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Soulive is a funk/jazz trio that originated in Woodstock, New York, and is known for its solos and catchy, upbeat songs. The band consists of Eric Krasno (guitar), Alan Evans (drums), Neal Evans (Hammond B3 organ, bass keys, clavinet). Although they originated as a trio, the band worked extensively with different horn sections, which consisted of Sam Kininger (saxophone) from 2000–2003, and Rashawn Ross (trumpet) and Ryan Zoidis (saxophone) from 2003-2006. The band also worked with vocalist Toussaint Yeshua from 2006-2007. Soulive is currently touring in the original trio lineup of Eric Krasno, Alan Evans, and Neal Evans.

History[link]

In the 90s, brothers Alan and Neal Evans had been the rhythm section for the Northeastern jam band Moon Boot Lover with front man Peter Prince. After a brief foray into rap with Edreys aka Billy Drease Williams under the name The Elements, the brothers looked to form a traditional jazz organ trio. On March 2, 1999, Alan and Neal invited guitarist Eric Krasno to record some tracks with them in their home studio in Woodstock, New York. That jam session became their first EP, Get Down! and the band shortly thereafter hit the road to begin touring. It was during that first summer together that the band recorded their first LP, Turn It Out, for Velour Recordings. Turn It Out featured various guest musicians, including John Scofield, Oteil Burbridge, and Sam Kininger. The independently produced album went on to sell 65,000 copies, enabling Soulive to gain recognition in the jazz/funk scene.

In the next three years, Soulive embarked on five national tours. The band opened for The Rolling Stones, Dave Matthews Band, The Roots, Common, John Mayer, and others. The band also continued to play at various festivals, including the Monterey Jazz Festival and Bonnaroo. Overseas, Soulive played shows in Japan and all over Europe.

In the fall of 2000, Soulive signed a record deal with Blue Note Records. The following spring, Soulive released its first Blue Note album, Doin' Something, which featured horn arrangements by Fred Wesley, the trombonist from James Brown's band. The band's second Blue Note record, Next, featured guest vocalists Dave Matthews and Amel Larrieux, and rappers Talib Kweli and Black Thought. During this time, the band also recorded with singer-songwriter Goapele Mohlabane.

In 2003, Soulive released a self-titled live album, Soulive (Live), and a collection of remixes, Turn It Out Remixed, which featured guests Jurassic 5, DJ Spinna, DJ Krush, J-Live, Wordsworth, and the Beatnuts.

In the Summer of 2005, Soulive left Blue Note Records and signed a new contract with the jazz label Concord Records.

On September 13, 2005, Soulive released its first album with Concord Records, Break Out. On this release the band eschewed extended jams for beat-driven instrumentals and collaborations with Chaka Khan (featured on "Back Again"), Ivan Neville (featured on "Got Soul" and "Take It Easy"), Corey Glover (featured on "Freedom"), Robert Randolph (featured on the Jimi Hendrix cover "Crosstown Traffic" and also on "Interlude II"), and Reggie Watts (featured on "She's Hooked" and "What Can You Do?"). Late in 2006 the group recorded No Place Like Soul with producer Stewart Lerman at his studio in Greenwich Village, The Shinebox.

In the summer of 2007, Boston based reggae/soul artist Toussaint was invited by the band to permanently fill the position of lead vocalist. However, after the tour, the band decided to become a trio yet again. In a post to the Soulive messageboard, Alan Evans explained: "we just want to have fun. no more chasing the pop thing or whatever that is. We just want to go out and rage, no setlists, no huge venues, no tour buses. Just have fun. This is not to say we didn't have fun with tours, we did but we realized that in looking at our past... We have had the most success and most fun when it was just the trio." (http://soulive.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3138)

In 2008, Soulive performed at the Newport Jazz Festival.

On March 12, 2009, Soulive announced that they would be releasing a new album, "Up Here," on April 14, 2009. The album marks somewhat of a return to form for the group, as many of the songs will solely be instrumentals. With their latest studio and live ventures, they are joined once again by Ryan Zoidis on Tenor Sax, Sam Kininger on Alto Sax - who are now under the alias "The Shady Horns" - as well as appearances by Rashawn Ross on Trumpet. Nigel Hall will also be guesting on the track "Too Much".

On July 28, 2009, played the pre-game festivities for the 2009 MLS All-Star Game game at The Canyons in Park City, Utah.

