Medeski Martin & Wood
and Related Artists
·
2011
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Boom Boom Room
San Francisco
CA
Improv, Unknown, Unknown, Caravan, Improv, Improv, Unknown
32nd St. > Improv, Blue Pepper, Sketchy, Keep On Gwine, Unknown, Unknown, I Wanna Ride You, Ode To Billie Joe
Encore: Unknown
Billy Martin - drums
Wil Blades - keys
Special Guests:
Cornelius Boots - baritone sax
Allen Herman - drums
Mike Olmos - trumpet
Corey Wright - tenor sax
Vilar Performing Arts Center
Beaver Creek
CO
Shine It, Bass Solo > Sasa, Orbits, Ice > Coconut Boogaloo > Moti Mo, Bubblehouse
Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Open Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Drum Solo > Improv
Encore: Partido Alto
Set 1 = ALL Requests
Set 2 = Shack Party (i.e. ALL Improv)
Belly Up
Aspen
CO
Anonymous Skulls > Jelly Belly, Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho, First Time Long Time, Wiggly's Way, Organ Intro > I Wanna Ride You, Dracula, Organ Intro > Bubblehouse
Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Organ Solo > Improv > Bass'n'Drums > Improv > Third Stone From The Sun Improv > Improv
Encore: Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus
Set 1 = ALL Requests
Set 2 = Shack Party (i.e. ALL Improv)
Boulder Theater
Boulder
CO
Open Intro > Bubblehouse, Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho, The Lover > Start/Stop*, Orbits > Amber Gris, Bass Solo > Chubb Sub
Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Open Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv Intro > Night Marchers+
Encore: Uninvisible
* w/ album ending
+ wacky and incomplete
Set 1 = ALL Requests
Set 2 = Shack Party (i.e. ALL Improv)
Ogden Theater
Denver
CO
Crosstown Traffic, Amber Gris, Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Night Marchers > Uninvisible, Legalize It > Organ Intro > Bubblehouse
Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Drums/Bass Improv > Improv > Bass Solo > Improv > Drums'n'Bass > Improv > Drum Solo > New New Orleans*
Encore: Moti Mo
* wacky and incomplete
Set 1 = ALL Requests
Set 2 = Shack Party (i.e. ALL Improv)
Knitting Factory Concert House
Boise
ID
Roseland Theatre
Portland
OR
Pakalolo > End Of The World Party, The Lover, Partido Alto, Dracula, Sequel, Shuck It Up
Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Bass Solo > Improv > Improv > Improv > Crosstown Traffic
Encore: Bubblehouse
Set 1 = ALL Requests
Set 2 = Shack Party (i.e. ALL Improv)
The Independent
San Francisco
CA
Macha, Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps) > Bass Solo > Rise Up > Disrobe, Night Marchers, Organ Intro > Bubblehouse
Improv# > Improv# > Improv# > Improv# > Improv# > Improv > Bass Solo > Chubb Sub
Encore: Legalize It
# with Ralph Carney & Cornelius Boots on wind instruments
Set 1 = ALL Requests
Set 2 = Shack Party (i.e. ALL Improv)
The Independent
San Francisco
CA
Big Time > Bubblehouse, The Lover > Where's Sly? > Bass Solo > Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo > I Wanna Ride You
Improv# > Improv# > Improv#, Improv# > Improv# > Improv# > Improv# > Bass Solo > Bemsha Swing/Lively Up Yourself#, Fuck You Guys#
Encore: Amber Gris
# with Ralph Carney & Cornelius Boots on wind instruments
Set 1 = ALL Requests
