Combustication (CD) ~ Medeski Cover Art

Combustication (CD)

By: Medeski, Martin & Wood (Artist)

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Medeski, Martin & Wood Artist Snapshot:

The funkified jazz trio Medeski, Martin & Wood plays fusion music by way of the downtown New York avant scene of the 1990s. John Medeski's fuzzy keyboards are equally indebted to the Meters, Jimmy Smith, and Sun Ra; and Chris Wood and Billy Martin provide fluid rhythms that can lock in like the JBs if the mood is appropriate. This ability to blend jazz technique and structures with head-nodding grooves endeared the trio to the "jam band" community and its post-Jerry Garcia figurehead, Trey Anastasio of Phish, who joined the band live on several occasions.

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DISC 1 for Combustication (CD) Album By Medeski
1   Sugarcraft
2   Just Like I Pictured It
3   Start/Stop
4   Nocturne
5   Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho
6   Whatever Happened To Gus
7   Latin Shuffle
8   Everyday People
9   Coconut Boogaloo
10   Church Of Logic
11   No Ke Ano Ahiahi
12   Hypnotized
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (8/14/98, p.81) - "...their latest recording hums with their retro-futurist style, recalling '70s soul-jazz, Sun Ra, and their own arty-party savvy. Keyboardist John Medeski cooks up more of his wondrously strange textures, and his rhythm pals do seductive business..." - Rating: B
Vibe (6-7/98, p.181) - "...Long after many neofunksters have surrendered the flag and moved on to less demanding territory, MMW continue to find fresh ground in the cosmic slop."

Title Note

Medeski Martin & Wood: John Medeski, Billy Martin, Chris Wood.

Additional personnel includes: DJ Logic, Steve Cannon.

At their collective core, Medeski, Martin & Wood are simply the most popular keepers of the organ trio flame in modern jazz. But this trio of downtowners is willing to piece together straight-no-chasers of all forms to get the party moving. COMBUSTICATIONS, their fourth album, does all that with a jazzy heart, some funky intestines, a set of salsa hips and a DJ on the brain.

As with previous MMW albums, funky jazz is COMBUSTICATIONS' focus--whether it's smoky, mid-tempo hipsway ("Just Like I Pictured it") or churchy balladry (a gospel-tinged rendition of Sly Stone's "Everyday People"). But the width of the trio's scope is best exemplified by the polar contributions of the album's guests. Turntablist DJ Logic appears on the three tracks that prophesy a hip-hop-jazz future, particularly on "Church of Logic," where he builds a soundscape and then solos over the band. Contrast that with "Whatever Happened To Gus," on which East Village art dealer Steve Cannon does a Beat-derived dream monologue about old school jazz drummer Gus Johnson, while the band does a free-form freak-out behind him.

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