Medeski, Martin & Wood

08.07.2005

Live at Casino Barrière Montreux

In the States, whenever you see a poster featuring MMW, you rush out to buy your ticket. Since 1992, the organist John Medeski, drummer Billy Martin and bass player Chris Wood, all 3 from New York, have formed a fantastic group that has the savvy to combine feeling with brilliant technique, the result is infectious! What's more, they are ready to explore eveything in music that makes it magic: jazz, hip hop, funk, rock, groove, Cuban. These high priests of the aret even sometimes manage to incorporate their stylistic alchemy into the same piece. We've seen them make seamless transitions from Theolonious Monk's "Bemsha Swing" to Bob Marley's "Lively Up Yourself". This evening at the Casino, you're in for a wonderful time! (FFJM © 2005)