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[projazznet]

Medeski Martin & Wood – Friday Afternoon In The Universe (Full Album)

Friday Afternoon in the Universe is an album released by experimental jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood.

John Medeski – organ, piano, wurlitzer, clavinet Billy Martin – drums, percussion Chris Wood – acoustic bass, harmonica, wood flute Danny Blume – guitar Tonino Benson – raygun, vocals Carl Green – Thai flute

[decibelico]

Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood – “Out Louder” 2006. MMW. Jazz/Funk.

Por: Chel

Medeski, Martin & Word (MMW) es una de las bandas más reconocidas del jazz contemporáneo. El trío, originario de Brooklyn, NY, cuenta con 16 discos en su haber y está formado por John Medeski (piano, Hammond), Billy Martin (batería) y Chris Wood (bajo). En sus inicios, por sus numerosas experimentaciones en vivo, fue encasillado como un trío acústico con tendencias al free jazz. Sin embargo, fueron esos experimentos los que poco a poco moldearon el discurso de la banda hasta acercarla al jazz fusión.

En 1997 se unen al excelente guitarrista John Scofield (entre sus credenciales: Joe Lovano, Charlie Haden, Miles Davis, Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny y Charles Mingus) para el proyecto “A Go Go”, el cual le dio a la banda mucha exposición y reconocimiento. En 2006, Scofield vuelve a participar con ellos para el disco “Out Louder”, primer producto de la disquera de MMW “Indirecto Records” y con la particularidad de la inclusión de Scofield en el nombre de la banda para presentarla como un cuarteto.

“Out Louder” es un disco que recorre los diferentes estilos del funk. Empieza con la variante más tradicional con un remate de batería seguido con el riff pegajoso del órgano Hammond (“Little Walter Rides Again”),  continúa con un estilo que mezcla ligeramente el rock (“Miles Behind”), llega a un ritmo cadencioso con una secuencia sencilla (“In Case The World Changes Its Mind”), hasta presentar una variante con clave de samba que recuerda por momentos a las composiciones de Marcos Valle o Cal Tjader (“Tequila and Chocolate”).

La segunda mitad del disco tiende a ser un poco más experimental. Inicia con una secuencia de órgano al más puro estilo de Burt Baccarat, completada por un solo de guitarra que mantiene el tema y un arreglo de batería que le da particularidad (“Cachaca”), sigue con el tema más experimental del disco pero que no pierde su esencia funk (“Telegraph”) y descansa en un tema suave con un discretísimo arreglo surf (“Julia”). El disco finaliza de manera excelente con un delicioso arreglo de “Legalize It”, tema que hiciera famoso Peter Tosh.

Tanto para los seguidores del funk, como para los gustosos de la música,  “Out Louder” es una excelente opción pues resume de manera eficiente las variantes del género, además de acercarnos a una de las mejores agrupaciones de la actualidad.

Para más información sobre John Scofield y Medeski, Martin & Wood:

www.mmw.net

www.myspace.com/medeskimartinandwood (con opción a descargar algunos temas de “Out Louder”).

www.johnscofield.com

www.myspace.com/officialjohnscofield

Publicado el 8 de noviembre de 2006 en Milenio Blogs.

[omanxl1]

(via Medeski Martin and Wood / Start-Stop)

#SundayJazz, #afternoonjazz, #DJLogic, #MedeskiMartinandWood, #jazzhop  

[musicallyrich]

Crate Digger’s Corner: Medeski Martin & Wood- End Of The World Party (Just In Case) [Blue Note, 2004 (2LP)]

Crate Digger’s Corner…by DJ Musically Rich

(If you’d like to listen to a track from the album as you read, go to the end of the post to start the song)

Also, remember during these times where you are looking for more entertainment, check out my IG (djmusicallyrich) to get other ideas for albums to listen to (and every once in a while a movie to watch).

Today in Crate Digger’s Corner I am going to look at an album that was made about 15 years ago, but seems by title, to be perfectly suited for where we are today. While we all begin to think about our end-of-the-world parties, you know…just in case, I decided to review the 2004 album from Medeski Martin & Wood ‘End Of The World Party (Just In Case)’.

The album opens with ‘Anonymous Skulls’. Minor chords swirl around as Billy Martin (drums/percussion) drives the song with his drum groove. It feels as if the acoustic piano is trying to keep hope alive as the surrounding electric keyboards continue to hover ominously over and around the track. That is followed by the entrance of a heavy, slightly distorted, bowed bass. That leads to the track, ‘End Of The World Party’, into a groovy mode with a catchy riff by Medeski that sets the boundaries for the song that they will then almost immediately break out of. ‘Reflector’ starts with a syncopated beat from Martin with guitarist, Marc Ribot, beefing up the sound a bit. Ribot and Medeski continue to play atmospherically (yet, somehow with a point as well) while Wood keeps the rhythm steady and allows Martin to dance around the beat while still pushing it forward.

