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Medeski Martin & Wood: Not Not Jazz

by Doug Collette
Medeski Martin & Wood Not Not Jazz MVD Entertainment Group 2024 Director Jason Miller and producers Tyler Davidson, Jim Stark and Elie Weiss do not succumb to over-ambition with Not Not Jazz, their documentary devoted to Medeski Martin & Wood. The temptation would be to try and 'explain' the chemistry of the avant-groove" band, but that would be an exercise in futility if there ever was one. And why try to eradicate the mystery of ...
Continue ReadingECHO: A Survey at 25 Years of Sounds, Art and Ink on Paper

by Doug Collette
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 ...
Continue ReadingSound the Alarms: Medeski Martin & Wood at the 2019 NYC Winter Jazz Festival

by Dave Kaufman
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 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 well ...
Continue ReadingMedeski, Martin & Wood: Omnisphere

by Maurizio Comandini
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 ...
Continue ReadingMedeski, Martin & Wood alle prese con le sei corde

by Maurizio Comandini
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 ...
Continue ReadingMedeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood: Juice

by Troy Collins
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 ...
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