Modern Jazz ~ Medeski Martin & Wood

Friday Afternoon in the Universe

They may attract Sufi-dancing Deadheads to their r more...2 points

They may attract Sufi-dancing Deadheads to their rock-club shows and they may have connections to lower Manhattan's art-music scene, but when you get right down to it, Medeski Martin & Wood are just a jazz organ trio. Organist John Medeski, drummer Billy Martin, and bassist Chris Wood don't work a whole lot differently from the old Jimmy Smith Trio; they get a good groove going, add a catchy hook and then improvise changes on both the rhythm and the melody. They may take more liberties than Smith...2 points

MSMW Live: In Case The World Changes Its Mind

2011 live album featuring guitar guru John Scofiel more...1 point

2011 live album featuring guitar guru John Scofield and genre-busting improvisational Jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood. MSMW LIVE: In Case The World Changes Its Mind is a live collection of 12 tracks culled from their 2006 MSMW tour and features music from Scofield's A Go Go and MSNW's Out Louder.1 point

Shack Man

Released in 1996, Shack-man may be the quintessential more...1 point

Released in 1996, Shack-man may be the quintessential MMW disc. From the opening cover of the traditional spiritual "Is There Anyone Here that Love My Jesus" to the mellow swirls of the closing "Kenny," the emphasis is on the almighty groove; though John Medeski (here pumping everything from Hammond B-3s to toy pianos) and bassist Chris Wood are much flashier players, it's drummer Billy Martin who really gets (and keeps) the party going. The laid-back, sunshine-and-palm-trees vibe of Hawaii (where...1 point

Combustication

The rather plainly named Medeski Martin & Wood more...1 point

The rather plainly named Medeski Martin & Wood have almost single-handedly returned the spotlight to the more out-there fusion between bop jazz and on-the-one funky rock music. Wheezing and huffing behind a bank of old-school keyboards, Medeski Martin & Wood plow into their songs with abandon. The drums of Billy Martin push the band out and away rather than gathering them neat and tidy, while bassist Chris Wood delivers the rhythms that somehow manage to keep every musical tidbit strapped to the...1 point

End Of The World Party (Just In Case)

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Let's Go Everywhere (Dig)

When John Medeski, Chris Wood and Billy Martin go into more...1 point

When John Medeski, Chris Wood and Billy Martin go into the studio to record any new album, they re never sure what will emerge. It was no different when the trio gathered in an upstate New York studio last year with a few concepts, a few musical ideas and a few friends, to create Let s Go Everywhere, the first recording designed to please their youngest fans. The group settled on the idea of a journey, of travel both literal and figurative. It proved to be a motivating concept. But we didn t have...1 point

Out Louder

A group that effortlessly straddles the gap betwee more...1 point

A group that effortlessly straddles the gap between avant-garde improvisation and accessible groove-based jazz, Medeski, Martin, & Wood have simultaneously earned standings as relentlessly innovative musicians and an enormously popular act. Emerging out of the New York downtown scene in the early '90s, the group soon set out on endless cross-country tours, before returning home to Manhattan to further refine their sound through myriad influential experimentations. One of the "big three" of curre...1 point

Shack-man

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Fly in a Bottle

Taking a look into the minds and lives of Medeski Martin more...1 point

Taking a look into the minds and lives of Medeski Martin & Wood, drummer/percussionist, Billy Martin, directed the first feature film in the band's history titled, Fly in a Bottle.Working through a yearlong period of personal 16mm film and HD camcorder footage of MMW on the road and in the studio during the Radiolarians recordings, the film provides an extremely intimate portrait of the band. It highlights the trio's intricate relationships with each other and with the music they have worked to create...1 point

Radiolarians II

2009 release. A year ago, Medeski Martin & Woo more...1 point

2009 release. A year ago, Medeski Martin & Wood set off on the innovative experiment known as The Radiolarians Series. The Radiolarians Series was designed to subvert the age-old music industry cycle of write>record>tour. The trio convened for brief writing retreats, performed only that new material on tour, and then recorded the music immediately after getting off the road. The Radiolarians Series, designed to challenge the traditional format of touring after a record's release, has found Medes...1 point

Radiolarians 3 (Dig)

2009 release from the seemingly unclassifiable tri more...1 point

2009 release from the seemingly unclassifiable trio, the third and final installment in their Radiolarians trilogy. Highlights include the passionate and gritty traditional 'Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down,' the anthemic 'Undone,' and the Latin-influenced acoustic opener 'Chantes Des Femmes.' Overall, Radiolarians III finds the trio doing what they do best - melding genres and improvising. What results, is maybe the strongest and most cohesive album of the entire Radiolarian's series.1 point

