APR 25-28 | JOHN SCOFIELD
Apr 27 - Apr 28, 2024
Miner Auditorium
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Original show description below.
The long-running relationship between guitar icon John Scofield and the all-star jam band Lettuce is built on a deep and abiding love of funk. They reunite for these two nights during Scofield’s week in a welcome reprise of the scorching performances from the 2018-19 Season.
Keyboardist and vocalist Nigel Hall went on to play with Soulive, while drummer Adam Deitch spent several years working with Sco, providing the potent grooves on his Verve albums Überjam and Up All Night. Saxophonist Ryan Zoidis long divided his time between Soulive and Maine’s popular jazz/funk band Rustic Overtones, and bassist Erick “Jesus” Coomes has toured internationally with Britney Spears and The Game. Guitarist Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff has also worked widely as a first-call sideman with an array of artists, including Lady Gaga and Robert Randolph, while trumpeter Eric Bloom, the band’s most recent addition, has become a New Orleans stalwart, recording with Jon Cleary and Aaron Neville.
The band’s latest is 2022’s Unify.
Scofield appeared as a special guest on the band’s 2002 debut album Outta Here (Velour Recordings), forging a connection that’s matured as the Lettuce players evolved from enthusiastic teens at a Berklee summer program known for hitting up Boston venues for gigs with the insistent refrain “Let us play!” (hence the name Lettuce) to a jam band supergroup.
Guitar icon John Scofield and the all-star jam band Lettuce reunite for this super-funky collaboration in a welcome reprise of the scorching performances from the 2018-19 Season.
Stuttering bass-and-drum interplay, furious guitars and organs — and nary a note to be found outside the pocket.
the new york times on lettuce
Stuttering bass-and-drum interplay, furious guitars and organs — and nary a note to be found outside the pocket.
the new york times on lettuce
Personnel
Eric "Benny" Bloom trumpet
Ryan Zoidis saxophone
Adam "Shmeeans" Smirnoff guitar
Nigel Hall keyboards, vocals
Erick "Jesus" Coomes bass
Adam Deitch drums
SPECIAL GUEST
John Scofield guitar
A modern-jazz avatar of the electric guitar
The New Yorker on John Scofield
Personnel
Eric "Benny" Bloom trumpet
Ryan Zoidis saxophone
Adam "Shmeeans" Smirnoff guitar
Nigel Hall keyboards, vocals
Erick "Jesus" Coomes bass
Adam Deitch drums
SPECIAL GUEST
John Scofield guitar
A modern-jazz avatar of the electric guitar
The New Yorker on John Scofield
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