John at North Sea Jazz 2004.

Enlightened at a prestigious Berklee School of Music, Scofield eventually joined jazz fusion groups, playing by owning a likes of Billy Cobham. He recorded by owning Charles Mingus in 1976, and replaced Pat Metheny in Gary Burton's quartet. Inside fall 1976 he signed a locate Enja Records, and he freed his 1st album East Meets West in 1977. Inside 1979 he formed a trio by owning Steve Swallow and Adam Nussbaum. He late joined Miles Davis, sustaining whom he remained until 1985.

When however by owning Davis, he freed a Electric Outlet (1984). However Warmly (1985) followed after he left Davis's class action.

At a beginning of the 1990s, he formed a quartet by owning Joe Lovano with whom he recorded several crucial albums for Blue Note Records. Period in Our Mitts (1990), with Lovano, Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette, showcased Scofield's guitar and Mingus-influenced writing. Bill Stewart subsequently became the class action's drummer, & played in Intended To Become (1991) and What You Launder (1993). Within 1992, Scofield released Grace Under Pressure, featuring fellow guitar player Bill Frisell, with Charlie Haden in bass & Joey Baron on drums. Stewart was back in the drum chair for the 1994 collaboration with Pat Metheny, I Potty View The Home From either On this text.

Towards the prevent of his tenure by having Blue Note, Scofield returned to a additional funk- and soul jazz-oriented sound, the counsel which has dominated lot of his subsequent output.

He freed Überjam in 2002 and Up Through the night around 2004, two albums in which he experiments by using drum n bass and other modern rhythms. Late 2004 saw a release of EnRoute, which features a jazz trio of John Scofield, Steve Drink in bass & Bill Stewart in drums. It was recorded survive at A Blue Note, NYC within December 2003.

Scofield is presently serving as an adjunct academician in the Jazz Department at New York University's Steinhardt School of Education.