Tonic by Medeski, Martin & Wood

Pros: A few familiar songs to draw you in.
Cons: None.

My experience with MattA75's "I'll Show You Mine If You'll Show Me Yours" write-off has been varied to say the least. The first year my partner disappeared and left me with nothing to review. Then there have been two instances where the album my partner ...

Pros: Medeski, Martin & Wood perform a live, acoustic set
Cons: like most live albums, some tracks work and some tracks don't

Fans of the hybrid jazz trio Medeski, Martin, & Wood might be surprised by Tonic, their live 2000 recording. Certainly there are moments of both funk and abstractions that fans have come to expect in their music, but it is performed as an ...

Pros: Well-done acoustic live album that shows what can be done in the world of jazz.
Cons: This took a while, but it's definitely worth it. Maybe an electric album will follow as well.

In my recent review of Phish, I remarked that what makes them such a good live band is not simply the fact that each is a master of his instrument, but their unique ability to listen to each other and play and improvise as a coherent cohesive unit. When...

Pros: Great sound and improv
Cons: not accessable to new fans

MMW is a fantastic trio of musicians who are making some of the most beautiful, insane, jammed out music known to man. I'm not sure how to label them, however I have heard them lumped in with jam bands, groove, jazz, and modern/avant jazz. Going to one...

Pros: intelligent, sophisticated use of jazz/funk
Cons: younger fans of this groove band may find it hard to comprehend this cd

i'm 16 years old and the past year i've been very into music. one could say my passion for music has become annoying and somewhat crazy, but i have friends that feel the same way. i like to listen to whatever sounds good to my ears...not what's "in". it...