Piety Street

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Piety Street
John Scofield Pieyt Street.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 9, 2009
Studio
  • Piety Street Studios, (New Orleans, Louisiana)
  • Avatar, New York City, New York
Genre Jazz
Length62:06
Label Universal Classics
Producer
John Scofield chronology
This Meets That
(2007)
Piety Street
(2009)
54
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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All About Jazz (favorable) [2]
All About Jazz (favorable) [3]

Piety Street is a 2009 studio album by jazz guitarist John Scofield. It was recorded in New Orleans with Meters bassist George Porter Jr. and keyboardist/vocalist Jon Cleary. The album features gospel music with Cleary singing most of the songs. John Boutte is the guest vocalist on three tracks.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "That's Enough" (Dorothy Love Coates) - 3:45
  2. "Motherless Child" - 5:24
  3. "It's a Big Army" (John Scofield) - 5:31
  4. "His Eye is on the Sparrow" (Charles H. Gabriel, Civilla D. Martin) - 4:15
  5. "Something's Got a Hold on Me" (James Cleveland) - 4:47
  6. "The Old Ship of Zion" (Thomas A. Dorsey) - 4:26
  7. "Ninety Nine and a Half" (Coates) - 4:08
  8. "Just a Little While to Stay Here" (Eugene Monroe Bartlett) - 5:59
  9. "Never Turn Back" (Dorsey) - 4:51
  10. "Walk With Me" - 5:11
  11. "But I Like the Message" (Scofield) - 3:29
  12. "The Angel of Death" (Hank Williams) - 6:42
  13. "I'll Fly Away" (Albert E. Brumley) - 3:44

Personnel

Production

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