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{{Short description|American jazz guitarist and composer (born 1951)}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name              = John Scofield
| image             = [[File:John Scofield-8615.jpg|230px]]
| landscape         = yes
| caption           = Scofield at the [[Moers Festival]] in 2021
| background        = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1951|12|26|mf=yes}}
| birth_place       = [[Dayton, Ohio]], U.S.
| genre             = [[Jazz]], [[jazz fusion]], [[acid jazz]]<ref name="The Real John Scofield"/>
| occupation        = Musician, composer
| instrument        = Guitar
| years_active      = 1970s–present
| label             = [[Enja Records|Enja]], [[Gramavision]], [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]], [[Verve Records|Verve]], [[EmArcy Records|EmArcy]] ECM
| website           = {{URL|www.johnscofield.com}}
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'''John Scofield''' (born December 26, 1951)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.aol.com/artist/john-scofield/ |title=John Scofield Music, News and Photos – AOL Music |website=Music.aol.com |access-date=2013-07-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121202112337/http://music.aol.com/artist/john-scofield/ |archive-date=2012-12-02}}</ref> is an American guitarist and composer. His music blends [[jazz]], [[jazz fusion]], [[funk]], [[blues]], [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Rock music|rock]].<ref name="The Real John Scofield">{{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/20357-john-scofield-will-the-real-john-scofield-please-stand-up |title=John Scofield: Will the Real John Scofield Please Stand Up? |first=Chip |last=Stern |date=March 2001 |access-date=19 September 2016 |website=[[JazzTimes]] |archive-date=24 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924045654/http://jazztimes.com/articles/20357-john-scofield-will-the-real-john-scofield-please-stand-up |url-status=dead }}</ref> He first came to mainstream attention as part of the band of [[Miles Davis]].

He has been nominated for nine [[Grammy]] awards and won three.  He was also awarded the French [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]].

He has toured and recorded with jazz saxophonists [[Eddie Harris]], [[Dave Liebman]], [[Joe Henderson]], and [[Joe Lovano]]; keyboardists [[George Duke]], [[Joey DeFrancesco]], [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Larry Goldings]], and [[Robert Glasper]]; fellow guitarists [[Pat Metheny]], [[John Abercrombie (guitarist)|John Abercrombie]], [[Pat Martino]], and [[Bill Frisell]]; bassists [[Marc Johnson (jazz musician)|Marc Johnson]] and [[Jaco Pastorius]]; and drummers [[Billy Cobham]] and [[Dennis Chambers]]. Outside the world of jazz, he has collaborated with [[Phil Lesh]], [[Mavis Staples]], [[John Mayer]], [[Medeski Martin & Wood]], and [[Gov't Mule]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Small |first=Mark |url=http://www.berklee.edu/bt/172/coverstory.html |title=Berklee &#124; Berklee College of Music |publisher=Berklee.edu |access-date=2011-10-18}}</ref>

==Biography==
John Scofield was born in [[Dayton, Ohio]] before his family moved to [[Wilton, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/artists/scofield.htm |title=All About Jazz Bio |publisher=Allaboutjazz.com |access-date=2011-10-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905083432/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/artists/scofield.htm |archive-date=2008-09-05 }}</ref> Educated at the [[Berklee College of Music]], Scofield left school to record with [[Chet Baker]] and [[Gerry Mulligan]]. He joined the [[Billy Cobham]]/[[George Duke]] Band soon afterwards and played, recorded, and toured with them for two years. He recorded with [[Charles Mingus]] in 1976 and replaced [[Pat Metheny]] in [[Gary Burton]]'s quartet.<ref>{{cite web |last=Yanow |first=Scott |url=http://music.yahoo.com/ar-262946-bio--John-Scofield |title=Yahoo Music artist Bio |publisher=Music.yahoo.com |access-date=2011-10-18}}</ref>

In 1976, Scofield signed with [[Enja Records|Enja]], which released his first album, ''[[East Meets West (John Scofield album)|John Scofield]]'', in 1977. He recorded with pianist [[Hal Galper]] on ''[[Rough House (John Scofield album)|Rough House]]'' in 1978 and then on Galper's album ''[[Ivory forest (album)|Ivory Forest]]'' (1980), where he played a solo rendition of "Monk's Mood" by [[Thelonious Monk]].<ref name="Ivory Forest AllMusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ivory-forest-mw0000082903|title=Ivory Forest – Hal Galper, Hal Galper Quartet|publisher=[[AllMusic]] |first=Scott |last=Yanow |access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> In 1979 he formed a trio with his mentor [[Steve Swallow]] and [[Adam Nussbaum]] which, with drummer [[Bill Stewart (musician)|Bill Stewart]] replacing Nussbaum, became the signature group of Scofield's career.<ref name="Scofield Trio jazzstl desc">{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzstl.org/experience/artists/john-scofield-trio-featuring-steve-swallow-bill-stewart/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928014023/http://jazzstl.org/experience/artists/john-scofield-trio-featuring-steve-swallow-bill-stewart/|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 September 2012 |title=John Scofield Trio featuring Steve Swallow & Bill Stewart |publisher=Jazz St. Louis|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref>

