Hand Jive (album)

Hand Jive is a studio album by the jazz guitarist John Scofield, released in 1994.^[3][4] It features veteran tenor saxophonist Eddie Harris, keyboardist Larry Goldings, bassist Dennis Irwin, percussionist Don Alias, and drummer Bill Stewart.

Hand Jive
Studio album by John Scofield
Released	August 9, 1994 (US) (CD)
Recorded	October 1993
Studio	Power Station and River Sound, New York City
Genre	Jazz, soul jazz, jazz-funk
Length	63:22 (CD)
Label	Blue Note[1]
Producer	Lee Townsend[2]
John Scofield chronology
I Can See Your House from Here (with Pat Metheny) (1994) Hand Jive (1994) Liquid Fire: The Best of John Scofield (1994)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[6]
Los Angeles Times	[7]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[8]

Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Scofield veers more towards the New Orleans-y BBQ sauce here, working up a delectable new flavor of jazz-soul, in which rough-housing inventiveness is the order of the day."^[6] The Los Angeles Times noted that "Scofield has a flexible unit that can be muscular one moment, blues-soaked the next, and gutsy yet highbrow the next."^[7]

Track listing

All compositions written by John Scofield.

1. "I'll Take Les" – 6:58
2. "Dark Blue" – 7:37
3. "Do Like Eddie" – 8:06
4. "She's So Lucky" – 5:50
5. "Checkered Past" – 5:28
6. "7th Floor" – 4:45
7. "Golden Daze" – 7:33
8. "Don't Shoot the Messenger" – 6:10
9. "Whip the Mule" – 5:37
10. "Out of the City" – 5:18

Personnel

• John Scofield – guitars
• Eddie Harris – tenor saxophone
• Larry Goldings – acoustic piano, organ
• Dennis Irwin – bass
• Bill Stewart – drums
• Don Alias – percussion

Production

• Susan Scofield – executive producer
• Lee Townsend – producer
• James Farber – recording, mixing
• Chris Albert – recording assistant
• Tony Gillis – mix assistant
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Mark Larson – design
• Patti Perret – photography