Uninvisible is further than ever from conventional jazz organ. While blues and funk influences are evident throughout the album, they float on a sea of shadows. Sound sources are obscure or exotic; on "Pappy Check" innovative scratching by turntablist DJ Olive creates an impression of African percussion more than club atmospherics. Even where the instrumentation is less ambiguous, the trio steers toward a filmic noir sensibility, with Medeski leading the way in unorthodox techniques. H...   [ read more ]

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Strange Chemistry: A Tribute to Medeski, Martin & Wood features reworked versions of ten songs from the catalog of the New York City alternative jazz trio. MMW do not appear anywhere within it. Instead, Bug Funny Foundation and the Galactic Achievement Society contribute five performances each, concentrating on MMW material from the 1995 breakthrough Friday Afternoon in the Universe through 2000's The Dropper. The arrangements vary from a straightforward read of "Sugar Craft" to ...   [ read more ]

CD $16.13

CD $16.13