In 1982, he joined [[Miles Davis]], with whom he remained for three and a half years. He contributed tunes and guitar to three of Davis's albums, ''[[Star People]]'', ''[[Decoy (album)|Decoy]]'', and ''[[You're Under Arrest (Miles Davis album)|You're Under Arrest]]''.<ref>Kelman, John (2011). [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=40431&page=1#4 Interview.] ''[[AllAboutJazz]]''. Retrieved August 10, 2013.</ref> After he left Davis, he released ''[[Electric Outlet]]'' (1984) and ''[[Still Warm]]'' (1985)

He began his Blue Matter Band with [[Dennis Chambers]] on drums, Gary Grainger on bass, and [[Mitchel Forman]], Robert Aries, or [[Jim Beard]] on keyboards. The band released the albums ''[[Blue Matter (John Scofield album)|Blue Matter]]'', ''[[Loud Jazz]]'' and ''[[Pick Hits Live]]''. [[Marc Johnson (jazz musician)|Marc Johnson]] formed Bass Desires with [[Peter Erskine]], [[Bill Frisell]], and Scofield. They recorded two albums, ''[[Bass Desires]]'' (1986) and ''[[Second Sight (Marc Johnson album)|Second Sight]]'' (1987).<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000188234|label=''Bass Desires'' |access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:John scofield 2004-07-23.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|Onstage in 2004]]

At the beginning of the 1990s, Scofield formed a quartet which included [[Joe Lovano]] with whom he recorded several albums for [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]].<ref name="Everything Old is New">{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/12/27/460960071/for-john-scofield-everything-old-is-new-again-even-the-hard-parts|title=For John Scofield, Everything Old Is New Again — Even The Hard Parts |first=Tom |last=Cole|date=27 December 2015|access-date=19 September 2016|publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> ''[[Time on My Hands (John Scofield album)|Time on My Hands]]'' (1990), with Joe Lovano, [[Charlie Haden]], and [[Jack DeJohnette]], showcased Scofield's guitar and [[Charles Mingus]]-influenced{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} writing. Bill Stewart became the group's drummer and played on ''[[Meant to Be (John Scofield album)|Meant to Be]]'' (1991) and ''[[What We Do]]'' (1993). In 1992, Scofield released ''[[Grace Under Pressure (John Scofield album)|Grace Under Pressure]]'', featuring guitarist Bill Frisell, with Charlie Haden on bass and [[Joey Baron]] on drums. Stewart rejoined Scofield and Steve Swallow for ''[[I Can See Your House from Here (John Scofield and Pat Metheny album)|I Can See Your House from Here]]'',  a collaboration with [[Pat Metheny]].

Near the end of the time he played with Blue Note, Scofield returned to a sound which included more [[funk]] and [[soul jazz]].{{Citation needed |date=September 2016}} In 1994 and 1995, he formed a group with organist/pianist [[Larry Goldings]], bassist [[Dennis Irwin]], and alternating drummers, [[Bill Stewart (musician)|Bill Stewart]] and [[Idris Muhammad]]. The group toured extensively, and the albums ''[[Hand Jive (John Scofield album)|Hand Jive]]'' and ''[[Groove Elation]]'' feature this funk/[[Groove (music)|groove]]/soul-jazz dimension in Scofield's music with tenor saxophonist [[Eddie Harris]], percussionist [[Don Alias]], and trumpeter [[Randy Brecker]]. He recorded the 1997 album ''A Go Go'' with [[Medeski, Martin & Wood]].

Also during that time he began to work with British composer [[Mark-Anthony Turnage]]. He appeared as a soloist on Turnage's ''Blood on the Floor: Elegy for Andy''. They collaborated on ''Scorched'', an album of Turnage's orchestrations of Scofield's compositions, largely from the ''Blue Matter'' period. [[John Patitucci]] and [[Peter Erskine]] performed at the live premiere of ''Scorched'' at the [[Alte Oper]] in [[Frankfurt]] in September 2002 with the Radio-Symphony-Orchestra Frankfurt and the [[hr-Bigband]]. The performance was recorded and released by [[Deutsche Grammophon]].<ref>Cf. credits on album.</ref>

Scofield released ''[[Überjam]]'' in 2002 and ''[[Up All Night (John Scofield album)|Up All Night]]'' in 2003, two albums on which he experimented with [[drum and bass]]. He recorded in Europe with the [[Bugge Wesseltoft]] New Conception of Jazz in 2001–2002 and 2006. In 2004 ''[[EnRoute: John Scofield Trio LIVE]]'' was released with [[Steve Swallow]] on bass and Bill Stewart on drums. It was recorded live at the [[Blue Note Jazz Club]] in New York City in December 2003. That was followed the next year by ''[[That's What I Say: John Scofield Plays the Music of Ray Charles]]'' which led to performances with [[Mavis Staples]], Gary Versace on organ, [[John Benitez]] on bass, and [[Steve Hass]] on drums. After sitting in for two engagements in December 2005 with [[Phil Lesh and Friends]], Scofield has played numerous shows with the band.

