You can also make obviousĬomparisons to the likewise exploratory Moraz-Bruford keyboard and drum duets from the mid-1980s.īut the Martin-Medeski team is better synchronized than the ex-Yes bandmates, and more daring in Mago", a nod perhaps to kindred spirits who performed on a similar level of telepathic spontaneity,īut in a very different musical culture (early '70s Krautrock). Is selfish in the best sense of the word, featuring two superlative artists indulging themselves inĪ tribute to their earliest playing days together, before the arrival of bassist Chris Wood.Īstute Progheads will recognize an echo in the album's title and cover art of the 1971 Can LP "Tago This '07 collaboration between the drum and keyboard corners of the Medeski Martin & Wood triangle Chris Wood: Acoustic Bass, Harmonica, Wood Flute, Electric Basses, Guitar, Bass Drum John Medeski: Piano, Organ, Wurlitzer, Clavinet, Hammond B-3 Organ, Electric Piano, Pianet T, Toy Piano, Yamaha CSO1 II, Keyboards
Since then, they created their own record company (Indirecto), toured all around the world, and made eleven other studio albums, including one with John Scofield (Out Louder) and another composed by John Zorn (Zaebos).
Their first album, Notes From the Underground, came out in 1991. They began trying to combine hypnotic textures and sounds with hip-hop beats and jazz improvisation. John Medeski (keyboards) and Chris Wood (basses) met themselves at Boston's New England Conservatory of Music and they both decided to move to New York City, where they would discover the city's promising jazz scene.
They have a unique style inspired by each member's influences (Medeski was a classical music player (and then he became a jazz one), Martin liked Zappa, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown and Jimi Hendrix, Wood was into the sixties rock bands, and later into jazz). Medeski, Martin & Wood is a Jazz-Rock trio from New York, USA, formed in 1991 in Brooklyn.
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