John Scofield & Dave Holland in Grand Rapids

John Scofield is an American jazz guitarist and composer, born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1951. His music encompasses post-bop, jazz-funk and groove-based fusion. His catalogue includes A Go Go, recorded with Medeski Martin & Wood, and Überjam, while his work with Miles Davis forms another central part of his discography. In 1982, he joined Miles Davis’s band and spent the next several years touring and recording with him. The 2003 album EnRoute documented a trio performance at the Blue Note in New York with Steve Swallow and Bill Stewart. He later toured with Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood, whose performances were collected on In Case the World Changes Its Mind. He has performed in Switzerland at Montreux Jazz Festival and in the Netherlands at North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam.

Dave Holland is a British jazz bassist, composer and bandleader, born in Wolverhampton in 1946. He played on Miles Davis’s In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew, worked with Chick Corea and Anthony Braxton in Circle, and led sessions including Conference of the Birds and Prime Directive. In 1968, Miles Davis heard Dave Holland playing at Ronnie Scott’s in London and invited him into his band. Holland subsequently performed with Davis at Fillmore East and the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival before establishing his own ensembles. His long-running quintet with Chris Potter, Robin Eubanks, Steve Nelson and Billy Kilson recorded Extended Play: Live at Birdland.