Results for "Chris Wood"

Chris Wood

Born: November 25, 1969

Medeski Martin & Wood: Not Not Jazz

by Doug Collette
August 10, 2024

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 ...

Record Store Day 2023 Jazz Releases

by Kyle Simpler
April 13, 2023

Record Store Day, which started in 2007, is a biannual event designed to promote independent record stores. Every Record Store Day drop features limited-edition vinyl releases in practically every genre of music. The releases, however, are offered on a limited basis, and they are available for one time only. As a result, collectors often wait in ...

For John Medeski music has always been about healing

by Leo Sidran
August 10, 2022

For John Medeski, music has always been about healing. “Music just kind of sucked me up," he says. “For me having music was a great way to deal with the hard things in life.Best known as one-third of the avant-garde jazz / funk trio Medeski, Martin & Wood along with Billy Martin and Chris ...

Billy Martin (aka Illy B) On The Nature Of Art And The Art Of Nature

by Leo Sidran
January 25, 2021

Billy Martin (also known as Illy B) is many things. He's a visual artist, a filmmaker, a teacher, a builder, a composer, a record producer... But if you know his name, chances are it's from his band Medeski, Martin and Wood, a project he's had for 30 years now along with bassist Chris Wood and keyboardist ...

Medeski, Martin and Wood: A Retro Phenomenon for the New Millenium

by Mike Brannon
July 3, 2020

From the 1995-2003 archive: This article first appeared at All About Jazz in April 1999. No, they're not a law firm, and though they're not yet a household word either, MMW is a trio of formidable sonic integrity and groove. 'Fronted' by Hammond B-3 organist John Medeski, the trio has been described as everything ...

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 New York City Winter Jazzfest celebrated its 15th anniversary this past year (2019). I have been very fortunate to have attended 12 of them. ...

Tedeschi Trucks Band with Hot Tuna and The Wood Brothers at Red Rocks

by Geoff Anderson
August 11, 2017

Tedeschi Trucks Band with Hot Tuna and The Wood Brothers Red Rocks Amphitheater Denver, CO July 29-30, 2017 The Tedeschi Trucks juggernaut continues to snowball. The band's inaugural Denver concert in November 2011 was at the Fillmore Auditorium; capacity 3,000. The venue quickly shifted to an annual summer show at Red ...

Steve Winwood at the Space at Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
May 6, 2017

Steve Winwood The Space at Westbury Westbury, NY April 20, 2017 Fifty-one years after a teenaged Steve Winwood sang “Gimme Some Lovin'" with the Spencer Davis Group, the rock, pop and rhythm and blues legend can still nail the vocal and hit all the notes on the '60s anthem. On ...

The Wood Brothers at Higher Ground

by Doug Collette
February 10, 2017

The Wood Brothers Higher Ground Ballroom South Burlington, Vermont February 6, 2017 In the decade plus they've played together, the Wood Brothers have made a habit of coming to Vermont virtually every year and their near-sell-out appearance in the ballroom of Higher Ground was almost exactly twelve months since their last ...