Set 2 = Shack Party (i.e. ALL Improv)
El Rey Theater
Los Angeles
CA
Sugar Craft > End Of The World Party > Bass Solo > Mami Gato, Strance Of The Spirit Red Gator > Chubb Sub, Just Like I Pictured It, Bubblehouse
Improv# > Improv# > Improv# > Open Improv# > Improv# > Dracula# > Improv > Crosstown Traffic#*
Encore: Fuck You Guys
# with Cornelius Boots, Kyle Gass, John King, and another member of Edmund Welles
* with Tony Beliveau on clavinet
Set 1 = ALL Requests
Set 2 = Shack Party (i.e. ALL Improv)
House Of Blues
San Diego
CA
I Wanna Ride You, Beeah, Bemsha Swing/Lively Up Yourself, Partido Alto, Everyday People, Anonymous Skulls > New Planet
Improv > Layla Improv > Improv, Open Improv# > Improv# > No Medeski Improv#* > Improv#, Bus Driver Improv+
Encore: Bubblehouse
# with Cornelius Boots
* without Medeski
+ with Moe Jackson
Set 1 = ALL Requests
Set 2 = Shack Party (i.e. ALL Improv)
Sullivan Hall
New York
NY
Congo March, El Ritmo, Sugarfoot Stomp, Poor Folks, Button To Button, Remington 411, Yasisa Bambuta, Crosstown Traffic, Theme 1, Juana B, I'm Blue
- Wicked Knee (new illyB side project)
- One Set Only
- 1st ever live gig
Players:
Billy Martin - drum kit
Steven Bernstein - trumpet
Curtis Fowlkes - trombone
Marcus Rojas - tuba
Club Helsinki
Hudson
NY
Wicked Knee:
Billy Martin - drums, percussion
Marcus Rojas - tuba
Steven Bernstein - trumpet, slide trumpet
Curtis Fowlkes - trombone
WNYC Soundcheck, The Greene Space
New York
NY
interview, Tutrusa'i, interview, Down On Me, interview, Pappy Check
Central Park Summerstage
New York
NY
Big Time > Open Improv > Amish Pintxos > Junkyard, Tutrusa'i > Down On Me, Partido Alto, Night Marchers
Encore: Chubb Sub
One Set Only
Blaze Festival - Barbican Centre
London
England
Dipshot*, Junkyard#, Dixie Hop*, Cool Eddie*, Tit For Tat*
Medeski Martin & Wood + Soulbop
One set only
* Soulbop tune
# MMW tune
Bands:
- Soulbop -
Bill Evans - alto & soprano sax
Randy Brecker - trumpet
- MMW -
John Medeski - keys
Billy Martin - drums
Chris Wood - basses
North Sea Jazz Festival (Congo Stage)
Rotterdam
the Netherlands
One Set: "Unknown North Sea Soulbop"* (w/ Bass'n'Drums/Bass), Clav Intro > Tit for Tat* (w/ Drum Solo), Junkyard+, Dixie Hop*, Bass Solo > Bemsha Swing/Lively Up Yourself^, Cool Eddie*
Medeski Martin & Wood + Soulbop
One set only
* Soulbop tune -- I'm not certain about the title for track #2 - dug
+ MMW tune
^ medley -- part of MMW's repertoire
Bands:
- Soulbop -
Bill Evans - alto & soprano sax
Randy Brecker - trumpet
- MMW -
John Medeski - keys
Billy Martin - drums
Chris Wood - basses
San Sebastian JazzFest, Lugar Plaza de la Trinidad
San Sebastian
Spain
One Set: Dixie Hop*, Tit For Tat*, Junkyard#+, Dipshot*, Cool Eddie*
Encore: Blue Pepper
Medeski Martin & Wood + Soulbop
One set only
* Soulbop tune
+ with Melodica & Trumpet Intro & with Melodica & Alto Sax Duel
# MMW tune
Bands:
- Soulbop -
Bill Evans - alto & soprano sax
Randy Brecker - trumpet
- MMW -
John Medeski - keys
Billy Martin - drums
Chris Wood - basses
Whitney Museum
New York
NY
One Set: Improv# > Improv#, Improv# > Improv#, Tootie Ma Is A Big Fine Thing*, Hanuman*, Down the Tubes* > Drum Solo > Down the Tubes cont'd/Unknown tune?*# > Guitar Solo* > A Go Go*, Little Walter Rides Again*
