Medeski Martin & Wood
and Related Artists
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2012
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The Pour House
James Island
SC
Improv > Drum Solo > Improv > Improv > Miles Behind > Organ Intro > Sweet Pea Dreams, Illmoan > Spy Kiss, Organ Intro > I Wanna Ride You
Big Time > Amber Gris, Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Shackman, Amish Pintxos, Baby Goats, Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho
Encore: Crosstown Traffic
Brooklyn Bowl
Brooklyn
NY
Billy Martin - Drums
Will Blades - Keys
(Tracks 9-10 with Will Bernard on guitar)
Stanser Musiktage, Kollegium St. Fidelis
Stans
Switzerland
Jelly Belly > Illmoan > Drum Solo > Hermeto's Daydream, Riffin' Ed > Amber Gris, Amish Pintxos > Sweet Pea Dreams, Fuck You Guys
Lantaren-Venster
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Open Improv > Improv > Pappy Check, Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Think > Night Marchers, Walk Back, Bass Solo > Legalize It > Uninvisible
Encore: Wonton
One Set Only
Off-Beat Jazz Festival - Kaserne Basel
Basel
Switzerland
One Set: Olde Wyne, Open Intro > Start/Stop > Drum Outro, Spy Kiss > Gonzo, Bowed Bass/Open Intro > Dracula, Amish Pintxos, Fuck You Guys
Encore: Moti Mo
One Set Only
Masonic Temple
Brooklyn
NY
Goodfoot Lounge
Portland
OR
Baby Goats, Unknown, Unknown, Deep In A Fried Pickle, Brother Bru, Unknown, Unknown
Pick Pocket, Les And Eddie, Caravan, Unknown, Tambourine Jam, Down By The Riverside, Unknown
Encore: Unknown
Billy Martin - drums, percussion
Wil Blades - Hammond organ, Hohner Clavinet
Goodfoot Lounge
Portland
OR
Deep In A Fried Pickle
?
?
Pick Pocket
Brother Bru
?
Les And Eddie
Toe Thumb
Down By The Riverside
Give >
Little Shimmy
?
encore:
Mean Greens
Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo
Hopmonk
Sebastopol
CA
Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, 32nd Street, Toe Thumb, Brother Bru
Pick Pocket, Deep in a Fried Pickle > untitled improvisation, Sketchy, Little Shimmy
Encore: Mean Greens
Billy Martin - drums, percussion
Wil Blades - Hammond organ, Hohner Clavinet
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco
CA
Pick Pocket
Les and Eddie
Deep in a Fried Pickle
Toe Thumb
The Way You Make Me Feel
Brother Bru
Sketchy
Mean Greens
Big Brother
jam >
Down by the Riverside
Give
Little Shimmy
Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo
The Mint
Los Angeles
CA
Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo
Two sets
Narrows Center for the Arts
Fall River
MA
Open/Improv > Improv > Illmoan, Down On Me, "Wild Instrument Jam"* > "Melodiccordian Shuffle" tease*+ > Suspicious Minds
"Piano/Bass Chase"^ > Bass'n'Drums > Bass Solo, Timmy Bobbins, Ballade In C Minor, 'Vergessene Seelen'% > Percussion/Drum Solo, Doppler, Amber Gris
Encore: Nostalgia In Times Square / Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)
* each night seems to feature an Improv with John on a unique instrument; at this show he debuted playing what I can only call a "Melodicaccordion" right now, because it seemed like the love child of a melodica & an accordion
+ "Melodiccordian Shuffle" is a new tune on this tour - first known full performance 10/4/2012
^ first known MMW performance (first played at a John Medeski solo show on 2010-12-16)
% John on Bamboo Sax for a solo
Keswick Theater
Glenside
PA
Improv > Improv > Piano Solo > Improv > Pocket Knife, "Fall River Blues", Truth or Suffering* > Bass Solo