[[File:John Scofield International Jazz Festival Enschede.jpg|right|upright=1.0|thumb|At the International Jazz Festival in [[Enschede]], The [[Netherlands]] in 2007]]
On September 26, 2006, he released ''[[Out Louder]]'', his second collaboration with Medeski, Martin & Wood.<ref name="Out Louder AllMusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/out-louder-mw0000738853|title=Out Louder – Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood|first=Jeff|last=Tamarkin|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> The group, known collectively as MSMW, toured worldwide in 2006 and 2007. Scofield performed in a duo with [[John Medeski]] named The Johns and in a trio with Medeski and drummer [[Adam Deitch]] (Deitch is also a producer). He recorded music inspired by [[gospel music|gospel]] on the 2009 album ''[[Piety Street]]'' with [[Jon Cleary (musician)|Jon Cleary]] and [[George Porter Jr.]]

On September 18, 2007, [[EmArcy Records|EmArcy]] released ''[[This Meets That]]'', an album recorded with Steve Swallow, Bill Stewart, and a horn trio. In 2011 EmArcy released ''A Moment's Peace'', recorded with pianist [[Larry Goldings]], bassist [[Scott Colley]], and drummer [[Brian Blade]]. Scofield's 2010 album ''54'' had its origin in the 1990s when [[Vince Mendoza]] asked him to play on Mendoza's first album. As director of the Metropole Orchestra, Mendoza collaborated with Scofield on arrangements of Scofield's compositions that were performed by the orchestra.

Scofield has been an adjunct faculty member in the Jazz Department in the [[Steinhardt School of Education]] at [[New York University]].<ref name="NYU Faculty">{{cite web|url=http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/jazz/people/faculty/scofield|title=Jazz Faculty: John Scofield|publisher=[[Steinhardt School of Education]]|access-date=19 September 2016|archive-date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924213501/http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/jazz/people/faculty/scofield|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Inside Scofield'', a film by Joerg Steineck, a feature-length documentary about Scofield, was released in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scofield.joerg-steineck.com/|title=INSIDE SCOFIELD – A film about John Scofield|website=Scofield.joerg-steineck.com|access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://londonjazznews.com/2022/11/25/inside-john-scofield-film-by-joerg-steineck/|title='Inside Scofield' (film by Joerg Steineck)|date=November 25, 2022|website=London Jazz News}}</ref>

==Guitars==
Scofield's first electric guitar was a [[Hagstrom]]; his "workhorse" is an [[Ibanez]] AS200 from 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/john-scofield-on-his-workhorse-ibanez-and-advice-to-his-younger-self-621124 |publisher=Music Radar |accessdate=November 5, 2023 |title=John Scofield on his workhorse Ibanez and advice to his younger self |first=Henry |last=Yates |date=May 12, 2015}}</ref> He endorses [[Ibanez]] and the company has a line of semi-hollow bodied guitars named for him.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jazzguitartoday.com/2020/07/john-scofield-ibanez-jsm-100/ |accessdate=November 5, 2023 |publisher=Jazz Guitar Today |title=John Scofield Ibanez JSM-100 |date=July 1, 2020}}</ref> [[Steve Vai]] uses one on the road, for one of the songs from ''[[Inviolate (album)|Inviolate]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steve-vai-tech-john-scofield-signature-model |title='It's like John Scofield took acid': Steve Vai's tech shares the story behind the virtuoso's psychedelic semi-hollow |first=Jonathan |last=Horsley |date=September 15, 2023 |accessdate=November 5, 2023 |publisher=Guitar World}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
* 1997: Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee
* 1998: Miles Davis Award, [[Montreal International Jazz Festival]]
* 2002: Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album: ''[[Überjam]]''<ref name="grammy">{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/john-scofield|title=John Scofield|date=June 4, 2019|website=GRAMMY.com}}</ref>
* 2004: Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album: ''[[Scorched (Mark-Anthony Turnage & John Scofield album)|Scorched]]'', and Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for "Wee"<ref name="grammy"/>
* 2006: Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: Trio Beyond – ''[[Saudades (Trio Beyond album)|Saudades]]''<ref name="grammy"/>
* 2010: [[Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album|Grammy nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album]]: ''54'' featured with [[Metropole Orkest]] conducted by [[Vince Mendoza]]<ref name="grammy"/>
* 2010: [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]], French Ministry of Culture<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jazzandbossaguitar.com/the-50-giants-of-jazz-guitar-in-alphabetical-order/|title=The 50 GIANTS of Jazz Guitar in alphabetical order – Saban Jazz & Bossa School|website=Jazzandbossaguitar.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-20}}</ref>
* 2016: [[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album]]: ''[[Past Present (John Scofield album)|Past Present]]'', and nominated for Best Improvised Jazz Solo: "Past Present"
* 2017: [[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album]]: ''[[Country for Old Men]]''
* 2017: [[Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo]]: "[[I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry]]"