���Bloody Oil’ opens side 2 with an ominous bass line, with some driving cymbal work underneath. Medeski’s organ then follows, eerily floating above the grounded rhythm section. About half way through the drums completely drop in and turn the tune into a funkified driving song to the end. ‘New Planet’ brings an uplifting sound to the album. The steady, funky drums and uplifting bass lines make it feel like new life is just around the corner, while the song breaks down into a dance party. Straight ahead funky rhythms and sounds drive ‘Mami Gato’, and yet some world music nods sneak in, especially in Medeski’s tasteful piano work.

Side 3 opens with a great, catchy song that has a lot of bounce to it, ‘Shine It’. It is a little more musically involved, especially the interaction between Medeski and Wood, which remind me of the melodies that were coming from the CTI label in the mid-late ‘70s. ‘Curtis’ starts out with a couple jabs from the organ right out of the gate. Once it settles into the body of the song it becomes a bit more laid back, but it constantly finds its way back to the skittering beginning. Martin’s control of the song from the drum set is something to behold. ‘Ice’, which closes side 3, is a tune that puts the vision in your head of being somewhere surrounded by cold and snow and you are taking a run into a cave that just keeps you going down as the stalactites and stalagmites get larger and larger.

For the start of side 4, MMW bring back Ribot and bring in Steven Bernstein (slide trumpet) and Briggan Krauss (sax) to add a little more depth to ‘Sasa’. ‘Midnight Poppies/Crooked Birds’ has a very haunting beginning. It almost feels like Scooby and the gang are searching around an abandoned amusement park looking for ghosts. The song picks up as it moves to its second half and the three all go into driving mode to take the song to its conclusion. ‘Queen Bee’ is maybe my favorite song on the album. Medeski states the theme which includes a descending organ line that becomes the heart of the song. Marc Ribot enters the song as it picks up steam and it begins to sound like all four instrumentalists are sounding off against each other, while still, somehow, being able to absolutely lock in with each other as well. I also want to note that Ribot gets to lay down a solo that is absolutely on fire to close out the song. ‘Whining Bitches’ is a bonus track, only available on the LP. Medeski takes a bit of a spacey tactic with this tune that closes out the album.

This is a very good album that musically stretches all over the funky music scene, and within that, the longest tune on the album just barely breaks the 5 minute mark. If you are getting ready to put together your end of the world party, don’t forget to include this album!

Stars: 4/5

Available on: 2LP/CD

RIYL: Trio Subtonic- Cave Dweller/ Soulive- Up Here/ DRKWAV- The Purge/ The Clinton Administration- One Nation Under A Re-Groove

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To listen to a track from the album…

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[takechas]

/／ 💁 本日も開店致しました！今朝の開店BGMは　入荷したばかりのこちらから。 \＼ ⁡ 05月01日日曜日 ⁡ 気温 / 12℃(7℃) ⁡ 令和はじまりの日 ⁡ ⭐️本日も@丸井今井一条館5Fにて、題して " レコード、出しときますね " を開催中です。 ⁡ 今日は雨がポツポツ降ったり 一段と寒い日になっていますけれど、 よろしければ、店舗、丸井今井 どちらもお立ち寄り頂けたら。 ⁡ 何卒。 ⁡ ━━━ ⁡ （´-`）.｡oO (BLUE NOTE移籍第一作目。かなりヒップホップに接近していた時期となる90sジャズ・ファンク傑作。) ⁡ / Medeski Martin & Wood , メデスキ・マーティン・アンド・ウッド - Combustication [ 2LP ] \ ⁡ 本日も帰りの足取りも軽くなるような 心弾むレコードをご用意して、 いつもの角部屋501号室で 19:00までお待ちしております。 ⁡ …………………………………………………………… 札幌市のセレクトレコードショップ(新品/中古) ◉ 7500yen以上のオーダーで全国送料無料 ◉オーダーは上記プロフィール欄URL/DMから ◉web未掲載商品含めSNS掲載商品は通販🆗 ◉プロフィール欄の下にサイトのリンク ◉twitterにもオススメYouTubeを貼り付け ◉レコード／CD／BOOKなど高価買取中！ …………………………………………………………… ⁡ ━━━━━━━━ ⁡ #takechasrecords #タケチャスレコーズ #hokkaido #sapporo #japan #records #newarrival #vinylforsale #usedrecords #vinylrecords #vinylforsale #shippingworldwide #中古 #MedeskiMartinandWood #jazzfunk #bluenote #レコードのある暮らし #レコード #レコード店 #レコード店巡り #新入荷 #再入荷 #販売中 #開店bgm #レコード買取 #通販 #タケチャス営業日程 #レコード出しときますね #popup #丸井今井札幌本店一条館 ⁡ ━━━━━━━━ (レコード / CD 出張買取・宅配買取 Takechas Records / タケチャス・レコーズ＠札幌) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdAOsdev_R2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[grandjoergdebilma]

had to watch our documentary #marcribot #descentintobaldness from 1993 again. Still happy about the result. Great shots from the old #knittingfactory and #cbgb. On the Computer you see Ribot, Sebastian Steinberg, later on bassplayer of #soulcoughing and Chris Wood of #medeskimartinandwood performing at CBGB August 1993 https://www.instagram.com/p/CXs7ELQI1TY/?utm_medium=tumblr

