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Brooklyn NY, United States (1991 – present)
Medeski Martin & Wood, or MMW, is a jazz trio originally formed in Brooklyn, NY in 1991, consisting of John Medeski on keyboards, Billy Martin on drums and percussion, and Chris Wood on double bass and bass guitar.
Medeski Martin & Wood was initially a straightforward acoustic jazz trio, but Medeski quickly added a Hammond organ when the difficulties of touring with a piano became apparent. This more soul jazz oriented direction led to the incorporation of other musical genres, including funk, hip hop, trip hop and free jazz. Medeski has also utilized a number of different keyboard instruments, such as a mellotron, a melodica, and a clavinet, among others.
With each successive album, Medeski Martin & Wood have become harder to pin down. Having long ago transcended their soulful organ-groove basics to enter a more expansive world of snappy beats and backbeats, eerie atmospheric effects, post-lounge riffing, and the occasional jazz overture, they occupy their own category.
They have also worked with a number of other artists, including John Scofield.
1991. Beginnings and Endings.
The Cold War was done, the Gulf War just begun and somewhere in the heart of Brooklyn, Medeski Martin and Wood were born in the sun. Playing music together for the first time that summer there was an instant connection - described by all three as being very natural, very organic and very strong.
Medeski Martin & Wood was initially a straightforward acoustic jazz trio, but Medeski quickly added a Hammond organ when the difficulties of touring with a piano became apparent. This more soul jazz oriented direction led to the incorporation of other musical genres, including funk, hip hop, trip hop and free jazz. Medeski has also utilized a number of different keyboard instruments, such as a mellotron, a melodica, and a clavinet, among others.
With each successive album, Medeski Martin & Wood have become harder to pin down. Having long ago transcended their soulful organ-groove basics to enter a more expansive world of snappy beats and backbeats, eerie atmospheric effects, post-lounge riffing, and the occasional jazz overture, they occupy their own category.
They have also worked with a number of other artists, including John Scofield.
1991. Beginnings and Endings.
The Cold War was done, the Gulf War just begun and somewhere in the heart of Brooklyn, Medeski Martin and Wood were born in the sun. Playing music together for the first time that summer there was an instant connection - described by all three as being very natural, very organic and very strong.
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Last Chance To Dance Trance
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Uninvisible
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Notes From The Underground
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lordaardvark2 wrote:
YOU ARE PLAYING IN MY CITY TODAY! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU LIVE AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF LOVING YOUR STUFF!
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RedjMusic wrote:
I saw them live many many yrs ago. amazing!
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restinagony wrote:
Man, wanna see them so bad....
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Daycairo wrote:
Groove³
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NA48 wrote:
Deadly.
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davidomatic wrote:
http://www.threadless.com/submission/365710/Where_is_the_music My first submission to threadless. Inspired by a Medeski, Martin & Wood's hit where is the music! :D
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Katie081990 wrote:
so, tomorrow's the last night
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Katie081990 wrote:
playing at the whitney every friday this month for free http://whitney.org/Events/WhitneyLiveMedeskiMartinAndWood1
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garynotrashcoug wrote:
Hard to pin down, easy to enjoy ;)
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Killer_Jo wrote:
Гуд
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muddnair wrote:
Groove.
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miqmiranda wrote:
Great music!!I should listen to these guys everyday!!Simply surreal!!
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Tangorange wrote:
This band is simply unreal. I wish I could listen to Medeski, Martin and Wood during sleep.
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gtutor wrote:
bring the fuuunk
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FosterMcGinty wrote:
my fav. was seeing them live, acoustic at Society of Ethical Culture, that church-like venue near Central Park. ... and I love NYC because Billy Martin's Wicked Knee is here tomorrow night. www.sullivanhallnyc.com know that.
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Xenomorphine wrote:
Best band goin' these days.
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Kuggles wrote:
no love for new planet?!?!
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BrownAndMoist wrote:
tonsil jivin
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siska_robert wrote:
my name is snake anthony
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mzingg3 wrote:
amazing
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Events
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Apr
19
Medeski, Martin and Wood
Palladium, Warszawa, Warsaw, Poland
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Apr
22
Centrum Kultury Katowice
Górnośląskie Centrum Kultury, Katowice, Poland
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Apr
23
Medeski, Martin and Wood @ MeetFactory
Divadlo Archa, Praha, Czech Republic
18 going
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Recent Activity
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kkullack, moon_sea, supersuperjohn and 7 other people added Medeski, Martin and Wood to their libraries. yesterday evening
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jhgL shared Medeski, Martin and Wood with dr3w_underfree. Thursday afternoon
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jhgL, peperollie, vovanrocks and 18 other people added Medeski, Martin and Wood to their libraries. Thursday afternoon
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Taaccoo added Medeski, Martin and Wood to the lineup of Medeski, Martin and Wood at Lantaren/Venster. 7 days ago
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pap218, earthnerd, asaja88 and 5 other people added Medeski, Martin and Wood to their libraries. 8 days ago
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MagggotMan added Medeski, Martin and Wood to the lineup of Georgia Theater at The Georgia Theatre. 10 days ago
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thegelfand, BenjaniPringle, maxpan2012 and 2 other people added Medeski, Martin and Wood to their libraries. 10 days ago
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yoop added Medeski, Martin and Wood to the lineup of Centrum Kultury Katowice at Górnośląskie Centrum Kultury. last month
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zahorak added Medeski, Martin and Wood to the lineup of Medeski, Martin and Wood @ MeetFactory at Divadlo Archa. last month
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