== Discography ==
=== As leader/co-leader ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year released
! Album title
! Line-up
! Label
! Recording date
! Notes
|-
| 1978 || ''[[East Meets West (John Scofield album)|John Scofield]]''<br /> Also released as ''East Meets West'' (Black Hawk, 1987) || Trio plus [[Terumasa Hino]] on two tracks || Trio (JP)
| 1977–08
| Recorded in Tokyo
|-
| 1978 || ''[[John Scofield Live]]'' || Quartet || [[Enja Records|Enja]]
| 1977–11
| Live in Munich
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Rough House (album)|Rough House]]'' || Quartet as John Scofield Quartet || Enja
| 1978–11
|
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Who's Who?]]'' || Quintet and two quartet tracks || [[Novus Records|Arista Novus]]
| 1979
| Re-released 1990 with the four originals from ''[[Bar Talk]]'' as bonus tracks
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Bar Talk]]'' || Trio w/ [[Steve Swallow]] and [[Adam Nussbaum]] || Arista Novus
| 1980–08
|
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Shinola (John Scofield album)|Shinola]]'' || Trio w/ Swallow and Nussbaum || Enja
| 1981–12
| Live in Munich
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Out Like a Light]]'' || Trio w/ Swallow and Nussbaum || Enja
| 1981–12
| Live recording from the same concert venue as ''Shinola''
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Solar (John Abercrombie & John Scofield album)|Solar]]'' || with [[John Abercrombie (guitarist)|John Abercrombie]], duos and three quartet tracks ||[[Palo Alto Records|Palo Alto]]
| 1982–05,<br /> 1983–12
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Electric Outlet]]'' || Quintet w/ [[David Sanborn]] and [[Ray Anderson (musician)|Ray Anderson]] || [[Gramavision Records|Gramavision]]
| 1984–04 –<br /> 1984–05
| Scofield plays also bass and [[Oberheim DMX|DMX]] drum machine
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Still Warm]]'' || Quartet || Gramavision
| 1985–06
|
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Blue Matter (John Scofield album)|Blue Matter]]'' || Quintet and sextet<small>, first w/ Gary Grainger and [[Dennis Chambers]]</small> || Gramavision
| 1986–09
|
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Loud Jazz]]'' || Quintet || Gramavision
| 1987–12
|
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Pick Hits Live]]'' || Quartet || Gramavision
| 1987–10
| Live in Tokyo
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Flat Out (John Scofield album)|Flat Out]]'' || Quintet || Gramavision
| 1988–12
|
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Time on My Hands (John Scofield album)|Time on My Hands]]'' || Quartet w/ [[Joe Lovano]]. Acoustic jazz [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] featuring [[Charlie Haden]] and [[Jack DeJohnette]]. || [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]]
| 1989–11
|
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Meant to Be (John Scofield album)|Meant to Be]]'' || Quartet w/ Joe Lovano, Marc Johnson, and Bill Stewart || Blue Note
| 1990–12
|
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Grace Under Pressure (John Scofield album)|Grace Under Pressure]]'' || Quartet w/ [[Bill Frisell]] plus horn section on half of the tracks || Blue Note
| 1991–12
| Frisell and Scofield had previously partnered in Marc Johnson's ''[[Bass Desires]]''
|-
| 1993 || ''[[What We Do]]'' || Quartet w/ Joe Lovano, Dennis Irwin, and Bill Stewart || Blue Note
| 1992–05
|
|-
| 1994<!-- –04 --> 
| ''[[I Can See Your House from Here (album)|I Can See Your House from Here]]'' || with [[Pat Metheny]], quartet || Blue Note
| 1993–12
|
|-
| 1994<!-- –08 --> 
| ''[[Hand Jive (John Scofield album)|Hand Jive]]'' || Sextet. [[Soul jazz]] session featuring saxophonist [[Eddie Harris]] two years before Harris's death. || Blue Note
| 1993–10
|
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Groove Elation (John Scofield album)|Groove Elation]]'' || Quartet plus horn section and percussion. Soul jazz session featuring the [[Second line (parades)|New Orleans style drumming]] of [[Idris Muhammad]] and organ by [[Larry Goldings]].|| Blue Note
| 1995
|
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Quiet (album)|Quiet]]'' || Trio plus horn section, feat. [[Wayne Shorter]] on three tracks || Verve
| 1996–04
| Scofield plays exclusively acoustic guitar, focus on arrangements, some light jazz waltzing and [[bossa nova]], appropriate title
|-
| 1998 || ''[[A Go Go (John Scofield album)|A Go Go]]'' || with [[Medeski Martin & Wood]] || Verve
| 1998?
| First collaboration with [[avant-jazz|avant]]-[[jazz-funk]] [[organ trio]]
|-
| 1999 || ''Old Folks'' || Duo with [[David Friesen]] || [[West Wind Records|West Wind]]
| 1993–04
