Medeski, Martin and Wood

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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.
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  • le_prozaque

    Back in 1992..

    March 2012
  • tim4tw

    Stumbled upon them through John Zorn. Zaebos is so great!

    February 2012
  • AnimatedOysters

    totally digging this group. It took some time to get into their work but damn was it worth it! so fucking awesome.

    February 2012
  • lordaardvark2

    YOU ARE PLAYING IN MY CITY TODAY! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU LIVE AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF LOVING YOUR STUFF!

    February 2012
  • RedjMusic

    I saw them live many many yrs ago. amazing!

    December 2011
  • restinagony

    Man, wanna see them so bad....

    November 2011
  • Daycairo

    Groove³

    November 2011
  • NA48

    Deadly.

    October 2011
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