SEPTEMBER / TASTER 
What we know so far. The new John Scofield band is called Combo 66 and is a quartet – Sco with pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist Vicente Archer (recall Archer from the Robert Glasper In My Element trio), and Sco long term close musical colleague drummer Bill Stewart.

One of the greatest guitarists in jazz, surely an indisputable might-as-well-be fact, touring at the moment with supergroup Hudson, the Combo 66 band – the number refers factually to Sco’s age – gigged in New York city back in April for club dates.

As for the album it will be appearing in September and on the Impulse label – “the house that Trane built” – in Ashley Kahn's memorable phrase, and which continues in its recent years revival. 

Tracks are believed, subject to confirmation, to be Can’t Dance, Combo Theme, Icons at The Fair, Willa Jean, Uncle Southern, Dang Swing, New Walzo, I’m Sleeping In, King of Belgium, and bonus track for Japan, Ringing Out. Sco tours it from October and the band will return in 2019 according to booking agent Saudades because of “amazing demand.”
Combo 66 above left to right Gerald Clayton, Bill Stewart, John Scofield, and Vicente Archer. Photo: Nicholas Suttle