Hand Jive (album) explained

Hand Jive
Type:	studio
Artist:	John Scofield
Cover:	Hand_Jive_John_Scofield.jpg
Released:	August 9, 1994 (US) (CD)
Recorded:	October 1993
Studio:	Power Station and River Sound, New York City
Genre:	Jazz, soul jazz, jazz-funk
Length:	63:22 (CD)
Label:	Blue Note^[1]
Producer:	Lee Townsend^[2]
Prev Title:	I Can See Your House from Here (with Pat Metheny)
Prev Year:	1994
Next Year:	1994

Hand Jive is a studio album by the jazz guitarist John Scofield, released in 1994.^{[3] [4]} It features veteran tenor saxophonist Eddie Harris, keyboardist Larry Goldings, bassist Dennis Irwin, percussionist Don Alias, and drummer Bill Stewart.

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Scofield veers more towards the New Orleans-y BBQ sauce here, working up a delectable new flavor of jazz-soul, in which rough-housing inventiveness is the order of the day." The Los Angeles Times noted that "Scofield has a flexible unit that can be muscular one moment, blues-soaked the next, and gutsy yet highbrow the next."

Track listing

All compositions written by John Scofield.

1. "I'll Take Les" – 6:58
2. "Dark Blue" – 7:37
3. "Do Like Eddie" – 8:06
4. "She's So Lucky" – 5:50
5. "Checkered Past" – 5:28
6. "7th Floor" – 4:45
7. "Golden Daze" – 7:33
8. "Don't Shoot the Messenger" – 6:10
9. "Whip the Mule" – 5:37
10. "Out of the City" – 5:18

Personnel

• John Scofield – guitars
• Eddie Harris – tenor saxophone
• Larry Goldings – acoustic piano, organ
• Dennis Irwin – bass
• Bill Stewart – drums
• Don Alias – percussion

Production

• Susan Scofield – executive producer
• Lee Townsend – producer
• James Farber – recording, mixing
• Chris Albert – recording assistant
• Tony Gillis – mix assistant
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Mark Larson – design
• Patti Perret – photography

Notes and References

1. News: Atkins . Ronald . JOHN SCOFIELD: Hand Jive . The Guardian . 26 Aug 1994 . The Guardian Features Page.
2. Album reviews — Hand Jive by John Scofield . Billboard . Aug 13, 1994 . 106 . 33 . 60.
3. Audio – Hand Jive by John Scofield . Guitar Player . Nov 1994 . 28 . 11 . 151.
4. Ephland . John . CD reviews — Hand Jive by John Scofield . DownBeat . Nov 1994 . 61 . 11 . 42.