| Conceptual compilation of equally dealt four leaders with [[Kenny Garrett]], [[Michael Brecker]] and David Friesen
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Bump (album)|Bump]]'' || Duo to quintet in altering constellations || Verve
| 1999 <!-- fall -->
| Scofield plays acoustic guitar on some tracks and adds more sound effects, opens further up to (slightly) younger musicians like [[Tony Scherr]], [[Kenny Wollesen]] and [[Mark De Gli Antoni]] introducing electronica
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Works for Me (John Scofield album)|Works for Me]]'' || Quintet w/ [[Kenny Garrett]] and [[Brad Mehldau]] || Verve
| 2000–01
| Contemporary post-bop line-up and repertoire
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Überjam]]'' || Überjam quartet up to sextet as The John Scofield Band, first time with [[Avi Bortnick]] and [[Adam Deitch]] plus [[John Medeski]]|| Verve
| 2001–07,<br /> 2001–08,<br /> 2001–09
| With more effects, reaching into [[dub reggae]], [[Jungle music|jungle grooves]], [[Rapping|rap]] and [[Sampling (music)|samples]]
|-
| 2003<!-- –01 --> || ''[[Oh! (ScoLoHoFo album)|Oh!]]'' || Acoustic jazz quartet as ScoLoHoFo w/ Joe Lovano, [[Dave Holland (bassist)|Dave Holland]] and [[Al Foster]] || Blue Note
| 2002–07
|
|-
| 2003<!-- –05 --> || ''[[Up All Night (John Scofield album)|Up All Night]]'' || Überjam quartet plus horns as The John Scofield Band with [[Andy Hess]], bass guitar || Verve
| 2002–12,<br /> 2003–01
|
|-
| 2004<!-- –01 --> || ''[[Scorched (Mark-Anthony Turnage & John Scofield album)|Scorched]]'' || with [[Mark-Anthony Turnage]] || [[Deutsche Grammophon]]
| 2002–09
| 
|-
| 2004<!-- –12 --> || ''[[EnRoute: John Scofield Trio LIVE|John Scofield Trio LIVE EnRoute]]'' || Trio w/ Swallow and Bill Stewart || Verve
| 2003–12
| Live in New York City
|-
| 2005 || ''[[That's What I Say: John Scofield Plays the Music of Ray Charles]]'' ||  || Verve
| 2004–12
|
|-
| 2006<!-- –06 --> || ''[[Saudades (Trio Beyond album)|Saudades]]'' || as [[Trio Beyond]] w/ Larry Goldings and Jack DeJohnette || [[ECM Records|ECM]]
| 2004–11
| One-time [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]] tribute band
|-
| 2006<!-- –09 --> || ''[[Out Louder]]'' || as [[Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood]] || [[Indirecto Records|Indirecto]]
| 2006–01
| First recording of Medeski, Scofield Martin & Wood partnership with co-equal contributions from Scofield and [[Medeski Martin & Wood]]
|-
| 2007 || ''[[This Meets That]]'' || Trio w/ Swallow and Bill Stewart plus horn section || [[EmArcy Records|EmArcy]]
| 2006–09 –<br /> 2007–04
|
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Piety Street]]'' || Quartet feat. vocals || EmArcy
| 2009?
|
|-
| 2011<!-- –05 -->
| ''[[A Moment's Peace]]'' || Quartet || EmArcy
| 2011?
|
|-
| 2011<!-- –11 -->
| ''MSMW Live: In Case the World Changes Its Mind'' || as [[Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood]] || EmArcy
| 2011?
| [2CD] Live
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Überjam Deux]]'' || Überjam || EmArcy
| 2013–01
| Follow-up to ''[[Überjam]]'' (2002) and ''[[Up All Night (John Scofield album)|Up All Night]]'' (2003)
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Juice (Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood album)|Juice]]'' || as [[Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood]] || Indirecto
| 2014?
|
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Past Present (John Scofield album)|Past Present]]'' || Quartet w/ [[Joe Lovano]], [[Larry Grenadier]] and [[Bill Stewart (musician)|Bill Stewart]] || [[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]]
| 2015–03
|
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Country for Old Men]]'' || Quartet w/ [[Larry Goldings]], [[Steve Swallow]] and Bill Stewart || Impulse!
| 2016–04
| 
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Hudson (album)|Hudson]]'' || Quartet w/ [[Jack DeJohnette]], [[Larry Grenadier]] and John Medeski || [[Motéma Music|Motéma]]
| 2017–01
|
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Combo 66]]'' || Quartet w/ [[Gerald Clayton]], [[Bill Stewart (musician)|Bill Stewart]] and Vicente Archer || Verve
| 2018–04
|
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Swallow Tales (John Scofield album)|Swallow Tales]]'' || Trio w/ [[Steve Swallow]] and [[Bill Stewart (musician)|Bill Stewart]]  || ECM
| 2019–03
|
|-
| 2022 || ''[[John Scofield (2022 album)|John Scofield]]'' || Solo || ECM
| 2021–08
|
|-
| 2023<!-- –10 --> || ''Uncle John's Band'' || Trio w Vicente Archer and [[Bill Stewart (musician)|Bill Stewart]] || ECM
| 2022–08
| [2CD]
|}
[[File:John Scofield Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2017 (190550).jpg|thumb|John Scofield in 2017]]

