Scott Fields

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Scott Fields (born September 30, 1956 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American musician (guitarist, composer) of creative jazz and improvised music .

biography

Fields began his musical career as a self-taught rock musician in Chicago, but then moved on to jazz under the influence of musicians from the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians . He later studied classical guitar, jazz guitar, composition and music theory. In 1970 Fields co-founded the avant-garde jazz trio Life Rhythms . After the formation after two years, he temporarily withdrew from the music scene, then worked as a musician again in Madison (Wisconsin) and then recorded albums for the Music & Arts , Cadence and Delmark labels in the 1990s . On his album 48 Motives seemed Marilyn Crispell and Joseph Jarman as a guest musician. Fields made a name for himself as a composer with titles such as 48 Motives and 96 Gestures .

Over the course of his career, Fields has also worked with musicians such as Hamid Drake , Jan Klare , Guerino Mazzola , Myra Melford , Larry Ochs , Jeff Parker Matthias Schubert and Elliott Sharp . He currently lives in Cologne and forms a trio with Achim Tang and Paul Lytton as well as the String Feartet . He is also a member of the Multiple Joy [ce] Orchestra .

Discographic notes

The Scott Fields String Feartet with Axel Lindner (violin), Vincent Royer (viola), Elisabeth Coudoux (cello) at a concert in the Loft (Cologne) , July 2012
  • Running with Scissors (with Geoff Brady, Derek James, John Padden, Robert Stright; Geode, 1993)
  • Disaster at Sea (with Vincent Davis , Matt Turner ; Music & Arts , 1996)
  • Five Frozen Eggs (with Marilyn Crispell, Hamid Drake, Hans Sturm; Music & Arts, 1997)
  • Stephen Dembski's Sonotropism (with Marilyn Crispell, Larry Ochs, Matt Turner; Music & Arts, 1997)
  • Dénouement (with Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang , Jeff Parker, Jason Roebke , Hans Sturm; Clean Feed , 1999)
  • Jeff Parker & Scott Fields: Song Songs Song (Delmark, 2004)
  • Scott Fields Ensemble We Were The Phliks (with Thomas Lehn , Matthias Schubert, Xu Fengxia ; RogueArt , 2007)
  • Beckett (with Matthias Schubert, John Hollenbeck , Scott Roller; Clean Feed, 2007)
  • Bitter Love Songs (with Sebastian Gramss , João Lobo; Clean Feed, 2008)
  • Scott Fields Ensemble Frail Lumber (with Elliott Sharp, Mary Oliver , Axel Lindner, Jessica Pavone , Vincent Royer, Daniel Levin , Scott Roller; NotTwo Records, 2010)
  • Scott Fields Multiple Joyce Ensemble: Moersbow / OZZO (Clean Feed, 2011)
  • Scott Fields & Matthias Schubert: Minaret Minuets (Clean Feed, 2011)
  • Scott Fields / Jeffrey Lependorf : Everything is in the Instructions (Ayler, 2013)
  • Scott Fields Feartet: Haydn ( Between the Lines , 2014), with Elisabeth Fügemann and Axel Lindner
  • Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame (New Atlantis, 2015) solo
  • Scott Fields Ensemble: Barclay (Ayler Records, 2018)

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personal data
SURNAME Fields, Scott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago