#john medeski

[jgthirlwell]

03.24.24 Medeski•Russo•Ribot at Big Ears Festival, featuriing guitarist Marc Ribot, organist John Medeski and drummer Joey Russo.

[gapik-design]

Mike Patton / Joey Baron / Trevor Dunn / John Medeski @ Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw 15.07.2013 (excerpt)

[krispyweiss]

Medeski, Martin & Wood Doc Set for Home Release

- “Not Not Jazz” arrives Aug. 9 on video on demand and DVD

A film crew followed the band as Medeski, Martin & Wood were putting an album together, resulting in “Not Not Jazz.”

“They’re all great players,” a disembodied female voice says near the front of the trailer that precedes the film’s Aug. 9 video-on-demand and DVD release.

“But together, there’s something that’s very special about their chemistry that you just can’t replicate.”

The teaser features a bit of archival footage but mostly finds the group - keyboardist John Medeski, drummer Billy Martin and bassist Chris Wood - talking about itself.

“We’re human beings - we have this creative power,” Wood says toward the end. “All of us. The creative act is, like, what life is all about.”

7/19/24

[jazzdailyblog]

Mike Stern's "Big Neighborhood:" A Jazz Fusion Block Party

Introduction: Released on August 11, 2009, Mike Stern’s “Big Neighborhood” is an album that stands as a testament to the breadth of jazz fusion, where eclectic styles blend seamlessly with intricate musicianship. Stern, a jazz guitarist with an impressive resume spanning decades, brought his fourteenth solo studio album to life with the help of some of the most talented musicians in the…

[the-birth-of-art]

John Medeski, Marc Ribot, & Joe Russo perform "Hey Joe" on 9/12/23 at the Sultan Room in Brooklyn, NY. Heady af.

[all-rock-and-roll-is-homosexual]

Medeski Martin and Wood, 1998

scanned from 35mm slide

📸: Jimmy Katz

if you like my scans and want to help out you can do so here

[yewknee]

Mellotron Variations, live at Oz Arts

[musicmags]

[longliverockback]

Jack Bruce Silver Rails 2014 Esoteric Antenna ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Candlelight 02. Reach for the Night 03. Fields of Forever 04. Hidden Cities 05. Don’t Look Now 06. Rusty Lady 07. Industrial Child 08. Drone 09. Keep It Down 10. No Surrender —————————————————

Jack Bruce

Malcolm Bruce

Phil Manzanera

Bernie Marsden

John Medeski 

Ulrich Roth

Frank Tontoh

Robin Trower

* Long Live Rock Archive

[thoughtswordsaction]

Ari Joshua / John Medeski / Billy Martin - Elephant Walk

Ari Joshua (Big High, The RHS Jazz Band, Stone Gossard, Reggie Watts, Tom Morello, etc) returns with “Elephant Walk,” another fine piece of sonic artistry that will undoubtedly appeal to anyone who appreciates skillfully composed and performed music. This time, this highly experienced multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, and producer teamed up with keyboard player and composer John…

[theworkprint]

In Showtime's The Curse, the "Land of Enchantment" is an Oasis By Design

From the very jump of the Showtime x A24 collab The Curse, we go a bit claustrophobic, looking into the window of Fernando (Christopher D. Calderon), an ex-gangbanger and his cancer-stricken mother. Asher (Nathan Fielder) and Whitney (Emma Stone) Siegel are a couple filming the pilot of their HGTV series. Even with their joyous reveal of ‘giving’ Fernando a job at the new local coffee shop, I’m…

[exsqueezememacaroni]

I am so confused about how to feel about this song

Is that the point? 😂

[krispyweiss]

Song Review(s): Phil Lesh & Friends - “Deal,” “Jack Straw” and “Eyes of the World” -> “The Eleven” Live, March 18, 2023)

With Friends like these, Phil Lesh can breathe new life into old songs while maintaining ties to the past fans expect.

The four-song, livestream giveaway from Lesh & Friends’ March 18 show in New York featured adventurousness in instrumentation and arrangements and a passel of lead singers as the band stuck to the Grateful Dead’s pre-retirement repertoire.

The show-opening “Deal” was, indeed, dealing as Nicki Bluhm stretched her vocal cords to a rasp and violinist Katie Jacoby made herself known early and often across a powerhouse arrangement that planted the long-ago firmly in the here-and-now.

Son and father - guitarist Grahame and bassist Phil Lesh - sung the Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia lines, respectively, on “Jack Straw.” While Lesh the younger is not a particularly enthralling vocalist, it must run in the family, Dad was spirited, flexing muscle not heard in his baritone since the 1990s.

The band nearly fell apart coming out of the play for silver verse, making for a clumsy reading set to an aggressive presentation.

“Eyes of the World” was its typically glorious self, with the smooth James Casey at the mic. When he wasn’t singing, Casey wrapped his soprano sax around Jacoby’s violin in a warm aural embrace that further illuminated between-verse spotlights from the violinist, keyboardist John Medeski and guitarists Grahame Lesh and Rick Mitarontonda.

The rhythm section of Lesh the elder and drummer John Molo propelled “Eyes” seamlessly into “The Eleven.” And while the ensemble vocals were raggedy, the ensemble playing was the delightfully antithetical, giving the sonic illusion this particular band had played together for years rather than days.

Grade card: Phil Lesh & Friends - “Deal,” “Jack Straw” and “Eyes of the World” -> “The Eleven” (Live - 3/18/23) - A-B-/A/B

3/19/23

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John Scofield: Jazz Guitar's Ever-Evolving Maestro

Introduction: John Scofield is a legendary figure in the world of jazz guitar, renowned for his versatility and ability to move between many genres like a chameleon. Scofield was born in Dayton, Ohio, on December 26, 1951, seventy-two years ago today. His musical career has been a kaleidoscope of influences, inventions, and partnerships. This blog post explores the nuances of the jazz virtuoso’s…

[oliviawebsite]

the curse was really good i love how almost every shot was candid and voyeuristic, shooting conversations thru windows and thickets of bushes and mirrors. the soundtrack was neat and i was thrilled to john medeski working on it alongside lopatin. it was a great look into the sinister process behind gentrification and how it brings rot and displacement no matter how "good" your intentions may be. the blurring of reality when your whole being is a contrived put-on. and the final episode was beauitful and unexpected. thinking about it a whole lot

[projazznet]

John Zorn – Simulacrum

Simulacrum is an album composed by John Zorn featuring John Medeski, Matt Hollenberg and Kenny Grohowski which was released on the Tzadik label in March 2015.

“The most radical organ trio ever”, the publisher Tzadik called it. And perhaps it’s no exaggeration to describe the marriage of John Medeski, Matt Hollenberg and Kenny Grohowski to play John Zorn’s compositions that take a convincing leap into an abyss of jazz, heavy metal, atmospheric music, minimalism, blues, noise and whatever else you can imagine.”