Medeski, Martin and Wood

Less avant garde than their previous album, MMW's tenth release is fresh with new concepts (like ping-pong samples) and their distinctive brand of dusty organ jazz, DJ scratching, and jazz-funk vamps. Tracks with trip-hop minded beats, like "Retirement Song," pull Uninvisible into the electronica realm.

Keyboardist John Medeski, drummer Billy Martin and bassist Chris Wood reconvene after
solo projects for their most enjoyable collection yet. The trio's wont for deconstruction
still demands careful listening, but the gospel and blues elements driving Uninvisible never
disappear into the trio's improvisational flights and help keep it down-to-earth and
accessible. All of the elements that pulled Medeski Martin and Wood in different... More >