Out Like a Light

Out Like a Light is a live album by jazz guitarist John Scofield with his trio released in 1983 on Enja Records.

Out Like a Light
Live album by John Scofield
Released	1983
Recorded	December 14, 1981
Venue	Club Vielharmonie, Munich, Germany
Genre	Jazz
Label	Enja
Producer	Horst Weber, Matthias Winckelmann
John Scofield chronology
Shinola (1982) Out Like a Light (1983) Electric Outlet (1984)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

The album is the follow-up to his previous Shinola as both recordings contain material from the same Munich concert venue. Out Like a Light contains the third evening of December 1981 the trio stayed there. Except for the last track, a standard by Alan Jay Lerner the repertoire consists of four original compositions by Scofield that all run over 7 minutes. It was the third and last album of this trio with Steve Swallow and Adam Nussbaum and the last for the Enja label. During the following tenure with Miles Davis he would sign with Gramavision.

With Steve Swallow he continued to work together. The next 15 years Swallow would serve as (co-)producer, and sometimes as bassist, with a touring trio (EnRoute: John Scofield Trio LIVE, 2004) and in 2006 for This Meets That, and lastly on Country for Old Men in 2016, when Swallow was already 76. They also recorded together with Paul Bley (Hot, 1986), on Swallow's own album Swallow (1992), and recordings with Kip Hanrahan, Gary Burton, Motohiko Hino and Mike Gibbs.

Track listing

1. "Holidays" (John Scofield) - 8:45
2. "Last Week" (Scofield) - 8:41
3. "Miss Directions" (Scofield) - 7:53
4. "Out Like a Light" (Scofield) - 7:01
5. "Melinda" (Al Lerner) - 3:18

Personnel

• John Scofield – electric guitar
• Steve Swallow – bass guitar
• Adam Nussbaum – drums

References

1. Out Like a Light at AllMusic
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 176. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.