing (like Fourplay but with more 'traditional' jazz leanings) but six years later I'm still waiting for another Scolohofo album.

Dave Holland is a legend in his own right and really needs no introduction but watch out for his intro to "The Winding Way". It raises a smile every time I hear it. And all I can say about Al Foster (check out his solo towards the end of "The Winding Way" also) is that it's difficult to believe that the person playing here only has two arms and two legs. He's all over the place, playing one style one minute and another one the next, but it all sounds great. I'd never heard of him before this album but I've had an eye out for him ever since.

I'm surprised to see that only seven people have posted reviews for this album but I still doubt there's a Scofield or Lovano fan out there that doesn't have it already. I recommend it very highly to anyone considering jazz quartets. See what happens when four jazz giants get together. The songwriting duties are shared virtually equally with everyone writing three each, except for Al Foster who contributes two. Great songs all of them though, with melodies I can easily hum along to and have fun doing it. A true classic.

OH! Poster

Scolohofo. Behind this saw-toothed creation of a word are four exemplary players: John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Dave Holland, and Al Foster. They've worked together over the decades in various combinations, but never together as a quartet. And, of course, they all have the letter o in the first syllable of their last names. After two tours (in 1999 and 2002), the four convened in New York City to record this, their debut. They are all well-developed composers, nicely causing this album to tip the scales at nearly 77 minutes. That's the length of a double album, but the playing never bogs down, due to the richness of the writing and endless surprises in the performances. Holland's more elliptical melodic sensibilities are a fine counterpoint to Scofield's postbop, with Foster's "Bittersweet," and Lovano's "New Amsterdam" bringing in elements from blues to '60s avant garde. Remarkably, with writing as broad as that, this set holds together with the cohesive identity of a seasoned, unified combo. That's a testament to their strength as players, each with a strong individual voice, but with the understanding of what's possible with sympathetic interplay. --David Greenberger

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