Suspicious Minds > "Melodiccordian Shuffle"+, Down On Me, Illmoan > Drum/Percussion Solo, Ballade In C Minor, 'Vergessene Seelen'
Encore: Olde Wyne
Acoustic Show
* written by a guitarist John knows
+ John on Bamboo Sax & "Melodicaccordion" (like the love child of a melodica & an accordion)
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
MA
Open/Improv > Improv > Improv, Truth or Suffering* > Bass Solo > Down On Me, Suspicious Minds
Doppler, "Fall River Blues" (w/ Drum Solo), "Wild Instrument Jam"+, Ballade In C Minor - 'Vergessene Seelen' > Sand, "Piano/Bass Chase" > Percussion/Drum Solo
Encore: Nostalgia In Times Square / Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)
Acoustic Show
* written by a guitarist John knows
+ each night seems to feature an Improv with John on a unique instrument; at this show he debuted playing an original Slovakian bassoon (Slovakian Shepherd Horn)
Massry Center For The Arts, College Of Saint Rose
Albany
NY
"Piano/Bass Chase" > Open Improv > "Melodiccordian Shuffle"*, Truth or Suffering, Down On Me, "Wild Instrument Jam"+, Suspicious Minds
Nostalgia In Times Square / Angel Race (I'll Wait For You), Amber Gris, Illmoan (w/ Bass Solo) > "Wild Instrument Jam"+ > Pocket Knife, Drum Solo, Olde Wyne
Encore: "Fall River Blues"
* John on Claviola
+ each night seems to feature an Improv with John on a unique instrument (this happened twice during this gig); at this show he played an original Slovakian bassoon (Slovakian Shepherd Horn) on both tracks
Museum Events Center at Bethel Woods
Bethel Woods
NY
Doppler > Open Improv > Ballade In C Minor - 'Vergessene Seelen' > Drums'n'Bass*, "Fall River Blues", Truth or Suffering > Piano Outro > Suspicious Minds
Amber Gris, "Piano/Bass Chase" > Bass Solo > "Melodiccordian Shuffle"+ > Illmoan > Percussion/Drum Solo, "Wild Instrument Jam"^, Nostalgia In Times Square / Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)
Encore: Olde Wyne
Acoustic show
* John on Claviola briefly
+ John on Bamboo Sax
^ each night seems to feature an Improv with John on a unique instrument; at this show he played an original Slovakian bassoon (Slovakian Shepherd Horn)
Bergen PAC
Englewood
NJ
Drum Intro > Down On Me, Pocket Knife > Bass Solo (w/ Percussion) > "Melodiccordian Shuffle" > Drum Solo, Amber Gris, Suspicious Minds
"Fall River Blues", Illmoan (w/ Bass Solo) > Percussion/Drum Solo, "Wild Instrument Jam"*, Sand > Open Improv [@3:15] > Ballade In C Minor, 'Vergessene Seelen'+, Nostalgia In Times Square / Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)
Encore: Gonzo
* each night seems to feature an Improv with John on a unique instrument; at this show he played an original Slovakian bassoon (Slovakian Shepherd Horn)
+ John on Bamboo Sax for a solo
Ridgefield Playhouse
Ridgefield
CT
Open/Improv > Doppler, "Piano/Bass Chase" > Open Improv/Intro to > Pocket Knife, "Fall River Blues" (w/ Drum Solo)
Suspicious Minds, Ballade In C Minor - 'Vergessene Seelen', Bass Solo > Improv# > "Melodiccordian Shuffle"#*, "Wild Instrument Jam"+, Nostalgia In Times Square / Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)
Encore: Cool Eddie#^
Acoustic show
# w/ Bill Evans
* John on Claviola
+ each night seems to feature an Improv with John on a unique instrument; at this show he played an original Slovakian bassoon (Slovakian Shepherd Horn)
^ Soulbop tune (Bill Evans' group w/Randy Brecker)
Sherman Theater
Stroudsburg
PA
Improv > Piano Improv > What'd I Say > Sand, Amber Gris, Truth or Suffering > Pocket Knife, "Fall River Blues"
