John Scofield Protocol

**kris** · 08-04-2016, 10:52 AM

Funny video!

**Boston Joe** · 08-04-2016, 11:15 AM

Heh. Looks like they spent about $15 on that video.

(Now, of course, it would have been shot on an iPhone for free.)

**tribalfusion** · 08-04-2016, 12:06 PM

Awesome tune. Especially the live version on Pick Hits Live

**Average Joe** · 08-04-2016, 05:34 PM

To think there was a time where they did promo videos for jazz tunes. Ok, so it's a crap video but I'm still impressed that the record label felt there would be an audience for a video.

**kris** · 08-05-2016, 03:29 PM

Great tune and great solo of John.

**Boston Joe** · 08-05-2016, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by Average Joe

To think there was a time where they did promo videos for jazz tunes. Ok, so it's a crap video but I'm still impressed that the record label felt there would be an audience for a video.

Do we know that a label had anything to do with this? I mean, it really does look like it was shot in about an hour with a handicam.

**Doctor Jeff** · 08-05-2016, 05:12 PM

Had to watch it with the sound down--is that Mike and the Mechanics??

See kids, the 80's weren't SO horrible, after all (feeling nostalgic)...

**Eric Rowland** · 08-05-2016, 05:34 PM

Still Warm...my favorite Sco!

**cosmic gumbo** · 08-07-2016, 06:08 PM

Jazz fusion production music videos from the 80's. The cheese decade. Here's some more to pay a tribute...

**Average Joe** · 08-08-2016, 06:06 AM

True, it could be an independent production. It's bad enough. I just assumed it was a label decision. To my knowledge doing videos without label support wasn't very common at the time.

**newsense** · 08-09-2016, 02:58 AM

Loved the Sco video - better than the shopping channel - I saw many things I wanted to buy.

**Boston Joe** · 08-09-2016, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by Average Joe

True, it could be an independent production. It's bad enough. I just assumed it was a label decision. To my knowledge doing videos without label support wasn't very common at the time.

Yeah, probably. But if they had label support, it was probably along the lines of, "Here's ten bucks. Go make a video."

**Eric Rowland** · 08-09-2016, 11:39 AM

Burnin'.....

**christianm77** · 08-09-2016, 12:53 PM

I love it when he falls over at the end.

**RyanM** · 08-09-2016, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by kris

Funny video!

Did he get pickpocketed at 3:19? Ha!

**kris** · 08-10-2016, 08:23 AM

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Really Scofield language...can find some interval lines in his solos.

**Vladan** · 08-10-2016, 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by RyanM

[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Roboto]Did he get pickpocketed at ...

... 3:20?

**Boston Joe** · 08-10-2016, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by kris

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Really Scofield language...can find some interval lines in his solos.

Started working on it last night. It's mostly around a Gminor triad. Lots of string skipping.

TH · 08-10-2016, 11:06 AM

Back in the day, VH1 had a jazz segment and for many it was their shot at a wider audience. Yeah, this was with the support of his label at the time, I think it was Grammavision. I remember how incongruous these things were (there were other videos but I can't find them anywhere) and he thought they were funny. Always the man to take the music business with a grain of salt and still do his own thing like noone else, this video really is a time capsule. But Canal Street still is Canal Street.
This video is a promotional for the Canal Street Chamber of Commerce as much as anything else-Ha ha!

David

**Vladan** · 08-10-2016, 11:56 AM

I find this particular tune rather ... narrow sounding, for the lack of better expression.

As far as for the clip, I really liked it, except for some obviously staged and badly acted stuff. As for the cost and budget ....

1. ... maybe they were given a budget and tried to spend as little as possible on actual filming, so they could steal more on petty cash, props, food and whatever they could imagine.

2. Also, if company is producing something, it must have costs, ie. receive debit invoices, thise have to be for actual jobs, like filming in exterior, on streets of NYC, if they filmed there, they must have a proof in a form of debit invouce from the city of NYC, and so on. So in the end it may be much more expensive than what an uneducated outsider might presume.

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**Boston Joe** · 08-10-2016, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by Vladan

I find this particular tune rather ... narrow sounding, for the lack of better expression.

I think that's because it all hovers around G. There's not much in the way of movement.

Personally, I like it. It sounds like Sco is using the guitar like a drumset. He's got 4 or 5 pitches, and then it's all about the rhythm.