Radiolarians 1

In early 2008 the band announced on their official more...1 point

In early 2008 the band announced on their official website: "Medeski Martin & Wood are planning 3 tours, plus 3 albums in 2008. Each tour and subsequent album will consist of all NEW MUSIC. The plan: Write > Tour > Record > Repeat." The Radiolarian Series is an album project by experimental jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood. The restlessly inventive improvising trio embark on an ingenious new experiment named after a type of single celled organisms. The trio, consisting of John Medeski, dru...1 point

Dropper (Dig)

Japanese version of the Jazz trio's 2000 album wit more...1 point

Japanese version of the Jazz trio's 2000 album with two bonus tracks, 'Hard Left' & 'The Builder'. 15 tracks in all. Digipak.1 point

Uninvisible

It's possible to admire Medeski Martin and Wood's craft more...1 point

It's possible to admire Medeski Martin and Wood's craft and guile in pushing against stylistic restraints while recognizing that their music isn't quite as much fun as it once was--or that this hugely popular trio may think it is. Full of shaggy cross-textures, plummy grooves, and spooky electronic underpinnings, Uninvisible is a lively sonic stew. Once a universe unto themselves, keyboardist John Medeski, drummer Billy Martin, and bassist Chris Wood continue to smartly expand their jam-band base,...1 point

Tonic

Tonic by Medeski Martin & WoodThis product is manufactured more...1 point

Tonic by Medeski Martin & WoodThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.1 point

Notes From the Underground

'Notes From The Underground' is Medeski, Martin &a more...1 point

'Notes From The Underground' is Medeski, Martin & Wood's first CD, released in 1991. This independently produced record catapulted them into a major record deal with Gramavision/Ryko in the early nineties. Critics gave 'Notes' very favorable reviews and the album still holds up after 13 years!1 point

1997 JVC Jazz Festival

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Bubblehouse

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It's A Jungle In Here

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Radiolarians II

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Last Chance to Dance Trance (perhaps): Best of 1991-1996

It's really no wonder the trio of John Medeski, Billy more...0 points

It's really no wonder the trio of John Medeski, Billy Martin, and Chris Wood hit it big with the improv-rock crew. Their grooves are impeccable and strong, at once taut and fully limber. And this collection shows that MMW knew their grooves even on their minor-splash debut, Notes from the Underground in the early 1990s, when Medeski played mainly piano. The tracks here range from organ-driven rhythmic twisters to slinky reggae covers ("Bemsha Swing/Lively Up Yourself," taken from 1993's It's a Jungle...0 points

Note Bleu: Best of the Blue Note Years 1998-2005

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No Description Available.Genre: Jazz MusicMedia Format: Compact DiskRating: Release Date: 4-APR-20060 points

Farmer's Reserve

Farmer's Reserve was recorded at "The Shack&q more...0 points

Farmer's Reserve was recorded at "The Shack" in Hawaii in 1996 - MMW's now infamous retreat spot where they escaped the cold winters of NYC. After recording their hit record Shackman (Gramavision/Rykodisc), they returned to record the antithesis, a spontaneous avant garde journey of various acoustic and electric sounds. A continuous 40-minute improvisation followed by a 15-minute epilogue, this pristine recording will win the hearts of both audiophiles and fans that dig the experi...0 points

Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set

5 CD, 2 LP, 1 DVD BOX SETMedeski Martin & Wood more...0 points

5 CD, 2 LP, 1 DVD BOX SETMedeski Martin & Wood culminate their 2-year Radiolarians Series with a comprehensive box set of material entitled Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set, which Indirecto Records willrelease on November 24, 2009. The box set will include: Radiolarians I, II and III complete with bonus tracks, a 10 track disc of remixed music, a previously unreleased 70-minute live album, a double vinyl LP set consisting of highlights from the three Radiolarians albums, plus a DVDfeature film...0 points

Combustication Remix

While it's fairly standard practice to follow up a more...0 points

While it's fairly standard practice to follow up a popular album with an EP of remixes, it's not something that happens every day in the jazz world. Then again, Medeski Martin & Wood are not an average jazz band. With the addition of DJ Logic for the Combustication album, MMW pushed their sound further outside the realm of jazz music, and this remix project confirms what we knew all along: MMW are headed even further out and they probably won't be coming back anytime soon. Best to stop worrying about...0 points