Up All Night (CD) by John Scofield Band

Up All Night is a fusion effort that manages to be intellectual and funky at the same time.

Of course, intellect and funkiness don't automatically cancel one another out -- Davis demonstrated that on many occasions.

But some artists have a hard time balancing the two in an effective way.

Scofield, however, inhabits a place in which the cerebral and the funky not only co-exist -- they form an alliance and work together for the common good.