''Überjam Deux'' is a

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by American jazz guitarist

John Scofield John Scofield (born December 26, 1951) is an American guitarist and composer. His music over a long career has blended jazz, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul and rock. He first came to mainstream attention as part of the band of Miles Davis; he ...

. The record features guitarist and co-producer

Avi Bortnick Avi Bortnick is an American guitarist who became more widely known after his association with jazz guitarist John Scofield. Bortnick joined Scofield's jam-oriented band in 2000 and played rhythm guitar and samples on three albums: ''Überjam'', ...

, bass guitarist Andy Hess, drummers

Adam Deitch Adam David Deitch (born April 26, 1976) is a Grammy-nominated American record producer and drummer based in Denver, Colorado. He is the drummer for the bands Lettuce, Break Science, and The Adam Deitch Quartet, and has worked in the hip hop, funk ...

and

Louis Cato Louis Cato (born May 3, 1985) is the bandleader of the Late Show Band, the house band for ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert''. Cato is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who plays bass, guitar, percussion, Brass instru ...

, and

John Medeski Anthony John Medeski (born June 28, 1965) is an American jazz keyboard player and composer. Medeski is a veteran of New York's 1990s avant-garde jazz scene and is known popularly as a member of Medeski Martin & Wood. He plays the acoustic piano ...

on organ, electric piano & mellotron. The album is a follow-up to the “John Scofield Band” albums ''

Überjam ''Überjam'' is an album by jazz guitarist John Scofield, the first credited to “The John Scofield Band”. It was released by Verve Records, Verve on January 29, 2002. Saxophonist Karl Denson, guitarist Avi Bortnick, keyboardist John Medeski ...

'' (2002) and '' Up All Night'' (2003).

Track listing

''All songs written by John Scofield, except tracks 1-3, 5-7 & 9 which were co-written by Avi Bortnick. "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" (11) was written by

Bobby Eli Bobby Eli (born Eli Tatarsky; March 2, 1946 – August 17, 2023) was an American musician, arranger, composer and record producer from Philadelphia. He was a founding member and lead guitarist of Philadelphia studio band MFSB. Overview Bobby ...

, John C. Freeman and

Vinnie Barrett Vinnie Barrett (born Gwendolyn Hines Woolfolk; 1945) is an American songwriter and musician. Career Barrett graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington, D.C. She studied music at Howard University and the University of the District of Colu ...

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Personnel

* John Scofield – guitars *

–

Wurlitzer electric piano The Wurlitzer electronic piano is an electric piano manufactured and marketed by Wurlitzer from 1954 to 1983. Sound is generated by striking a metal reed with a hammer, which induces an electric current in a pickup. It is conceptually similar to ...

(2, 4, 6, 10, 11),

organ Organ and organs may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function * Organ system, a collection of organs that function together to carry out specific functions within the body. Musical instruments ...

(2, 4, 6, 10, 11),

Mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which causes a length of magnetic tape to contact a Capstan (tape recorder), capstan, which pulls i ...

(2, 4, 6, 10, 11) *

– guitars, sampling * Andy Hess – bass guitar *

– drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11) *

– drums (3, 6, 8, 9)

Production

* Susan Scofield – executive producer, cover concept * John Scofield – producer * Avi Bortnick – co-producer * James Farber – recording, mixing * Kevin Harper – assistant engineer * Ted Tuthill – assistant engineer * Brian Montgomery – digital editing *

Greg Calbi Gregory Calbi (born April 3, 1949) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound, New Jersey. Biography Greg Calbi was born on April 3, 1949, in Yonkers, New York, and raised in Bayside, Queens, New York. He graduated in 1966 from Bishop ...

– mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) * Mark Hess – cover concept, design * Nick Suttle – back cover photograph, musician photography * Sierra Dehlmer – cover photography * Elizabeth Penta – John Medeski photography * Jean Scofield – rug photography

References

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