Combustication

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Product Details

Artist : Martin & Wood Medeski
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0724349301122
Label : EMI Music Canada
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1998-08-18
UPC : 724349301122

ASIN : B00000AFSZ

Track Listings for

Disc-1
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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Editorial Reviews

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On their Blue Note Records debut, MMW move away from the diffuse, free form jams that characterized their 1996 release, Shack-Man, but the organ trio's trademark free-jazz-daring meets groove-happy-funk approach isn't diminished by move. The return to the more tightly focused approach that characterized Friday Afternoon in the Universe, may be motivated by commercial concerns (how many more Phishheads can they possibly convert?) but it's also a musical triumph; Combustication is the trio's finest of their six recordings. DJ Logic's warbling scratches enliven "Start-Stop" and "Church of Logic." Poet Steve Cannon recites some appropriately fried verses on "What Ever Happened to Gus," and the band takes Sly Stone's "Everyday People" away from Madison Avenue and into the Southern Baptist church. But is it jazz? Well, as Lester Bowie once said to a similar inquiry, "It depends on what you know." --Martin Johnson

The rather plainly named Medeski Martin & Wood have almost single-handedly returned the spotlight to the more out-there fusion between bop jazz and on-the-one funky rock music. Wheezing and huffing behind a bank of old-school keyboards, Medeski Martin & Wood plow into their songs with abandon. The drums of Billy Martin push the band out and away rather than gathering them neat and tidy, while bassist Chris Wood delivers the rhythms that somehow manage to keep every musical tidbit strapped to the deck. For his part, keyboardist John Medeski slaps and whacks his keys with inspired malice, all the while leaning heavy on the volume pedal. With the addition of DJ Logic further warping this band's sound, Medeski Martin & Wood have reached escape velocity and are now orbiting the planet. They may never come back. --S. Duda

Customer Reviews

combustication (2005-04-02)

I went to the MMW concert in December and it was absolutely mind-blowing. Medeski, Martin and Wood are three of the most extremely talented musicians out there, and this CD has many of their best songs. The combination of classic jazz with modern beats come together to make a sound that ought to be called nothing less than perfect.

Somewhere in the middle... (2004-02-10)

MMW has changed over the years, from a more straight-up funky avant-garde jazz band to a group of studio experimentalists exploring sonic textures as much as the intricacies of the groove. DJ Logic, who appears here, may have been an impetus for this shift, and the two studio albums since this release show this heightened sense of experimentalism even though Logic doesn't appear on them. Here, the band is beginning to launch off in these new directions but still stays very grounded in what worked for them in the past. My favorite here has to be the B-3 soul version of "Everyday People," which brings out a gospel feel I never noticed in the original. The fact that MMW can interpret a pop standard in an enlightening new way displays their depth of understanding of music as a whole. These guys are bringing jazz back to its edgy roots by pushing it forward. This is a flawless disc and an easy way to discover them and become a convert to the growing MMW fanbase. Still waiting on a new release, guys, it's been awhile!

If You Like This.. (2004-01-15)

This album is great and if you like it it there is a remix album that adds a little more hip hop flavor.

Cosmic, funky, acoustic, hawaiian, : defies categorization (2003-10-19)

This CD stays in the player for days at a time. It's filed under jazz just because it doesn't fit anywhere else. I'm not sure about these guys genesis; there's always a hint of big island primitive in every CD. This one specially has the extra groove of those wild space sounds, man. I'm gonna go buy another of their CD's now. laterzzzzz...

History will be kind to this one... (2003-05-22)

Few records can be called epochal, even fewer may be called genius, but this one manages the near impossible byliving up to each designation masterfully. Waste no time and find a copy of this record. You won't be disappointed.

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