Notes From the Underground
original release date 01/01/92
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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.

1 - Hermeto's Daydream (Medeski/Martin) [7:11]
2 - The Saint (Medeski) [6:58]
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3 - La Garonne (Medeski) [5:51]
4 - Orbits (W.Shorter) [4:25]
5 - Uncle Chubb (Medeski/Martin/Wood) [7:04]
w: 56k / w: 96k / r: surestream
6 - Rebirth (Medeski/Martin/Wood) [4:43]
7 - Otis (Medeski) [6:28]
8 - United (W.Shorter) [8:29]
9 - Caravan (Ellington, Tizol, Mills) [8:18]
w: 56k / w: 96k / r: surestream
10 - Querencia (Medeski) [12:48]

John Medeski - piano
Billy Martin - drums and percussion
Chris Wood - acoustic bass

Special guests:
Steven Bernstein, trumpet
Bill Lowe, tuba, trombone
Curtis Hasselbring, trombone
Thomas Chapin, alto saxophone, alto flute
Doug Yates, bass clarinet

Credits:
Produced By MMW
Horn Arrangements by John Medeski
Recorded by David Baker and Roger Teltzman
Recorded at Baby Monster, NYC, December
15 & 16, 1991 and at Water Music, Hoboken, January 23, 1992
Mixed by David Baker and John Siket at Sound on Sound, NYC
Edited by Bob Ward, Mastering by Bob Appel
All trio recordings live to DAT.
Photos: Alan Martin
Cover art - "Balafon" - and cover design: Billy Martin