Encore: Amazing Grace*
August Residency at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Celebrating 20 years of MMW
MMW w/ Bachir Attar & John Scofield
One set only
# w/ Bachir Attar (Master Musician Of Jajouka) - ancient horn
* w/ John Scofield - guitar
+ might be a continuation of the Down the Tubes improvisation or the track might be a an unknown tune
Whitney Museum
New York
NY
One Set: Improv*# > Improv*# > Improv*+# > Improv+# > Improv+# > Improv+*% > Improv+*%# > Improv+*%, Improv+*%# > Drum Solo+ > DJ Solo#, Improv+*%# > Improv+*%# > Improv+*%#
August Residency at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Celebrating 20 years of MMW
Billy Martin, Chris Wood, Charles Burnham, Mister Rourke
One set only
* w/ Chris Wood - electric bass, acoustic stand-up bass, Hoeffner bass
+ w/ Billy Martin - drums, percussion
# w/ DJ Mister Rourke - turntables
% w/ harles Burnham - violin, harmonica, electric mando-guitar
Whitney Museum
New York
NY
One Set: Duet Improv# > Duet Improv* > Duet Improv+ , Duet Improv%, Sugar Craft > Improv > Improv > Drums/Percussion Improv > Church Of Logic > Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho Improv > Improv > Back & Forth, No Ke Ano Ahiahi, Partido Alto, Bubblehouse
August Residency at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Celebrating 20 years of MMW
MMW w/ DJ Logic & Cyro Baptista
One set only
# DJ Logic & Billy Martin
* DJ Logic & John Medeski
+ DJ Logic & Chris Wood
% DJ Logic & Cyro Baptista
post-duet portion of show w/ DJ Logic & Cyro Baptista
La Villette Jazz Festival
Paris
France
Walk back
Junkyard
Big Time
Reliquary
Down on me
Bublehouse
Steven Bernstein -Trumpet On "Bublehouse"
Blues Tent - Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival
Fredericton
NB
Big Time, Just Like I Pictured It, Jelly Belly, Junkyard, Walk Back, Note Bleu > Night Marchers, Crosstown Traffic
Encore: Bass Solo > Chubb Sub
Afterburner latenight set - actually began @12:30am on Sept 17th
Terminal 5
New York
NY
Jelly Belly > Night Marchers, Psychedelic Sally, Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Chubb Sub, Bubblehouse
Open Improv > Uninvisible > Retirement Song > Mother Talker Tick Tock Tick^, Unknown Antibalas #2@, Dracula, Egbe Mi O (Carry Me I Want To Die) > Uninvisible (Reprise)
Encore: Indictment*
Set I = ALL Requests
Set II = w/ Antibalas
^ = Antibalas song
@ = unknown but presumably an Antibalas tune
* = w/"The Final Countdown" jam
Part of a three night run with Antibalas -- three sets per show: Antibalas, MMW, and both bands together
Mr. Smalls
Pittsburgh
PA
Just Like I Pictured It, Amber Gris, Night Marchers, Where's Sly? > Bass Solo > Chubb Sub, Dracula > Bubblehouse
Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Drum Solo > Improv
Encore: Crosstown Traffic
Set 1 = ALL Requests
Set 2 = Shack Party (i.e. ALL Improv)
Park West
Chicago
IL
Shack > Pappy Check > Dracula, I Wanna Ride You, Toy Dancing, Bubblehouse
Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Drum Outro, Moanin', Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Drum Outro
Encore: Night Marchers
Set 1 = ALL Requests
Set 2 = Shack Party (i.e. ALL Improv)
First Avenue
Minneapolis
MN
Cat Creeps >
Drums >
Pappy Check >
Think >
??? > illyB >
???
