Meant to Be
Studio album by
John Scofield Quartet
Released1991
RecordedDecember 1990
StudioPower Station, New York City
GenreJazz
Length68:36
LabelBlue Note
ProducerDon Grolnick
John Scofield Quartet chronology
Slo Sco:The Best of the Ballads
(1990)		 Meant to Be
(1991)		 Grace Under Pressure
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Meant to Be is a studio album by jazz guitarist John Scofield. It was the second of his albums to feature saxophonist Joe Lovano, and the first to be released as “The John Scofield Quartet” and to feature drummer Bill Stewart- who would go on to record and tour with Scofield for many years. The bassist is Marc Johnson, with whom Scofield had toured and recorded in Johnson's Bass Desires group.

Track listing

All tunes composed by John Scofield.

  1. "Big Fan" - 6:03
  2. "Keep Me in Mind" - 6:00
  3. "Go Blow" - 8:19
  4. "Chariots" - 6:02
  5. "The Guinness Spot" - 6:35
  6. "Mr. Coleman to You" - 6:02
  7. "Eisenhower" - 5:20
  8. "Meant to Be" - 7:07
  9. "Some Nerve" - 5:10
  10. "Lost in Space" - 6:30
  11. "French Flics" - 5:28

Personnel

Production

  • Don Gronlick – producer
  • James Farber – recording, mixing
  • Matthew LaMonica – assistant engineer
  • Gary Solomon – assistant engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
  • Matt Pierson – project coordinator
  • Cynthia Cochrane – production coordinator
  • Patti Perret – photography
  • Janet Parr – design

References

  1. ↑ Meant to Be at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1274. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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