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Title: Early Scofield plays straight-ahead
Review: "Rough House" features John Scofield playing straight-ahead jazz guitar with a rhythm section. The album has five Scofield originals and one song by pianist Hal Galper. Even though it was recorded in 1978, the sound is pretty good and doesn't have a 70's sound. Many of Scofield's recent discs have some sort of gimmick (or if it's a good disc, an enhancement) about them. This makes "Rough House" so refreshing. Scofield tears into the uptempo title track in the same spirit Wes Montgomery tears into "Airegin" on "The Incredible Jazz Guitar". This disc isn't as good as the Montgomery classic, but still worth the while of jazz guitar fans.
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