=== Compilations ===
*''[[Slo Sco:The Best of the Ballads|Slo Sco: The Best of the Ballads]]'' ([[Gramavision Records|Gramavision]], 1990)
*''[[Liquid Fire: The Best of John Scofield]]'' (Gramavision, 1994)
*''[[Best of John Scofield]]'' ([[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]], 1996)
*''[[Steady Groovin' (John Scofield album)|Steady Groovin': The Blue Note Groove Sides]]'' (Blue Note, 2000)

=== As a sideman ===
Albums listed by year of release. (Links to artists and labels on first appearance.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year recorded
! scope="col" style="width: 256px;"| Artist
! scope="col" style="width: 256px;"| Album title
! scope="col" | Label
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1974||Gary Marks||''Gathering''||Arewea||
|-
|1974||[[Gerry Mulligan]] and [[Chet Baker]]||''[[Carnegie Hall Concert (Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker album)|Carnegie Hall Concert]]''||[[CTI Records|CTI]]|| Released in 1975
|-
|1975||[[Billy Cobham]]||''[[A Funky Thide of Sings]]''||[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]||
|-
|1976||Billy Cobham||''Life & Times''||Atlantic ||
|-
|1976||Billy Cobham & [[George Duke]]||''Live on Tour in Europe''|| Atlantic ||
|-
|1977||[[Chet Baker]]||''[[You Can't Go Home Again (album)|You Can't Go Home Again]]''||[[Horizon Records|Horizon]]||
|-
|1977||[[Charles Mingus]]||''[[Three or Four Shades of Blues]]''||Atlantic||
|-
|1977||[[Jeremy Steig]]||''[[Firefly (Jeremy Steig album)|Firefly]]''||CTI||
|-
|1977||[[Urbie Green]]||''[[Señor Blues (Urbie Green album)|Señor Blues]]''||CTI||
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|1977||[[Terumasa Hino]]||''May Dance''||Flying Disk||
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|1977||Chet Baker||''[[The Best Thing for You (album)|The Best Thing for You]]''||A&M|| Released in 1989
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|1977||[[Jay McShann]]||''[[The Last of the Blue Devils (album)|The Last of the Blue Devils]]'' ||Atlantic|| Released in 1978
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|1978||Billy Cobham||''Inner Conflicts''||Atlantic || 2 tracks
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|1978||[[Miroslav Vitous]]||''Guardian Angels''||Trio (JP)|| Released in 1979
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|1978<!-- –08 -->||Jay McShann||''[[The Big Apple Bash]]''||Atlantic|| Released in 1979
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|1979||[[Jim McNeely]]||''The Plot Thickens''||[[Muse Records|Muse]]||
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|1979||[[Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen]]||''[[Dancing on the Tables]]''||[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]||
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|1979||[[Zbigniew Seifert]]||''Passion''||[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]||
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|1979||[[Martial Solal]], [[Lee Konitz]], John Scofield, [[Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen]]||''[[Four Keys]]''||[[MPS Records|MPS]]||
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|1979||[[Jack Walrath]]||''Demons in Pursuit''||Gatemouth||
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|1979||[[Joe Beck]] & [[Larry Coryell]]||''Tributaries''||[[Arista Novus]]||
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|1979||[[Hal Galper]]||''[[Ivory Forest]]''||[[Enja Records|Enja]]|| Released in 1980
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|1979||[[Dave Liebman]]||''[[Doin' It Again (Dave Liebman album)|Doin' It Again]]''||[[Timeless Records|Timeless]]|| Released in 1980
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|1980||Dave Liebman||''What It Is''||[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]||
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|1980||[[Ron McClure]]||''Descendants''||[[Ken Music|Ken]]||
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|1980||Dave Liebman||''[[If They Only Knew (Dave Liebman album)|If They Only Knew]]''||Timeless|| Released in 1981
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|1981||[[Bill Goodwin (jazz drummer)|Bill Goodwin]]||''Solar Energy''||Omni Sound Jazz||
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|1982||Peter Warren||''Solidarity''||[[JAPO Records|JAPO]]||
|-
|1983||Miles Davis||''[[Star People]]''||Columbia|| 2 tracks
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|1983||[[Jim Pepper]]||''[[Comin' and Goin']]''||[[Antilles Records|Antilles]]||
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|1983||Miles Davis||''[[Decoy (album)|Decoy]]''||Columbia|| Released in 1984
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|1984||[[George Adams (musician)|George Adams]]||''[[More Sightings]]''||Enja||
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|1984||[[Eero Koivistoinen]]||''Picture in Three Colours''||Pro||<small>Three further tracks of this 1983 session in New York were released by the Finnish Rytmi magazine</small>
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|1984||[[Bennie Wallace]]||''Sweeping Through the City''||Enja||
|-
