The Medeski, Martin, & Wood trio
is augmented by the guitar of John Scofield – and the result
is one of their funkiest records in years! There's almost a back-to-basics sort of style going on here – the kinds of grooves the trio first brought to the table during their groundbreaking years on Gramavision – back at a time when nobody was jamming that much, and few modern groups could ever really get a funky sound right. Back at that point, John Scofield was just beginning to get a bit funky too – so in a way,
this record's almost like a merger that should have happened a decade ago – but hey, better late than never, especially when it sounds
this nice! There's still plenty of left-field sounds and notes in the mix, even when the style
is more directly funky – and Scofield's doing plenty here to match the inventive styles on the keyboard from John Medeski. Titles include "In Case The World Changes Its Mind", "Little
Walter Rides Again", "Tootie Ma
Is A Big Fine Thing", "Hanuman", "Telegraph", "Julia", "What Now", "Down The Tube", and "Legalize It".
(Jazz, Deep Funk)