Medeski Martin and Wood News

Medeski, Martin and Wood embrace jazz without become slaves to it. By mixing up styles and genres, they apply the same sensibility to a more varied musical landscape.

The folks at Live Nation have apparently fallen in love with Akron's various concert venues as they keep feeding us good shows by national acts.

It can be said that there's now a distinct breed of Aussie funk, with less afro caribbean influence than their counterparts such as UK's Quantic Soul Orchestra or LA's Breakestra.

A year has passed since we opened the doors at 92YTribeca. Sufjan Stevens, Osso, and DM Stith helped us get pass that milestone on Oct 26 .

SOURCE: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman The 18th annual St. Louis International Film Festival , which begins Thursday, November 12 and continues through Sunday, November 22, once again will feature the St.

Valley Jams is a periodic spotlight on Fox Valley bands, their music and where you can catch them playing.

The St. Louis International Film Festival announced its schedule a few weeks ago -- and as always, the fest has plenty of offerings for music-doc buffs and local music fans.

Jam Central Station 10.24.09: Medeski Martin and Wood Posted by Jeff Modzelewski on 10.24.2009 A truly original and unique jazz trio, Medeski Martin and Wood have developed a loyal following of jam band fans and jazz enthusiasts.

Akron has quite a few good shows coming to town in the next few months. Live Nation in particular has been showing the AK-Rowdy considerable love with upcoming appearances by Rob Zombie and country hunk Gary Allan at the Civic, two nights of Steely Dan and an evening with Cheech & Chong , both at the University of Akron's E.J. Thomas Hall, and a ...

Medeski, Martin & Wood's Radiolarian Series is made up of a kind of anti-record, in that they composed and developed the songs while on tour and then went into the studio to record them.

Ever since Matt Wilson first saw Buddy Rich on an old I Love Lucy rerun, he's taken to hitting things: Initially, it was pots and pans in the living room, later a snare and cymbal on the "PTA and 4-H concert circuit." An Illinois prairie town native, Wilson made his way to the big city - Wichita, Kan.

Jazz films are rare, and series more so, except for the much-maligned "Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns," a 19-hour opus that first aired on public television in January 2001.

There's a reason why they call Austin, Texas the live music capital of the world, and one of those reasons is Austin City Limits , which hits this weekend at Zilker Park.

On Heaven and Earth , a tasty concert recording cut at New York's Blue Note jazz club last May, the remarkably versed saxophonist James Carter takes the helm, even though a quartet of support players receive equal billing.

This is the last day to enjoy the Mountain State Fair. Come on out for the chairlift, carnival rides, exhibits, music and the food.

No, I don't think i'm settling down, or settling for music I don't like. I honestly think that several musical styles I have been vocally opposed to for all these years have actually expanded and improved.

The Westchester Jazz Orchestra will begin their 2009-10 season with a special guest, world-renowned guitarist John Scofield, at 8 PM on Sat., Sept.

MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD With the third entry in the trio's wildly ambitious Radiolarians trilogy just released, MM&W are primed with great new material that pushes even their elastic definition of jazz.

The Wood Brothers: Rocks Off has a brother, and we're very glad about that. Sometimes we hang out quite a bit, and sometimes we go our separate ways for what seems like forever.

24, according to a press release. "Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set" will include "Radiolarians I," "II" and "III" complete with bonus tracks, a 10-track disc of remixed music, a previously unreleased live album, a double-vinyl LP set, and a DVD feature film, "Fly In a Bottle," directed by Billy Martin.