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Radiolarians II
April 14, 2009
Medeski Martin & Wood released the second installment of The Radiolarian Series on April 14th, 2009.
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Radiolarians I
September 30, 2008
Restlessly inventive improvising trio Medeski Martin & Wood have embarked on an ingenious new experiment dubbed The Radiolarian Series.
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Zaebos
August 19, 2008
Focused, ecstatic and wildly improvisational, the trio of Medeski Martin & Wood is one of the most popular and vibrant instrumental ensembles of the last few decades, playing to packed houses from Budokan to Bonaroo and back again. Original members of the earliest Masada units (reaching back to 1993), they are a natural choice to interpret the lyrical Book of Angels, and here return to the fold like three prodigal sons. Ten exhilarating and creative arrangements of Zorn compositions that alternately groove, lope, shred and burn with a fiery passion.
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Let's Go Everywhere
January 8, 2008
When John Medeski, Chris Wood and Billy Martin go into the studio to record any new album, they re never sure what will emerge. It was no different when the trio gathered in an upstate New York studio with a few concepts, a few musical ideas and a few friends, to create Let's Go Everywhere, the first recording designed to please their youngest fans. Amazon.com says "Let's Go Everywhere is the kind of record that kids-music insiders get all wound up about, and for a reason that can be summed up in two tidy little words: it's awesome."
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OUT LOUDER
September 26, 2006
"Funky, infectious, brash and sometimes downright beautiful" is one way to describe Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood's second album, Out Louder. The groove-heavy trio is once again paired with guitar guru John Scofield for a mind-blowing improvisational album that continues to push their sound to new levels.
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Note Bleu-Best of the Blue Note Years 1998-2005
April 4, 2006
The grooves go as deep as the funkiest recesses of the dance floor and the soundscapes soar to heights beyond the stratosphere. Since the early '90s, MMW has been bending brains and moving behinds, fusing jazz, funk, and electronica into a viral groove that you can't help but catch. "Note Bleu" collects the finest of their six Blue Note albums into one must-have MMW anthology.
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End Of The World Party (just in case)
September 7, 2004
End Of The World Party (just in case) features producer John King of the Dust Brothers, best known for producing classics like the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique and Beck's Odelay.
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Uninvisible
April 9, 2002
Back to the GROOVE! Horns. Turntables. Classic MMW with a future twist. Uninvisible will take you many places, none of which expect to go.
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Electric Tonic
October 31, 2001
Available ONLY through the band's store or at a live show, Electric Tonic is electric improvisational birthday music recorded July 4th 1998 in Downtown New York's most intimate venue. This album was recorded by MMW archivist Federico Cribiore, who claims that it's ABSOLUTELY one of his top 5 Desert Island records. Patriotism never sounded so good.
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The Dropper
October 24, 2000
Imagine the cubist angles of Sun Ra's alto saxophonist Marshall Allen fluttering in between beats, Marc Ribot on guitar, plus strings, and a percussion ensemble, and you have a glimpse into what the Dropper is about. The album organically weaves avant-garde experimentalism and hypnotic thunder music into a well-developed dropper. Witness the trio's maturing sound metamorphize once again.
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Tonic
April 25, 2000
Recorded in a venue that was once a kosher winery, Tonic is 100% Lower East Side quality. Combine acoustic works from the MMW songbook with compositions from John Coltrane and Lee Morgan and you have one of the most exciting live discs MMW has ever released.
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Last Chance to Dance Trance (perhaps)
October 12, 1999
A harkening back to the earlier years. Yes Sir. Gramavision rolls out a compilation of MMW from 1991-1996. This is essentially a small case study on the development of the MMW sound. You can hear acoustic work from their first album just a few tracks away from a live Boulder 96 recording.
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Combustication Remixes
April 20, 1999
This is a pretty cool EP. It is sort of like having your head opened up and having six different producers ranging from Dan the Automator to Bill Laswell perform reconstructive surgery on your MMW listening apparti. When you are all done, you walk away muttering, "Mmm... Remix..."
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Combustication
August 25, 1998
A deeper groove, plus turntables and powerful experimentation guide MMW through their first Blue Note Release. The hard hitting Sugar Craft featuring DJ Logic is exciting, edgy, and danceable. Nocturne seems to float through a dark, and strangely comfortable dreamscape. Latin Shuffle features one of the greatest recorded piano solos by John Medeski. Rounding out the album and adding an insightful voice is Poet Steve Cannon on Whatever Happened to Gus.
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Bubblehouse
April 8, 1997
Collective featuring DJ Olive, Loop, and Once 11, plus DJ Logic team up to remix three Shackman standards. Check out the Dracula reinvention - one of the creepiest hip-hop instrumentals ever featuring downtown guru John Zorn.
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Farmer's Reserve
February 11, 1997
Farmer's Reserve was recorded by Medeski Martin & Wood at the famous "Shack" in Hawaii in 1996. The album consists of one continuous 40-minute improvisation followed by a 15-minute epilogue. The music is minimalist, and free form. A sonic MMW journey. Farmer's Reserve is no butt-shaker! Headphones are highly recommended. Available exclusively through mail order and at live shows.
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Shack-man
October 15, 1996
A blessing descended from above when this album was created. How else could music this beatific be created in a Hawaiin shack with the help of solar power? The melodies are intoxicating, the beats are badder than the JB's on a good day, and Mr. Wood is the funky glue.
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Friday Afternoon in the Universe
January 24, 1995
15 tracks of unadulterated old school MMW. The first album without a horn section finds the trio in peak form. This might be the only time you will hear Chris Wood playing harmonica and wood flute, but then again, people are known to do strange things on Friday afternoons.
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It's a Jungle in Here
October 18, 1993
A true gem. This album reflects the early trio sound with horns, and a special guest appearance by Marc Ribot on electric guitar. You can still hear many of the classic tunes from It's a Jungle in Here in MMW's live sets today.
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Notes From the Underground
January 1, 1992
MMW's DIY masterpiece. The foundation for their distinctive sound is captured on this album in all its acoustic grandeur. You can hear the band really stretch out in these arrangements, shifting from Ellington's Caravan, to Wayne Shorter's Orbits, to original compositions with the help of Sex Mob's slide trumpeter extraordinaire Steven Bernstein.
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