ARTIST: Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood
TITLE: Out Louder
LABEL: Indirecto Records
GENRE: Jazz+Funk
BITRATE: 208kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 01m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-09-26
RIP DATE: 2006-09-05
Track List
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1. Little Walter Rides Again 3:55
2. Miles Behind 2:53
3. In Case The World Changes Its 3:41
Mind
4. Tequila And Chocolate 6:25
5. Tootie Ma Is A Big Fine Thing 4:42
6. Cachaca 4:14
7. Hanuman 6:24
8. Telegraph 3:55
9. What Now 4:54
10. Julia 5:18
11. Down The Tube 11:40
12. Legalize It 3:55
Release Notes:
http://www.mmw.net/
http://www.myspace.com/medeskiscofieldmartinandwood
http://www.indirecto.com/
MEDESKI SCOFIELD MARTIN & WOOD OUT LOUDER It's a match made not above nor below,
but rather in some altogether hipper place: John Medeski + Billy Martin + Chris
Wood + guitar guru John Scofield. On their new release OUT LOUDER, they make
music not of this world, yet rooted in the earth tones of jazz, funk, and blues.
Music from the heart, for the mind, and made to shake the earth, not to mention
the body.
Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood first recorded together on Scofield's A Go Go
(Verve 1998), a disc that has become a must-have classic. That project united
jazz guitarist Scofield with the improvisational jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood
on material composed by Scofield and interpreted by all four musicians.
OUT LOUDER the inaugural release for MMW's own Indirecto Records label is
Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood's first four-way collaborative recording. "A Go
Go was John's record and we were essentially sidemen, where OUT LOUDER musically
comes from all of us" explains Wood. Scofield adds: "We've always hit it off as
a foursome, and I wanted to see what would happen if we did something that was a
true collaboration, where everyone could play completely free."
Recorded in under a week at Shacklyn, MMW's fabled downtown Brooklyn studio, OUT
LOUDER reeks of the scruffy, spirited basement in which it was created.
"Something about being down there made the music that much grungier," says Wood.
"It gave us that feeling of being a hungry garage band searching for the coolest
licks and grooves without worrying about making everything perfect. We could
just let it all hang out. Everyone was set up in the same room with all our amps
and equipment, and you could feel what everyone else was playing that much
better and really react to everything around you."
That, and the four musician's yen for jazz, funk, rock, soul and reggae, go a
long way towards explaining why OUT LOUDER's deep grooves and sophisticated
harmonies beg for closer inspection while simultaneously making you want to get
up and dance. "People connect with grooves and funk, they feel it in their gut,"
says Medeski. "We understand complex harmonies, but in the end we know that you
don't have to play all those notes to connect with people. The groove and spirit
is what connects with people."