A Jazz Partnership Decades in the Making: Scofield & Holland Drop “Memories of Home”
John Scofield and Dave Holland have played together for decades in numerous contexts. They’ve played together in Herbie Hancock’s band, with Joe Henderson, and in a co-led band with Joe Lovano and Al Foster called ScoLoHoFo. Now, the pair have teamed up for their first-ever duo album, entitled Memories of Home.
“I honestly don’t recall when or how we first discussed playing duo together. It was quite a while ago and we had an entire tour scheduled that was scrapped in 2020 due to the pandemic,” says Scofield. “We did it in late 2021 and it worked well. We did a second tour in 2024 and the idea of recording was a natural conclusion. The record, like our live shows, features tunes each of us composed, some new, some old. We share decades of common references musically. The similarities and differences in our approaches make for a more interesting collaboration, I think.”
The album takes its name from one of Holland’s compositions, written in collaboration with progressive bluegrass musicians Vassar Clements and John Hartford. He also contributed “Mr. B,” a tribute to his first bass hero: Ray Brown.
“Its blues feel and lithe sense of swing are ideally suited to Scofield’s guitar artistry, and Holland’s bass solo conveys some of the sense of joy that informed the playing of the tune’s dedicatee,” a press release states.
Memories of Home is out now on CD, vinyl and as a digital download (Apple Music, and Amazon Music).
Memories of Home Track List:
- Icons at the Fair
- Meant to Be
- Mine Are Blues
- Memorette
- Mr. B (Dedicated to Ray Brown)
- Not for Nothin’
- Easy for You
- You I Love
- Memories of Home
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