John Scofield is bringing the fretboard fireworks to the Bay Area.
The acclaimed jazz guitarist is set to perform three nights — Oct. 30-Nov. 1 — at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco.
This time through town, the three-time Grammy Award-winning axe man will be revisiting his highly influential electric songbook in a project cleverly (and descriptively) dubbed John Scofield’s Electrospective.
“On the Electrospective Tour, we play tunes of mine that are more electric and groove oriented rather than straight ahead jazz,” Scofield said by email. “The band is stellar and it is so much fun to play with these great musicians. We’ve already been out for a week and every night has been fantastic — and different!”
Joining Scofield in this all-star quartet are bassist Oteil Burbridge (a jam master known for his work with Dead & Company, Tedeschi Trucks Band and the Allman Brothers), keyboardist Larry Goldings (a Grammy-nominated artist who has released more than two-dozen albums as a band leader) and drummer Adam Deitch (a Grammy winner with the group Lettuce).
Sco and company reportedly plan to reimagine tunes from a number of fan-favorite albums — 1987’s “Blue Matter,” 1997’s “A Go Go” and 2002’s “Überjam” — as well as play similarly electric new material.
Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30-31 and 7 p.m. Nov. 1 and tickets start at $50, sfjazz.org.