Baby Let Me Follow You Down
I Wanna Ride You
Improv >
Improv >
Improv > Africa [John Coltrane cover] >
Bass solo >
Lonely Avenue >
Improv >
Improv > Latin Shuffle >
Improv
encore:
Chubb Sub
Majestic Theater
Madison
WI
Uninvisible > Henduck, Coconut Boogaloo, Amber Gris, Walk Back > Whiney Bitches, Bubblehouse
Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Drum Solo, Heaven On Earth > Hey Joe
Encore: Fuck You Guys
Set 1 = ALL Requests
Set 2 = Shack Party (i.e. MOSTLY Improv)
The Orange Peel
Asheville
NC
End Of The World Party, Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Hermeto's Daydream, Syeeda's Song Flute, We Are Rolling > Spy Kiss > Bass Solo > Chubb Sub
Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Blue Pepper, Uninvisible
Encore: Moti Mo
Set 1 = ALL Requests
Set 2 = Shack Party (i.e. MOSTLY Improv)
Variety Playhouse
Atlanta
GA
The Lover > We're So Happy, Acht O'Clock Rock, We Are Rolling, Last Chance to Dance Trance (Perhaps), Tootie Ma Is A Big Fine Thing
Feelin' Good#, Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Drums/Percussion > Sequel, Everyday People
Encore: Fuck You Guys
# w/ Col. Bruce Hampton on vocals
Set 1 = ALL Requests
Set 2 = Shack Party (i.e. MOSTLY Improv)
Purple Hat Stage, Spirit of the Suwanee Music Park
Live Oak
FL
One Set: We Are Rolling > Pappy Check > Just Like I Pictured It, Where's the Music#, Think > Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps)*+, Uninvisible+ > Baby Goats+, Night Marchers+ > Heaven On Earth+
Bear Creek Music & Arts Festival
One Set Only
Guests:
# Pee Wee Ellis - sax
* Johnny Vidacovich - drums & Stanton Moore - percussion (join in middle of LCTDT(P))
+ Will Bernard - guitar (joins near end of LCTDT(P))
Culture Room
Fort Lauderdale
FL
Le Poisson Rouge
New York
NY
One Set [continues from Mago's set]: > Manic Depression#, Congo March, Theme 1, Remington 411, El Ritmo, Button To Button, Canta y No Llores
One Set Only
# w/ John Medeski on organ; track continues from preceding Mago set (i.e. no set break)
Wicked Knee is:
Billy Martin - percussion
Marcus Rojas - tuba
Curtis Fowlkes - trombone
Steven Bernstein - trumpet
Trible Bill:
Cavemen featuring Cyro Baptista
Mago
Wicked Knee
-- Mago\'s set jammed into Wicked Knee\'s set without a break
http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=537017
Helsinki Hudson
Hudson
NY
One Set: Congo March, El Ritmo, Remington 411, Yasisa Bambuta > Cry, Illmoan# > Too Darn Hot, I'm Blue#*, Manic Depression#
Encore: Button To Button
One Set Only
# w/ John Medeski on organ
* w/ 3rd Stone From The Sun jam
Wicked Knee is:
Billy Martin - percussion
Marcus Rojas - tuba
Curtis Fowlkes - trombone
Steven Bernstein - trumpet
"Helsinki Hudson" is the former Club Helsinki's new name
Cozmic Pizza
Eugene
OR
Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Mean Greens, Baby Goats
One Set Only
Martin Blades Duo
Billy Martin - drums
Wil Blades - B3 organ, Clavinet
Boom Boom Room
San Francisco
CA
Baby Goats, 32nd Street, Improv(?), Sketchy > Unknown, Unknown
Improv(?)#, Unknown#, Blue Pepper#, Big Brother#
Encore: Improv(?)#
Martin Blades Duo
Billy Martin - drums
Wil Blades - B3 organ, Clavinet
# w/ special guest Eric Krasno - guitar, entire second set