![]() Reservations like these aside, 'This Meets That' is an engaging and entertaining album with a warm, good time feel that seems to be saying life even from the perspective of the blues is not all about struggle and alienation, it can be about belonging and acceptance. At its best 'This Meets That' aspires to the excellence of the now much forgotten 1995 John Scofield album 'Groove Elation' which used a very similar sounding brass section but to more upfront funk effect. The new album also benefits from John Scofield playing electric guitar rather than the acoustic guitar used on 'Quiet'. But whereas 'Quiet' features a large ensemble, 'This Meets That' scores with a stripped down but gritty brass section (Roger Rosenberg (baritone sax and bass clarinet), Jim Pugh (trombone), Lawrence Feldman (tenor sax and flutes) and John Swana (trumpet and flugelhorn)). ![]() It is in the same vein as 'Quiet' and 'EnRoute' and features the same 'John Scofield Trio' (John Scofield (guitar) Steve Swallow (bass), Bill Stewart (drums)) as its basis. ![]() The new album, 'This Meets That' is altogether more mellow, more reflective. Emarcy / Universal Music Group Release date: September 18th, 2007 A new John Scofield album always brings thoughts of: what next? The excellent was a homage to Tony Williams'Lifetime' while the equally challenging continued the trance jazz collaboration with Medeski, Martin and Wood'.
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