I realize I'm replying to a very old email, but I finally heard a clip
of this band today and I think I'm going to have to add it to my list.
Thanks for the review... Quite interesting. It's not often that you
hear a tron in any form of jazz! (digression: when is it no longer
considered "jazz"?) Has anyone in the NY area ever seen these guys?
[If you have iTunes you can hear clips by going to the iTunes Music
Store, search for "Medeski, Martin & Wood." i.e, click on "End of the
World Party (Just In Case)" CD cover, then click on the first track,
"Anonymous Skulls." It's only 0:30 but it's got a little bit of
everything.]
-ja
On Aug 31, 2004, at 9:43 PM, mellotrongirl wrote:
> Just got the new MM+W album today, titled "End Of The World Party
> (Just In Case)" and the first track right off the bat sounds like it
> might be an instrumental hip-hop tune (I was waiting forever for the
> vocals to kick in), and was loaded with up front Mellotron strings,
> flute, cello and was quite the mish mash workout... to sum it up it
> reminded me of how the first South album would sound like if Steve
> Fisk was in the band. It goes on--twelve lounge-to-funk numbers that
> are really quite savvy, retro-cool and unique! I think now Medeski
> Martin & Wood have taken over from St. Germain as the Blue Note
> label's furthest cry from traditional jazz that put 'em on the map
> years and years ago.
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