Überjam is an album

Album

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 by the John Scofield Band

John Scofield

John Scofield , often referred to as "Sco," is an American jazz guitarist and composer, who has played and collaborated with Miles Davis, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey Defrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Pat Martino, Mavis Staples, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham,...

 which was released on January 29, 2002 on Verve Records

Verve Records

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. Many unique musical styles are performed throughout Überjam, including Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...

, Jazz-funk

Jazz-funk

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, drum and bass

Drum and bass

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, and Acid Jazz

Acid jazz

Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are...

.
It was produced by John Scofield and Jason Olaine and recorded and mixed by Joe Ferla, executive producer was Susan Scofield.
A follow-up to Überjam, entitled Up All Night

Up All Night (John Scofield album)

-Track listing:#Philiopiety#Watch Out For Po-Po#Creeper#Watcha See Is Watcha Get#I'm Listening#Thikhathali#Four On The Floor#Like The Moon#Freakin' Disco#Born In Troubled Times#Every Night is Ladies Night-Personnel:...

, included contributions by Bortnick and Deitch, but bass player Jesse Murphy was replaced by Andy Hess

Andy Hess

Andy Hess is an American bassist and former member of Gov't Mule, having joined the band in 2003. Previously, he was The Black Crowes' bassist from February 2001 until their hiatus early the following year...

, drastically changing the sound of the band.

Track listing

1. Acidhead (Scofield-Bortnick-Murphy)
2. Ideofunk (Scofield)
3. Jungle Fiction (Scofield)
4. I Brake 4 Monster Booty (Scofield-Bortnick-Murphy-Deitch)
5. Animal Farm (Scofield)
6. Offspring (Scofield)
7. Tomorrow Land (Bortnik)
8. Überjam (Scofield-Bortnick-Murphy-Browden-Rodgers-Hart)
9. Polo Towers (Scofield)
10. Snap Crackle Pop (Scofield)
11. Lucky for Her (Scofield-Bortnick-Murphy)

Personnel

• John Scofield - electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Avi Bortnick
  Avi Bortnick
  Avi Bortnick is a guitarist who became more widely known after his association with jazz guitarist John Scofield. Bortnick joined Scofield's jam-oriented band in 2000, and played rhythm guitar and samples on two records: Überjam and Up All Night.Born in Israel, Bortnick was raised in St...
  
   - rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
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   and samples
• Jesse Murphy
  Jesse Murphy
  Jesse Murphy is a New York City-based bass player. He played on John Scofield's Überjam album and was a member of Brazilian Girls.-External links:*...
  
   - electric bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Adam Deitch
  Adam Deitch
  Adam Deitch is an American producer and drummer based in New York City. He has been nominated for a Grammy Award. He has worked with artists in the Hip Hop, Funk, Electro, Pop, and Jazz music worlds including Def Jam MC Wax and Verve Records' soul and jazz singer, Ledisi. He is a founding member of...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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• John Medeski
  John Medeski
  Anthony John Medeski is an American jazz keyboards player and composer. Medeski is a veteran of New York's 1990s avant-garde jazz scene and is known popularly as a member of Medeski Martin & Wood...
  
   - B3 Organ (tracks 1,2,5,9), clavinet
  Clavinet
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   (tracks 1,5,) and mellotron
  Mellotron
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   (tracks 1,9)
• Karl Denson
  Karl Denson
  Karl Denson is a funk and jazz saxophonist, flutist and vocalist from San Diego, California. He was a member of Lenny Kravitz's band and has co-founded and led The Greyboy Allstars. Denson has recorded with artists including Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Blind Boys of Alabama, Blackalicious,...
  
   - flute
  Flute
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   (track 2) and saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  (track 9)