The guitarist’s last hook-up with an orchestra was on Mark-Anthony Turnage’s bracingly spiky Scorched. This is much more melodious, as you would expect with Mendoza, a veteran crossover composer. The Dutch Metropole Orchestra surround Scofield’s bluesy riffs with strings and brass and some tracks will be too soft-edged for hardcore jazz types. But Scofield is at his best, fluent, creative and funky, and an epic version of his old tune Twang is a knock-out.
(Emarcy; out now)