See also[link]

• Organ trio

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Instant live series[link]

External links[link]

• Official site
• Official Myspace page
• Soulive Interiew for UK Vibe by Michael 'The Dood' Edwards October 2010
• Soulive collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
• Soulive: Vocals are the new Soul Interview/ Article on JamBase.com]
• Soulive at NPR Music
• Lollapalooza 2007 Live Performance Video
• Soulive Interview on TheWaster.com
• Newport Jazz Festival Live Review on AllAboutJazz.com

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John Scofield
John Scofield at Moers Festival 2006, Germany
Background information
Born	(1951-12-26) December 26, 1951 (age 60) Dayton, Ohio, United States
Genres	Post-bop, jazz fusion
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1970s-present[1]
Labels	EmArcy, Verve, Blue Note, Gramavision, Enja
Associated acts	Miles Davis, Medeski Martin & Wood
Website	www.johnscofield.com
Notable instruments
Ibanez Artist Series AS200

John Scofield (born December 26, 1951, Dayton, Ohio),^[2] often referred to as "Sco," is an American jazz guitarist and composer, who has played and collaborated with Miles Davis, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey Defrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Pat Martino, Mavis Staples, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham, Medeski Martin & Wood, George Duke, Jaco Pastorius, John Mayer,^[3] and many other well-known artists. At ease in the bebop idiom, Scofield is also well versed in jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul, and other forms of modern American music.

Biography[link]

Early in his life, Scofield's family left Ohio and relocated to the small, then mostly rural location of Wilton, Connecticut; it was here that he discovered his interest in music.^[4]

Educated at the Berklee College of Music, Scofield eventually left school to record with Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan. He joined the Billy Cobham/George Duke Band soon after and spent two years playing, recording and touring with them. Scofield recorded with Charles Mingus in 1976, and replaced Pat Metheny in Gary Burton's quartet.^[5] In autumn 1976 he signed a contract with Enja Records, and he released his first album, John Scofield, in 1977. Around this time, he toured and recorded with Pianist Hal Galper, first on his own solo album Rough House in 1978, and Galper's album Ivory Forest (1980), where he is heard playing a solo rendition of Thelonious Monk's "Monk's Mood". In 1979 he formed a trio with his mentor Steve Swallow and Adam Nussbaum which, with drummer Bill Stewart replacing Nussbaum, has become the signature group of Scofield's career. In 1982, he joined Miles Davis, with whom he remained for three and a half years. He contributed tunes and guitar work to three Davis recordings, Star People, You're under Arrest and Decoy.

While still with Davis, he released the first of his Gramavision recordings Electric Outlet (1984). Still Warm (1985) followed after he left Davis's group. At the end of the Davis tenure, he started what is now referred to as his Blue Matter Band - with Dennis Chambers on drums, Gary Grainger on bass and at times either Robert Aries or Jim Beard on keyboards - releasing Blue Matter, Loud Jazz and Pick Hits Live.

At the beginning of the 1990s, he formed his quartet that included Joe Lovano with whom he recorded several important albums for Blue Note Records. Time on My Hands (1990), with Lovano, Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette, showcased Scofield's guitar and Mingus-influenced writing. Bill Stewart subsequently became the group's drummer, and played on Meant To Be (1991) and What We Do (1993). In 1992, Scofield released Grace Under Pressure, featuring fellow guitarist Bill Frisell, with Charlie Haden on bass and Joey Baron on drums. Stewart rejoined with Scofield and bassist Steve Swallow for the 1994 collaboration with Pat Metheny, I Can See Your House from Here.

Towards the end of his tenure with Blue Note, Scofield returned to a more funk and soul jazz-oriented sound, a direction which has dominated much of his subsequent output. In 1994 and 1995, Scofield formed a core group that included organist/pianist Larry Goldings, bassist Dennis Irwin, and alternately drummers, Bill Stewart and Idris Muhammad. The group toured extensively, and the albums Hand Jive and Groove Elation feature this funk/groove/soul dimension in Scofield's music, bringing in tenor saxophonist Eddie Harris, percussionist Don Alias, trumpeter Randy Brecker, and others. He recorded the acclaimed 1997 album A Go Go with the avant garde jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood. Also during this period, his relationship began with British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage. First as a soloist on Turnage's Blood on the Floor: Elegy for Andy, the two paired up to create Scorched, Turnage's orchestrations of Scofield compositions largely form the Blue Matter period. Scorched, a recording available on Deutsche Grammophon, debuted in Frankfurt, Germany.

