John Scofield Quartet

John Scofield’s Long Days Quartet feat. John Medeski, Vincente Archer & Ted Poor

Long Days Quartet is a name invented in honor of the long days in July. The newly formed group will debut in the summer of 2025 with new compositions by Scofield, but will also return to the classic Sco material in refreshed arrangements.
John Medeski and John Scofield have been working together for nearly 26 years (initial collaboration on the album A GoGo). Over the decades, they have released three albums and toured extensively. The summer of 2025 will bring them together with the brilliant and versatile bassist Vicente Archer and new band member Ted Poor on drums.

Occur:
John Scofield – guitar
John Medeski – keyboards
Vicente Archer – bass
Ted Poor – drums

John Scofield:

Without a doubt, the most versatile guitarist of contemporary jazz. His music is distinguished by excellent craftsmanship, erudition and versatility – in his career he has performed almost all major styles: bop, fusion, funk, blues and soul. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He dropped out of school to play with Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan. In 1975-77 he was a member of the jazz rock formation of Billy Cobham and George Duke, and in 1976 he recorded with the bands of Charlie Mingus and Gary Burton. He made his debut in 1977 with the album “John Scofield Live”, two years later he took part in the recording of Zbigniew Seifert’s “Passion”. Also in 1979, he formed a trio (Steve Swallow, Adam Nussbaum), with whom he recorded, m.in “Bar Talk” and “Shinola”. In 1982, he joined Miles Davis’ group, and Scofield’s distinctive guitar sound can be heard on the albums “Star People”, “Decoy” and “You’re Under Arrest”. At the same time, he carried out his own projects, m.in. the album “Still Warm”, which brought him wide recognition. In 1986, he performed in Poland for the first time at the Jazz Jamboree festival. In the 90s, he collaborated with Joe Lovano, with whom he recorded, m.in, “Time on My Hand”, one of the most important albums in his entire career, as well as with Bill Friesell, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette. He also led his own band (Larry Goldings, Dennis Irwin, Bill Stewart), playing funk-jazz with elements of soul. At the end of the decade, he began working with the Medeski Martin & Wood supergroup, which resulted in the well-received album “Go Go”. At the beginning of the new century, he opened up to contemporary trends (ethnic, drum’n’bass, nu-jazz), recording the Grammy-nominated “Überjam” and “Up All Night”. In 2005, he returned to work with the Medeski Martin & Wood trio (“Out Louder”). In 2007, he recorded “This Meets That” with Swallow and Stewart; Scofield’s trio was expanded to include a brass section, which performed arranged parts and short improvisations – this project was also presented in Poland. The album “Piety Street” (2009) was inspired by blues, gospel and R&B music: “I’ve always wanted to make a blues album” – he said in one of the interviews – because that’s where my roots as a guitarist are. During the Summer Jazz Festival Krakow 2012, he presented the warmly received project “John Scofield’s Hollowbody Band”. In 2022, he recorded his first, long-awaited solo album (“John Scofield”), which includes original songs, jazz standards and arrangements of traditional American melodies.