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Track Listing
1. After the Fact
2. Tulle
3. Away With Words
4. Hold That Thought
5. Door #3
6. Bedside Manner
7. Rolf and the Gang
8. But For Love
9. Away
Album Notes
Personnel: John Scofield (nylon-string acoustic guitar); Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone); Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn); John Clark, Fred Griffen (French horn); Howard Johnson (tuba, baritone saxophone); Charles Pillow (alto flute, English horn, tenor saxophone); Lawrence Feldman (alto flute, flute, tenor saxophone); Roger Rosenberg (bass clarinet); Steve Swallow (bass); Bill Stewart, Duduka Da Fonseca (drums).
Recorded at The Power Station, New York, New York and Pyramid Sound, Los Angeles, California in April 1996.
Though guitarist John Scofield eventually became best known as a purveyor of funky, jam-happy fusion, QUIET is a wonderful anomaly in his catalog. Leaving funk grooves (and even electric guitar) far behind, Scofield wields an acoustic axe here on a batch of tunes that are subtle, complex, and involving. One of the most evocative aspects of these tracks is the ghostly presence of the woodwinds and horns, which Scofield himself arranged with an able blend of warmth, ethereal atmosphere, and intriguingly knotty angularity. Having jazz titan Wayne Shorter helping out on sax doesn't hurt these tunes either, and QUIET stands out as an atypical but arresting corner of Scofield's extensive catalog.
Industry Reviews
...Scofield's concise improvisations share the same concern for finely etched melody as his memorable compositions. Exceptional contributions by saxophonist Wayne Shorter and bassist Steve Swallow help cement this as a late-season entry for jazz record of the year. - Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly (10/04/1996)
4 Stars (out of 5) - ...generally intriguing, if slightly homogeneous...
Q (11/08/1996)
...Scofield's brilliant QUIET is his first strictly on acoustic guitar, lined with inventive horn charts....Scofield's ideas about voicing are reminiscent of Bob Moses' Gramavision albums from the '80s. But somehow...translates into a voice all his own...
Musician (01/01/1997)
4.5 Stars - Very Good/Excellent - ...The acoustic Scofield is a kinder, gentler musical personality than the electric one, but no less audacious. QUIET is one long, sinuous unwinding of imaginative guitar intelligence which always starts from songs that linger in the mind...
Down Beat (11/01/1996)
...Scofield's concise improvisations share the same concern for finely etched melody as his memorable compositions. Exceptional contributions by saxophonist Wayne Shorter and bassist Steve Swallow help cement this as a late-season entry for jazz record of the year. - Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly (10/04/1996)
...Scofield's brilliant QUIET is his first strictly on acoustic guitar, lined with inventive horn charts....Scofield's ideas about voicing are reminiscent of Bob Moses' Gramavision albums from the '80s. But somehow...translates into a voice all his own...
Musician (01/01/1997)
4.5 Stars - Very Good/Excellent - ...The acoustic Scofield is a kinder, gentler musical personality than the electric one, but no less audacious. QUIET is one long, sinuous unwinding of imaginative guitar intelligence which always starts from songs that linger in the mind...
Down Beat (11/01/1996)
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