"Piano/Bass Chase" > Improv > Cat Creeps* > Percussion Improv > "Wild Instrument Jam"+, Bass Solo > "Melodiccordian Shuffle"^, Suspicious Minds
Encore: Olde Wyne
Acoustic Show
* John on Claviola
+ each night seems to feature an Improv with John on a unique instrument; at this show he played an original Slovakian bassoon (Slovakian Shepherd Horn)
^ John on Bamboo Sax
The Paramount
Huntington
NY
Open Improv > Cat Creeps > Open Improv > Ballade In C Minor - 'Vergessene Seelen'*, Piano Intro > "Piano/Bass Chase" > Sand > Amber Gris, Bass Solo > Doppler
Suspicious Minds, Down On Me > Drum Solo, Illmoan, "Wild Instrument Jam"+, Nostalgia In Times Square / Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)
Encore: "Melodiccordian Shuffle"^
Acoustic show
* John on Bamboo Sax
+ each night seems to feature an Improv with John on a unique instrument; at this show he played an original Slovakian bassoon (Slovakian Shepherd Horn)
^ John on Claviola
Rams Head On Stage
Annapolis
MD
Open/Improv >
Illmoan (w/ Drum + Bass Solos)
"Melodiccordian Shuffle" *
What'd I Say (w/ Bass + Drum Solos)
"Fall River Blues"
Piano Solo > "Piano/Bass Chase" >
Sand
Amber Gris
Ballade In C Minor, 'Vergessene Seelen' +
Suspicious Minds
Encore:
Swamp Road
Acoustic show
* John on Claviola
+ John on Bamboo Sax
Duling Hall
Jackson
MS
Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo
one set
Bear Creek Music & Art Festival, Spir...Music Park
Live Oak
FL
Unknown, Pick Pocket, Mean Greens, Deep In A Fried Pickle, Unknown, Little Shimmy, Sketchy#
# with Skerik (saxophone), Natalie Cressman (trombone) & Will Benard (guitar)
SPACE
Evanston
IL
Sketchy, Unknown, Les And Eddie, Deep In A Fried Pickle
Pick Pocket, Mean Greens, Give, 32nd Street*, The Way You Make Me Feel*; Encore: Little Shimmy*
* with Jeff Parker on guitar
Blue Note Jazz Club
New York
NY
Early Show: Unknown
Late Show: Open Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv > Drum Outro > Night Marchers > Improv > Drum Solo > Drums'n'Bass > Suspicious Minds > Heaven On Earth > Open Improv > Hey Joe
MMW Blue Note Residency 2012 - Night #3 (of 6)
2 Shows w/ Marc Ribot - guitar
Early Show setlist unknown
Blue Note Jazz Club
New York
NY
Early Show: Improv > Improv > Drums'n'Sax'n'Bass Improv > Open Improv/Intro > Hermeto's Daydream, Wonton, Improv Intro > "Melodiccordian Shuffle", Cool Eddie
Late Show: Junkyard, Organ Solo > Organ'n'Bass Intro > Improv > Dixie Hop, Bemsha Swing/Lively Up Yourself, Sax Solo*, Tit For Tat (w/Drum Solo), Crosstown Traffic
MMW Blue Note Residency 2012 - Night #4 (of 6)
2 Shows w/ Bill Evans - alto saxophone
* When Bill Evans finished his solo he turned to find all of MMW wearing bandanas just like he (Evans) always wears.
Blue Note Jazz Club
New York
NY
Early Show: Improv > Improv > Improv > Bass Improv/Solo, Syeeda's Song Flute > Open Improv > Flat Tires, Shackman
Late Show: Improv > Improv > Bowed/Bass Improv* > "Ehrlich Blues"+ > Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps) > Drum Solo > Flute Improv > Improv > Seven Deadlies
MMW Blue Note Residency 2012 - Night #5 (of 6)
2 Shows w/ Marty Ehrlich (saxophone, winds & flutes)
* Chris shifts from bowing to plucking the bass partway through
+ sounds like a song; could be an Ehrlich original or a cover
Blue Note Jazz Club
New York
NY
Coconut Boogaloo >
Open Improv/Intro * >
"Slow Blue Note Groove" >
Everyday People
Big Time >
Drum Solo
Just Like I Pictured It
Early show
* w/ 'Henduck' intro tease for roughly the first minute.