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Iconic Grammy Award-winning guitarist John Scofield teams up with pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist Vicente Archer, and drummer Bill Stewart in Combo 66, a new band that builds upon Scofield’s long legacy of masterful improvisation and stylistic diversity. Combo 66 performs on Friday, March 8 at 8:00pm in Bailey Hall as a part of the Cornell Concert Series.
Scofield has been a major influence on jazz since the 1970’s, continuously finding new and exciting avenues to reinvent himself as an artist. Scofield won consecutive Best Jazz Album Grammy Awards for Past Present (2016) and Country For Old Men (2017)– for which he also won Best Instrumental Solo. Now, joined by three formidable artists in their own rights, Scofield’s Combo 66 showcases an intricate exploration of jazz’s limitless direction.
Aside from being one of the principal innovators of modern jazz guitar, JOHN SCOFIELD is a creative artist of an even rarer sort: a stylistic chameleon who has forged a consistent, rock-solid aesthetic identity. Looking to commemorate his 66th year, Scofield penned twelve original compositions and formed a swinging new group to record and tour the music.
Featuring pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist Vicente Archer, and drummer Bill Stewart, Scofield’s Combo 66 showcases an intricate exploration of jazz’s limitless direction.
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