[lonelycrowd1950]

#medeskimartinandwood #uninvisible https://www.instagram.com/p/CUzHMNrBd8X/?utm_medium=tumblr

[jjsworldofmusic]

Medeski, Martin And Wood - “Selections from Shack-man”, 1997 EP. This was a gift from my ol’ friend and band mate @c.shanekey. One of my most treasured records in my collection! MMW shows were a staple for me in the 90’s & 00’s! 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶 #medeskimartinandwood #jazz #90smusic #jazzfusion #vinyl #vinylcollection https://www.instagram.com/p/CUL3ZT4suj7/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ryannims]

Jazzing it up this morning! #medeskimartinandwood https://www.instagram.com/p/B9W7oZuh4_m/?igshid=izg4akiorgpo

[maclick]

Medeski Martin & Wood ‎– End Of The World Party (Just In Case 2004 #medeskimartinandwood #endoftheworldpartyjustincase #jazz #fusion https://www.instagram.com/p/B4jLXnypqbC/?igshid=ntvovbi7xxgt

[modernhomespalmsprings]

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#jamming #medeskimartinandwood #inpromptu https://www.instagram.com/p/CAN5tkvDXWE/?igshid=ga9qy2cagv05

[omanxl1]

Medeski Martin and Wood - " Latin Shuffle"

Medeski Martin and Wood – ” Latin Shuffle”

Digital Crate Digging Continues on a Terible / Terrific Tuesday; y’all should know the science..

Things can play out either way, as you’ve saw me write / heard me say, as I drop this breakbeat science…

Some can “see what I’m saying“,  minds in sync? I doubt it, left field? I’m out in it

Me? I’ll keep writing and playing these beats , spiritually hustling even though I know it’s rough out here in…

[eventsfy]

March 2nd 2018 #woodbrothers @thewoodbros From early in their childhood in Boulder, Colorado, Chris and Oliver were steeped in American roots music. Their father, a molecular biologist, performed classic songs at camp fires and family gatherings, while their mother, a poet, instilled a passion for storytelling and turn of phrase. The brothers bonded over bluesmen such as Jimmy Reed and Lightnin' Hopkins, but their paths, musical and otherwise, would diverge. Oliver moved to Atlanta, where he played guitar in cover bands before earning a spot in Tinsley Ellis’s touring act. At Ellis’s behest, Oliver began to sing and then founded King Johnson, a hard-touring group that released six albums of blues-inflected R&B, funk and country over the next 12 years. Chris, meanwhile, studied jazz bass at the New England Conservatory of Music, moved to New York City and, in the early 1990s, formed Medeski Martin & Wood (MMW), which over the next two decades would become a cornerstone of contemporary jazz and abstract music #medeskimartinandwood #livemusic #neptuneseattle #eventsfy @eventsfy www.eventsfy.com (at Neptune Theatre)

[alvarezgraphics]

Very lucky to see so many great line-ups, like this one on August 18th 1995 at World Music Theater in Illinois. Much like Ozzfest, H.O.R.D.E. introduced me to a lot of artist for the first time live like: G. Love & Special Sauce, Medeski Martin & Wood, Wilco and Morphine. #horde #horde95 #theblackcrowes #bluestraveler #ziggymarleyandthemelodymakers #gloveandspecialsauce #tajmahal #davemathewsband #sherylcrow #aquariumrescueunit #cycomotogoat #godstreetwine #fijimariners #joanosborne #medeskimartinandwood #mojoson #chriswhitley #gnufuz #nubiansojuhs #wilco #dionnefarris #morphine #redthunder #therembrandts #motherhips #theurbanshakedancers #jonomanson #worldmusictheater #tinleypark #illinois (at Tinley Park, Illinois)

[thefunkwrench]

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Release #19 in The Need To Know's Badass Blues Instrumentals Series is Johnny On The Nod featuring musician's musician, #johnmedeski A founding member of the pioneering acid jazz trio #medeskimartinandwood all the way to jazz heavy, playing with #jackdejohnette #larrygrenadier & #johnscofield on their very recent album "Hudson". John has also played with artists as varied as #phillesh of the #greatfuldead , #Morphine, #thedirtydozenbrassband And #iggypop #instrumentals #hammondorgan #richkirch #marcusdavid #funkwrench #funk #blues #danceyourassoff #groovy (at Skunkworks Studio)

[modernhomespalmsprings]

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Slightly ecstatic to be seeing #medeskimartinandwood PLUS #jrad at #redrocks in #april going to be absolutely 💣 warming up the sticks all this month;) #wheresthemusic #blues #jazz #funk #drums (at Palm Springs Architecture)