Fatefully ordained, this unlikely combination of musicians is the result of three years of dreaming, planning and divine intervention. Now a full on touring band with plans for future recordings, The WORD is:
John Medeski: Organ, Piano, and Keys. Keyboardist, visionary and the first “M” in Blue Note recording artist Medeski Martin and Wood. With 10 records and hundreds of thousands of worldwide sales, MMW was chosen as the #1 electric jazz group by the Downbeat critics poll in 2001 and have been innovators on the jazz scene for over a decade. Medeski has also played with a whose who list of popular and jazz musicians and earned critical acclaim for his work as the producer of “Buck Jump” by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
“Displaying a vast and reverent sense of jazz history, Medeski has sublimated chops that encompass everybody from Jimmy McGriff to Sun Ra.” - Alternative Press ...
