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Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood - In Case the World Changes Its Mind - out on Indirecto Records

Wednesday 09 November 2011, 11:14

Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood In Case the World Changes Its Mind

Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood - In Case the World Changes Its Mind
(2xCD/Digital) Indirecto Records IR13, 2011-11-08

On November 8, 2011, Indirecto Records releases MSMW LIVE: In Case the World Changes Its Mind, a double-live album featuring guitar guru John Scofield and genrebusting improvisational jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood. Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood first recorded together on Scofield's A Go Go (Verve 1998), a project that united the group on material composed by Scofield and interpreted by all four musicians. In 2006, MSMW collaborated again on Out Louder (Indirecto Records), a jam-packed release full of irresistible grooves and spontaneous improvisation. Out Louder was a genuine four-way collaboration between Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood. "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 that much of the material was composed when the foursome "would play free stuff, listen back, make a song out of it, and then go back with that idea in mind and play free again". MSMW LIVE: In Case the World Changes Its Mind is a live collection of twelve tracks culled from their 2006 MSMW tour and features music from Scofield's A Go Go and MSMW's Out Louder.

Interview with Billy Martin (english version)

Saturday 10 September 2011, 01:50

Medeski, Martin & Wood - 20 years of friendship and chemistry
(Interview by Nicolas Ragonneau, for Paris DJs - summer 2011)

The great Medeski Martin & Wood trio celebrates its 20 years of music with a series of shows (a very special one at Paris' Jazz à la Villette fest on September 11th), a bunch of singles releases and a double live album with John Scofield, awaited this fall. Billy Martin remembers the beginning of the group and tells us about his new projects.

Interview de Billy Martin (version française)

Saturday 10 September 2011, 01:48

Medeski, Martin & Wood - 20 ans d'alchimie et d'amitié
(Interview par Nicolas Ragonneau, pour Paris DJs - été 2011)

Le trio Medeski Martin & Wood célèbre ses vingt ans de carrière par une série de concerts (dont une date exceptionnelle à Jazz à la Villette le 11 septembre) la sortie mensuelle de singles et la sortie cet automne d'un double live avec John Scofield. Billy Martin se souvient des débuts du groupe et évoque ses futurs projets.

Vieux Farka Touré - The Secret - out on Six Degrees Records

Tuesday 24 May 2011, 12:10

Vieux Farka Touré - The Secret
(CD/Digital) Six Degrees Records SDR11792, 2011-05-24

With his 2010 World Cup performance before a billion people in Johannesburg, South Africa, Vieux Farka Touré has become one of the most celebrated African guitarists in history. Unanimously hailed as one of the best contemporary African music releases of the year, his last studio album, Fondo saw Vieux emphatically emerging out of the famous shadow of his father, beloved African super star Ali Farka Touré - with excursions into jam-rock and electronic virtuosity, fused with the sublime elements of Malian and West African rhythms. Fondo largely made the boundaries between rock and world music immaterial. Vieux takes a dramatic next step with his new record, The Secret, produced by Soulive's Eric Krasno and featuring collaborations with guitar greats, Derek Trucks (Allman Brothers Band) & John Scofield as well as an inspired vocal contribution from Dave Matthews, and Vieux's final collaboration with his legendary father, Ali Farka Touré.