Jazz Articles about The Wood Brothers

The Wood Brothers: Ways Not to Lose

by Doug Collette
March 2, 2006

As the bassist in Medeski, Martin & Wood, Chris Wood is the group's secret weapon. Until this collaboration with his brother Oliver, where the siblings rediscovered their fascination with blues and folk music after a series of dates under the proverbial radar last year, he hadn't the visibility of his peers, based on collaborations with Warren Haynes and The Word, or other independent projects, like the ones on Martin's Amulet Records.

It's little wonder then that the music from the ...