He released Überjam in 2002 and Up All Night in 2004, two albums on which he experiments with drum n bass and other modern rhythms. John Scofield has also worked and recorded in Europe with nu-fusionist Bugge Wesseltoft New Conception of Jazz in 2001/2 and 2006. Late 2004 saw the release of EnRoute: John Scofield Trio LIVE, which features the jazz trio of John Scofield, the venerable Steve Swallow on bass and Bill Stewart on drums. It was recorded live at The Blue Note in NYC in December 2003. The next year, he released That's What I Say - JS plays the music of Ray Charles - Scofield with an all-star guest studded collection of Ray Charles material. This led to a series of performances with Mavis Staples, Gary Versace on organ, John Benitez on bass, and Steve Hass on drums.

After sitting in for two engagements in December (3rd & 4th) of 2005 with Phil Lesh and Friends, Scofield has since played numerous shows with the band. Most recently, on June 3 at Mountain Jam, which took place in Hunter, NY the first weekend of June 2007.

On September 26, 2006 he released Out Louder, his second collaborative effort album with avant garde jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood. The group, known collectively as MSMW toured extensively worldwide in 2006 and 2007, with sporadic engagements planned in the future. Scofield also performs as a duo with John Medeski - aptly named The Johns and another groove trio with Scofield, Medeski and drummer Adam Deitch.

September 18, 2007 saw This Meets That released on EmArcy Records - Universal Music's jazz label, a record featuring his trio with Steve Swallow and Bill Stewart. This time John added a horn section to expand the sound of his trio.

Never one to follow an expected path, in recent years Scofield launched a personal search for musical inspiration beyond the standard 12 bar blues and found it in "old time gospel music - the closest relative to and inspiration for the R& B.” His 2009 release Piety Street with bass legend George Porter, Jr. and singer/keyboardist Jon Cleary. The collaboration heard on the 2010 release 54 had its origins back in the 90's when Vince Mendoza asked John Scofield to play on his first album. John has since been featured on two of Vince’s records and his guitar sound and improvisational skills work well within Vince’s concept. When Mendoza assumed directorship of The Metropole Orchestra, he and Scofield decided to collaborate again with a primary focus on Mendoza’s arrangements of Scofield compositions as performed with The Metropole Orchestra.

In a return to Scofieldesque "straight ahead" jazz, he went to the studio in January 2011 with pianist/organist Larry Goldings, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Brian Blade, laying the tracks for a ballads album scheduled for a May 2011 release on EmArcy Records.

In April 2010, Scofield was named an Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.

Scofield is currently serving as an adjunct faculty member in the Jazz Department at New York University's Steinhardt School of Education.

He married Susan Scofield in 1978. They are the parents of music producer Jean Scofield (b. 1981) and writer Evan Scofield (b. 1987).

Equipment[link]

Scofield endorses Ibanez guitars. His signature guitar, the JSM100, is based on his longtime stage and recording guitar, a 1981 Ibanez AS200 which he believes to be one of the best semi-acoustics ever built.^{[citation needed]} He gets his tone by running a Pro Co RAT through either a Vox AC30 or Mesa Boogie amplifier. Some of his effects include an Ibanez CS9 Analog Chorus, a Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler, and a Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler. Some of his additional effects include a DigiTech XP100 Whammy/Wah, a Boss EQ Pedal, a Boss Loop Station, and a Boomerang phrase sampler pedal. John Scofield uses Dunlop Delrin 2 mm picks.^[6]

Discography[link]

John Scofield playing at the International Jazz Festival Enschede, 2007.

As leader and co-leader[link]

• John Scofield Live (1977) - Enja Records
• John Scofield aka East Meets West (1977) - Trio Records/Black-Hawk Records, Bellophon Records
• Rough House (1978) - Enja Records
• Who's Who? (1979) - Arista/Novus
• Bar Talk (1980) - Jive/Novus
• Out Like a Light (1981) - Enja Records
• Shinola (1981) - Enja Records
• Electric Outlet (1984) - Gramavision
• Still Warm (1985) - Gramavision
• Blue Matter (1986) - Gramavision
• Loud Jazz (1987) - Gramavision
• Pick Hits Live (1987) - Gramavision
• Flat Out (1989) - Gramavision
• Time on My Hands (1990) - Blue Note
• Meant To Be (1991) - Blue Note
• Grace Under Pressure (1992) - Blue Note
• What We Do (1993) - Blue Note
• I Can See Your House From Here (1994) - w/Pat Metheny - Blue Note
• Hand Jive (1994) - Blue Note
• Groove Elation (1995) - Blue Note
• Quiet (1996) - Verve
• A Go Go with Medeski Martin & Wood(1998) - Verve
• Bump (2000) - Verve
• Works For Me (2001) - Verve
• Überjam (2002) - Verve
• Oh! (2003) - as ScoLoHoFo - Blue Note
• Up All Night (2003) - Verve
• Scorched (2004) - w/Mark-Anthony Turnage - DG Deutsche Grammophon
• EnRoute: John Scofield Trio LIVE (2004) - Verve
• That's What I Say: John Scofield Plays the Music of Ray Charles (2005) - Verve
• Saudades (2006) - as Trio Beyond - ECM
• Out Louder (2006) - as Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood - Indirecto
• This Meets That (2007) - Emarcy Records
• Piety Street (2009) - Emarcy Records
• 54 (2010) - w/Vince Mendoza & The Metropole Orkestra - Emarcy Records
• A Moment's Peace (2011) - Emarcy Records

