Scott Fields

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Scott Fields (b. September 30, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois), is a guitarist, composer and band leader. He is best known for his attempts to blend music that is composed and music that is written and for his modular pieces (see 48 Motives and 96 Gestures). He works primarily in avant-garde jazz and New Music.[1]


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[edit] Biography

Fields grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He started as a self-taught rock musician [2] but soon was influenced by the musicians of the Association for the Advancement for Creative Musicians, which was active in the Hyde Park neighborhood in which he grew up. Later he studied classical guitar, jazz guitar, music composition and music theory.[3] In 1970 Fields co-founded the power avant-jazz trio Life Rhythms. When the group disbanded two years later he played sporadically, but soon all but quit music until 1989[4].

Since then he has performed and composed actively. His ensembles and partnerships have included such musicians as Marilyn Crispell, Hamid Drake, John Hollenbeck, Joseph Jarman, Myra Melford, Jeff Parker, and Elliott Sharp.[5]


[edit] Selected discography

  • 1993 - Running with Scissors (Geode)
  • 1995 - Fugu (Geode)
  • 1996 - 48 Motives (Cadence)
  • 1996 - Disaster at Sea (Music&Arts)
  • 1997 - Five Frozen Eggs (Music&Arts)
  • 1997 - Sonotropism (Music&Arts)
  • 1999 - Dénouement (Clean Feed)
  • 1999 - Fields-Houle-Roebke: Hornets Collage (Nuscope)
  • 2001 - 96 Gestures (CRI)
  • 2001 - Mamet (Delmark)
  • 2001 - this that (Accretions)
  • 2002 - From the Diary of Dog Drexel (Rossbin)
  • 2004 - christangelfox (482 Music)
  • 2004 - Jeff Parker and Scott Fields: Song Songs Song (Delmark)
  • 2007 - We Were The Phliks (Rogue Art)
  • 2007 - Beckett (Clean Feed)
  • 2008 - Bitter Love Songs (Clean Feed)
  • 2008 - Elliott Sharp and Scott Fields: Scharfefelder (Clean Feed)


[edit] External links

Scott Fields website
Scott Fields myspace page


[edit] Background information

Born September 30, 1955 (1955-09-30)
Origin Chicago, Illinois USA
Genres avant-jazz, New Music
Instrument guitar
Years active 1970s — present
Associated acts Scott Fields Ensemble, Scott Fields Freetet, Elliott Sharp and Scott Fields, Fields-Rath, Jeff Parker and Scott Fields, James Choice Orchestra


[edit] References

  1. ^ Ludwig von Trier. Scott Fields Interview. Cadence Magazine Vol. 29: September 2003
  2. ^ Ludwig von Trier. Scott Fields Interview. Cadence Magazine Vol. 29: September 2003
  3. ^ Harvey Pekar. March 1997 Jazziz Magazine article
  4. ^ Harvey Pekar. March 1997 Jazziz Magazine article
  5. ^ Joslyn Layne. Scott Fields biography at All Music Guide. AllMusic.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.


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