The title of John Scofield's new album, reviewed in editions Wednesday, was misidentified. Thanks to the revolutionary file-sharing software Napster, technologically talented teenagers with errant ears can now download the very latest Britney Spears and Limp Bizkit hits from the Web to their laptops free of charge. It looks like laptops will be coming along on summer vacation this year. It is becoming impossible to shake the latest hits.
Bad music keeps getting more ubiquitous and instantaneous.
The old ones were bad enough, now we have old and new at the same time. Permit us to introduce some good new albums in self-defense. Here ''Sco'' explores his funk roots, which were embellished during his years with Miles Davis. Whatever that means, Scofield never sounded better. A female choir and maracas over a rolling double-time feel add up to anthems reminiscent of Aretha.