Compilations[link]

• Best of John Scofield (1989) - Blue Note
• Slo Sco:The Best of the Ballads (1990) - Gramavision
• Liquid Fire: The Best of John Scofield (1994) - Gramavision
• Steady Groovin': The Blue Note Groove Sides (2000) - Blue Note

As a sideman[link]

Onstage in 2004

With Teodross Avery

• My Generation (1996) - Impulse!

With Paul Bley

• Hot (Soul Note, 1985)

With Gary Burton

• Times Like These (GRP, 1988)

With Billy Cobham

• A Funky Thide of Sings (1975) - Atlantic
• Life & Times (1976) - Wounded Bird Records

With Joe Beck & Larry Coryell

• Tributaries (1978) - Arista Novus

With the George Adams-Don Pullen Quartet

• Live at Montmartre (Timeless, 1985)

With Miles Davis

• You're Under Arrest (1985) - Columbia
• Decoy (1984) - Sony Music
• Star People (1983) - Sony Music

With John Ellis:

• One Foot In The Swamp (2005) - Hyena

With David Friesen

• Two for the Show (1994) - ITM Pacific

With Bill Goodwin

• Solar Energy (1981) - Omni Sound Jazz

With Jon Gordon

• Possibilities (2000) - Double-Time

With Urbie Green

• Señor Blues (CTI, 1977)

With Herbie Hancock

• The New Standard (1995) - Verve

With Jimmy Haslip

• A R C (1993) - UMG

With Roy Haynes

• Love Letters (2003) - Columbia

With Joe Henderson

• So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles) (1993) - Verve
• Porgy & Bess (1997) - Verve

With Ron Holloway

• Struttin' (1995) - Milestone Records

With Marc Johnson

• Shades of Jade (2005) - ECM
• Second Sight (1987) - ECM
• Bass Desires (1986) - ECM

With Lee Konitz

• Rhapsody II (1993) - Evidence

With Manhattan Jazz Quintet

• Manhattan Blues (1990) – Sweet Basil

With Gary Marks

• Gathering (1974) - Arewea Records

With Charles Mingus

• Three of Four Shades of Blue (1977) - Collectables Records

With Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker

• Carnegie Hall Concert (1974) - CTI Records

With John Patitucci

• Now (1998) - Concord Jazz

With Phil Lesh and Friends

• Live at the Warfield (2006) - Image

With Dizzy Gillespie

• Rhythmstick (1990)

With Harvie Swartz

• In a Different Light (1990) - Blue Moon

With Tommy Smith:

• Blue Smith (1999) - Linn Records

With Jeremy Steig

• Firefly (CTI, 1977)

With Gary Thomas

• By Any Means Necessary (1989) - JMT

With Mark Antony Turnage

• Blood On The Floor (album) (1998) - Decca Records

With Bugge Wesseltoft

• New Conception Of Jazz Live (2003) - Jazzland

With Lenny White

• Present Tense (1995) - Hip Bop

With Jack DeJohnette

• Music for the Fifth World (1992) - Capitol

With Keller Williams

• Dream (2007) - SCI Fidelity Records

Awards[link]

In 1998, John Scofield was granted the Miles Davis Award by the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: John Scofield

• Official site

Chantal Chamandy (born at Alexandria, Egypt)^[1] is a Canadian singer and entertainer based in Montreal, Quebec. She previously performed under the names Chantal Condor and Chantal.

Career[link]

Her first success was as part of Voggue, a disco duo she formed with Angela Songui. In 1980, the duo released its first self-titled album, which contains the singles "Love Buzz", "Here We Are" and their most successful single, "Dancin' the Night Away". In 1983, a second album was released on Matra Records, containing the singles "I Want To Dance" and "Sunstruck Lovers". Voggue disbanded in 1984.

