Stormy Mondays: MMW @ The Knit ’96

Medeski, Martin and Wood celebrated their 20th anniversary on Saturday night with a free gig in Central Park sponsored by their label Blue Note. Always a favorite trio to my ears, I want to spend some time over the remaining months of the year exploring the music of the band, and I want to start in 1996, which is right when the group started to gain some real notice and transition to bigger venues and a bigger influence on the jazz/improv/instrumental music worlds.

What’s featured here is actually the first set of the year in its entirety at New York’s now defunct Knitting Factory. There’s some great, loose funky playing and some tweakiness too, but the standouts include Lonely Avenue and Dracula > Crosstown Traffic. We’ll check back in with the trio in a just few weeks, but for now, let’s start the celebration. And as always, enjoy!

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