|1984,<br /> 1985 ||Miles Davis||''[[The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux |The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux 1973–1991]]''||[[Warner Music Group|Warner Switzerland]]|| Scofield on seven of the [20CD] box set released in 2002
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|1984,<br /> 1985 ||Miles Davis||''[[You're Under Arrest (Miles Davis album)|You're Under Arrest]]''||Columbia||
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|1985||George Adams-[[Don Pullen]] Quartet||''[[Live at Montmartre (George Adams and Don Pullen album)|Live at Montmartre]]''||Timeless||
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|1985||[[Paul Bley]]||''[[Hot (Paul Bley album)|Hot]]''||[[Soul Note]]||
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|1985||Bennie Wallace||''Twilight Time''||[[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]]||
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|1985||Marc Johnson||''[[Bass Desires]]''||[[ECM (record label)|ECM]]|| released in 1986
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|1986||[[Tal Farlow]], John Abercrombie, [[Larry Carlton]], [[Larry Coryell]], John Scofield, [[John Patitucci]] & [[Billy Hart]]||''[[Jazzvisions|All Strings Attached]]''||[[Verve Records|Verve]]||Part of the 1986 concert series ''Jazzvisions: Made in America'' in Los Angeles
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|1986||L'Orchestre National du Jazz||''Orchestre National du Jazz '86''||[[Label Bleu]]||
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|1986||[[Franco Ambrosetti]]||''[[Movies (Franco Ambrosetti album)|Movies]]''||Enja|| released in 1987
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|1987||Ron McClure||''Home Base''||ODE||
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|1987||Bennie Wallace||''Art of the Saxophone''||[[Denon Records|Denon]]||
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|1987||Bennie Wallace||''Border Town''||Blue Note||
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|1987||[[Roberto Gatto]]||''Ask''||Inak||
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|1987||Marc Johnson||''[[Second Sight (Marc Johnson album)|Second Sight]]''||ECM||
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|1988||Franco Ambrosetti||''[[Movies Too]]''||Enja ||
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|1988||[[Ray Anderson (musician)|Ray Anderson]]||''[[Blues Bred in the Bone]]''||Enja||
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|1988||[[Gary Burton]]||''[[Times Like These (Gary Burton album)|Times Like These]]''||[[GRP Records|GRP]]||
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|1988||[[Tommy Smith (saxophonist)|Tommy Smith]]||''Step by Step''||Blue Note||
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|1988||Missing Links||''Groovin''||[[MCA Records|MCA]]|| 2 tracks
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|1988||[[Michael Gibbs (composer)|Mike Gibbs]] Orchestra||''Big Time''||Venture||
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|1988||[[Tom Harrell]]||''Stories''||[[Contemporary Records|Contemporary]]||
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|1988||[[Niels Lan Doky]]||''Daybreak''||[[Storyville Records|Storyville]]||
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|1989||[[Richie Beirach]]||''Some Other Time''||Triloka||
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|1989||[[Terri Lyne Carrington]]||''Real Life Story''||[[Verve Forecast Records|Verve Forecast]]||
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|1989||Jim McNeely w/the [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]] Big Band||''East Coast Blow Out''||Lipstick|| Released in 1991 and reissued in 2014 on Jazzline
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|1989||[[Gary Thomas (musician)|Gary Thomas]]||''[[By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas album)|By Any Means Necessary]]''||[[JMT Records|JMT]]||
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|1989||Terumasa Hino||''Bluestruck''||Blue Note||
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|1989||[[McCoy Tyner]]||''[[Things Ain't What They Used to Be (McCoy Tyner album)|Things Ain't What They Used to Be]]''||Blue Note|| Released in 1990
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|1990||[[Bill Cosby]] & Friends||''Where You Lay Your Head''||[[Verve Records|Verve]]||
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|1990||[[Joey DeFrancesco]]||''[[Where Were You?]]''||Columbia||
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|1990||[[Manhattan Jazz Quintet]]||''Manhattan Blues''||Sweet Basil||
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|1990||[[Harvie Swartz]]||''In a Different Light''||Blue Moon||
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|1990||[[Benny Golson]]||''[[Rhythmstick]]''||CTI||
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|1990||[[John Patitucci]]||''Sketchbook''||GRP||
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|1991||[[Dennis Chambers]]||''Getting Even''||[[Pioneer Corporation|Glass House/Pioneer]] (JP)||
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|1991||[[Peter Erskine]]||''[[Sweet Soul (Peter Erskine album)|Sweet Soul]]''||Arista Novus||
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|1991||Eero Koivistoinen||''Altered Things''||Timeless||