After Voggue, she recorded as a solo act. She released the single "Hands Up" in 1985 on Epic Records using her full name Chantal Condor. The song would be remade by Canadian trio Sway in 1987 and become a big Canadian hit. The single led to an album deal with the label, and she released the album Chantal Condor in 1986. Her style was sometimes described as Italo disco. Off the album came the singles "Marinero" (backed with "Don't You Want My Love") and "Nightmare". She received a Juno Award nomination in 1986 for Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year,^[2][3] but lost to Kim Richardson.

In 1989, she dropped use of her last name, releasing Chantal, on the Columbia Records label. The single "A Little Lovin'" became her only charting single on Canada's RPM 100 Singles chart. In 1991 she became a member of the French-Canadian dance quartet Collage and appeared on their first and only album, but soon left the group. They then became a trio and the album was re-released without Chantal on the cover.

She did not release new material again until 2006, when she released a series of singles on her own independent label Ninemuse. She also used a number of unconventional strategies to get her name and material back into the public eye, including a self-financed marketing campaign on public transit and selling her single "Feels Like Love" for $1 a copy in the Dollarama chain of dollar stores, which resulted in the single selling over 10,000 copies and being picked up for sale in conventional record stores.^[1] She released Love Needs You, her first new album since 1989, later the same year. "Feels Like Love" received some airplay on U.S. Adult Contemporary radio.

On 7 September 2007, she performed a concert in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt in conjunction with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra.^[4] That performance was released on album and DVD in 2008 as Beladi, and was also made available for broadcast on PBS in the United States.

Chamandy is also credited with some small appearances in Canadian films.

Albums[link]

• Chantal Condor (1986)
• Chantal (1989)
• Love Needs You (August 15, 2006)
• Beladi (2008)

Singles[link]

• "Hands Up" (1985)
• "Marinero" (1986)
• "Nightmare" (1986)
• "A Little Lovin'" (1989)
• "Angel In Your Eyes" (1989)
• "You Want Me" (January 1, 2006)
• "Feels Like Love" (August 8, 2006)

[edit] Chantal album (1989)

List of track titles (writers) - Chantal performs lead vocals for all songs, unless noted otherwise.

• "A Little Lovin'" (Brian Macleod)
• "Angel in Your Eyes" (Brian Macleod)
• "Don't You Want My Love" (Aldo Nova)
• "Can't Dance Forever" (Ken LeRay)
• "Let Me Be the One" (Peter Wood, Chantal) - Duet with Chantal and Michael Ruff
• "Sometimes Love Can Heal a Broken Heart" (Peter Wood, Chantal)
• "Imagination" (Ross, Bayyan)
• "You've Got Potential" (Michael Jay, Alan Scott)
• "Some Kind of Magic" (M. Mangold, Aldo Nova)
• "Ready or Note?" (Peter Wood, Chantal)
• "Bells" (D. Allen, R. Van Hoy, M. Humpris)

Chantal was produced by Peter Wood

DVDs[link]

• Beladi: A Night at The Pyramids (2008)

Filmography[link]

• Scanners III: The Takeover (1992) - Female Guest. One of the sequels to Scanners
• Crazy Moon (1987) - Cleveland's Girlfriend
• Wednesday's Children: Robert (1987) (Short film)
• Miles to Go (1986) (TV movie) - Meg
• Discussions in Bioethics: Critical Choice (1985) (Short film)

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b} Henry, Michele (1 April 2007). "She's not a million-seller, but singer Chantal Chamandy is at least a star in transit". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/article/198209. 
2. ^ Griffin, John, "Adams is best Juno bet; Vancouver rocker a cinch as Male Vocalist of Year", The Gazette (Montreal), November 6, 1986. pg. F.1
3. ^ "Past Winners Database: 1986 17th Juno Awards", The Envelope of the Los Angeles Times; URL accessed May 23, 2006.
4. ^ "French director Gerard Pullicino to direct show developed for PBS - Montreal singer-songwriter Chantal Chamandy to perform before the pyramids in Egypt on September 7"

External links[link]

• Chantal Chamandy's official website
• Chantal Chamandy on Virb
• Chantal Chamandy's Myspace
• Ninemuse's website
• Chantal Condor at the Internet Movie Database
• Chantal Condor at Discogs
• Chantal (album) at Discogs
• "Marinero / Don't You Want My Love" at Discogs
• "Dancin' the Night Away" at Allmusic