Pick Hits Live

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Pick Hits Live
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Live album by
ReleasedApril 24, 1990
RecordedOctober 7, 1987
Venue Hitomi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Genre Jazz fusion
Length73:31 (CD)
45:49 (vinyl)
Label Gramavision
Producer John Scofield, Eugene Harada
John Scofield chronology
Loud Jazz
(1988)
Pick Hits Live
(1990)
Flat Out
(1989)
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Pick Hits Live is a live album by jazz guitarist John Scofield. It was the last of his albums to feature bass guitarist Gary Grainger and drummer Dennis Chambers.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Scofield; except where indicated

  1. "Pick and Pans"
  2. "Pick Hits"
  3. "Heaven Hill"
  4. "Protocol"
  5. "Blue Matter"
  6. "Thanks Again"
  7. "Trim" (CD only)
  8. "Georgia On My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) (CD only)
  9. "Make Me" (CD only)

Personnel

The John Scofield Band

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References

  1. Yanow, Scott. Pick Hits Live at AllMusic
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1274. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.