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|1991||[[Lars Danielsson]]||''Fresh Enough''||L+R|| Released in 1992
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|1991||[[Steve Swallow]]||''[[Swallow (Steve Swallow album)|Swallow]]''||XtraWATT|| Released in 1992
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|1991||Mike Gibbs Band||''Symphony Hall, Birmingham 1991''||Dusk Fire|| Released in 2018
|-
|1992||Gary Burton||''[[Six Pack (Gary Burton album)|Six Pack]]''||GRP||
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|1992||[[Knut Riisnæs]] & [[Jon Christensen (musician)|Jon Christensen]]||''Knut Riisnæs – Jon Christensen Featuring John Scofield – Palle Danielsson''||[[Odin Records|Odin]]||
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|1992||[[Jack DeJohnette]]||''[[Music for the Fifth World]]''||Capitol|| Released in 1993
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|1992||[[Joe Henderson]]||''[[So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles)]]''||Verve|| Released in 1993
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|1993||[[Jimmy Haslip]]||''A R C''||UMG||
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|1993||[[Lee Konitz]]||''Rhapsody II''||[[Evidence Records|Evidence]]|| Released in 1994
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|1994||[[David Friesen]]||''[[Two for the Show (David Friesen album)|Two for the Show]]''||ITM Pacific||
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|1994||[[Ray Drummond]]||''[[Continuum (Ray Drummond album)|Continuum]]''||[[Arabesque Records|Arabesque]]||
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|1995||[[Ron Holloway]]||''Struttin''||[[Milestone Records|Milestone]]||
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|1995||[[Lenny White]]||''Present Tense''||Hip Bop||
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|1995||[[Herbie Hancock]]||''[[The New Standard (Herbie Hancock album)|The New Standard]]''||Verve|| Released in 1996
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|1996||[[Teodross Avery]]||''My Generation''||[[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]]||
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|1996||Gary Burton||''Departure''||[[Concord Jazz]]|| Released in 1997
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|1997||Joe Henderson||''[[Porgy & Bess (Joe Henderson album)|Porgy & Bess]]''||Verve||
|-
|1997||[[Chris Potter (jazz saxophonist)|Chris Potter]]||''[[Unspoken (Chris Potter album)|Unspoken]]''||Concord Jazz||
|-
|1998||[[Mark-Anthony Turnage]]||''Blood on the Floor''||[[Decca Records|Decca]]||
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|1998||[[John Patitucci]]||''[[Now (John Patitucci album)|Now]]''||Concord Jazz||
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|1999||Joe Henderson||''Quiet Now: Lovesome Thing''||Verve|| 2 tracks 
|-
|1999||Tommy Smith||''Blue Smith''||[[Linn Records|Linn]]||
|-
|1999|| [[Hans Ulrik|Ulrik]] / Scofield / [[Lars Danielsson|Danielsson]] / [[Peter Erskine|Erskine]] || ''Shortcuts – Jazzpar Combo 1999'' || [[Stunt Records|Stunt]] || Released in 2000
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|1999||[[Gov't Mule]] Featuring John Scofield||''[[Sco-Mule]]''||[[Provogue Records|Provogue]]|| Released in 2015
|-
|2000||[[Jon Gordon (musician)|Jon Gordon]]||''Possibilities''||[[Double-Time Records|Double-Time]]||
|-
|2000||[[Bill Evans (saxophonist)]]||''Soul Insider''||ESC|| 2 tracks
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|2001||[[Metalwood]]||''The Recline''||Verve||
|-
|2001||[[DJ Logic|Project Logic]] with John Scofield||''[[Sharin' in the Groove]]''||Who Is She Music?|| Charity tribute album for [[Phish]] and The [[Mockingbird Foundation]]. Guitar on "Cars Trucks Buses".
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|2002||Chris Potter||''[[Traveling Mercies]]''||Verve||
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|2002||[[Roy Haynes]]||''Love Letters''|| Eighty-Eight's ||
|-
|2002||[[Bugge Wesseltoft]]||''New Conception of Jazz Live''||[[Jazzland Recordings]]|| 1 track. Released in 2003.
|-
|2004|| [[Marc Johnson (jazz musician)|Marc Johnson]] ||''[[Shades of Jade]]''||ECM|| Released in 2005
|-
|2005||[[John Ellis (musician)|John Ellis]]||''One Foot in the Swamp''||Hyena||
|-
|2006||[[Phil Lesh and Friends]]||''[[Live at the Warfield (Phil Lesh and Friends album)|Live at the Warfield]]''||[[Image Entertainment|Image]]|| [2DVD-Video]
|-
|2006||[[Keller Williams]]||''[[Dream (Keller Williams album)|Dream]]''||[[SCI Fidelity Records|SCI Fidelity]]|| Released in 2007
|-
|2009||[[Assembly of Dust]]||''Some Assembly Required''||[[Rock Ridge Music]]|| 1 track
|-
|2009 ||[[Metropole Orkest]] Featuring John Scofield ||''[[54 (album)|54]]'' ||[[EmArcy Records|EmArcy]]|| Released in 2010
|-
|2009||[[Eddie Henderson (musician)|Eddie Henderson]]||''For All We Know''||Furthermore|| Released in 2010
|-
|2021||Scary Goldings||''Scary Goldings IV''||Pockets Inc.||

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==References==
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.johnscofield.com/ Official site]
*[https://scofield.joerg-steineck.com/ Inside Scofield (2022), documentary on John Scofield]
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