Jazz Articles about Medeski Martin & Wood

Medeski Martin & Wood: Smoke

by Michael Ricci
April 29, 2023

ECHO: A Survey at 25 Years of Sounds, Art and Ink on Paper

by Doug Collette
April 24, 2023

ECHO: A Survey at 25 Years of Sounds, Art and Ink on Paper 280 Pages ISBN: # 979-8-21809624-3 Higher Ground 2023 In honor of Higher Ground's 25th anniversary, the South Burlington Vermont music venue has collaborated in the curation of ECHO: A Survey at 25 Years of Sounds, Art and Ink on Paper. Since founding the club in a strip mall in Winooski Vermont, HG's owners worked closely with Solidarity of Unbridled Labour and ...

Sound the Alarms: Medeski Martin & Wood at the 2019 NYC Winter Jazz Festival

by Dave Kaufman
June 12, 2019

The 2019 jazz fest season is upon us and I'm taking to this opportunity to look back at some of my best festival experiences over the course of the last year. The JNY: New York City Winter Jazzfest celebrated its 15th anniversary this past year (2019). I have been very fortunate to have attended 12 of them. It's never less than a great event with an astonishing lineup of stellar artists, including some of the biggest names in jazz as ...

Medeski, Martin & Wood: Omnisphere

by Maurizio Comandini
October 29, 2018

Il fantasmagorico trio Medeski, Martin & Wood ha iniziato la propria attività nel 1991, andandosi a prendere inizialmente la corona di migliore jam band per poi proseguire lungo percorsi originali di assoluto valore, dove jazz e avanguardia si intersecano senza problemi. Per non farsi mancare nulla i tre musicisti americani non dimenticano mai di aggiungere qualche pizzico di rock e di funky. John Medeski, Billy Martin e Chris Wood hanno anche attività musicali separate e sono sempre ...

Medeski, Martin & Wood alle prese con le sei corde

by Maurizio Comandini
October 9, 2014

Medeski, Martin & Wood hanno recentemente pubblicato due album molto diversi fra di loro che li vedono alle prese con due compagni di strada autorevoli e ingombranti allo stesso tempo. Nel primo caso l'album si chiama Woodstock Sessions (vol. 2) e il compagno di strada è l'eccellente chitarrista Nels Cline, da tanti anni attivo nelle terre misteriose del jazz contemporaneo della West Coast e da alcuni anni diventato molto famoso anche in altri contesti, a seguito del suo ingresso in ...

Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood: Juice

by Troy Collins
September 9, 2014

For over two decades, keyboardist John Medeski, percussionist Billy Martin and bassist Chris Wood's abiding fascination with the endless possibilities of groove-based music has taken them from intimate jazz clubs to outdoor festival stages. Their eclectic efforts have included a number of high-profile collaborations; the most prolific and successful has been with esteemed guitarist John Scofield. Following the concert performances issued as In Case the World Changes Its Mind (Indirecto, 2011), Juice is their fourth album together since 1998's pace ...

Medeski, Martin & Wood + Nels Cline: Woodstock Sessions, Vol. 2

by John Kelman
April 17, 2014

In retrospect, it was inevitable; why it took so long for veteran jazz jam band Medeski, Martin & Wood to get together with Nels Cline is anybody's guess. The über-guitarist has, since joining Wilco a decade ago, managed to significantly raise his visibility, but anybody who suggests that he's been “moonlighting" in the alt-country/alt-rock/alt-alt band to pay the rent hasn't been paying attention. Like keyboardist John Medeski, drummer Billy Martin and bassist Chris Wood, Cline's career has been largely associated ...