Medeski Martin & Wood - It's A Jungle In Here (1993) {Gramavision}

Medeski Martin & Wood - It's A Jungle In Here (1993) {Gramavision}

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© 1993 Gramavision / Rykodisc | GCD 79495

Jazz / Soul Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz

A cerebral soul-jazz trio gives up some art and some funk with guest horn players and guitarist Marc Ribot. They call it "Shuck It Up," and rightly so, since they're neither as dissonant nor as ironic as many of their peers playing around downtown New York City. But that doesn't explain why these three don't swing as hard playing Monk, Coltrane, and King Sunny Ade as they do laying down their own earnest grooves and dismantling Bob Marley for mixing up with the Monk. Whether it's insecurity, indifference, or the physical chops they haven't developed to match their minds is for demanding listeners to decide. Or else it's all the same dilemma and will go away with time, just like the band's slow tunes.

Medeski, Martin & Wood - Shack-Man (1996) {Gramavision}

Medeski, Martin & Wood - Shack-Man (1996) {Gramavision}

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© 1996 Gramavision / Rykodisc | GCD 79514

Jazz / Fusion / Jam Bands / Post Bop / Soul Jazz / Funk Jazz

Medeski, Martin & Wood's Shack Man is the best example to date of the trio's cerebral fusion of soul-jazz, hip-hop, and post-punk worldbeat. Relying on a laid-back groove for most the album, the group just rolls along. Shack Man is the kind of album that will appeal most to soul-jazz beginners; for aficionados, the lack of grit in the groove makes it rather tedious.

Medeski, Martin, and Wood (John Zorn) - Zaebos: Book of Angels Vol. 11 (2008) {Tzadik}

Medeski, Martin, and Wood (John Zorn) - Zaebos: Book of Angels Vol. 11 (2008) {Tzadik}

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© 2008 Tzadik | TZ 7368

Jazz / Fusion / Modern Jazz

The long awaited release of Medeski Martin and Wood performing Masada material is finally available and it is one of their tightest and most imaginative CDs ever! Playing to packed houses from Budokan to Bonaroo and back again, MMW is one of the most popular and vibrant modern instrumental ensembles around. Original members of the earliest Masada family units (reaching back to 1993), they are keenly in tune with Zorn’s musical world, and a natural choice to interpret the lyrical Book of Angels. Returning to the fold like three prodigal sons, they have created twelve exhilarating arrangements that alternately groove, loop, shred and burn with a fiery passion.