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Davis gigs made me Miles better

Guitarist John Scofield didn’t get where he is today by being a mimic.

In fact, had he been any good as a mimic, instead of the career path that has seen him develop into one of jazz guitar’s big three of his generation, along with Pat Metheny and Bill Frisell, Scofield says he’d have been “stuffed”.