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Love Medeski. Have not heard Club D'Elf. Really dig the Martin/Medeski/Wood trio though. Also, Scofield's work with that trio is amazing.
by throwaway8879 8y ago
Love Medeski. Have not heard Club D'Elf. Really dig the Martin/Medeski/Wood trio though. Also, Scofield's work with that trio is amazing.
- matt_the_bass 8y agoNearly every live show from club d’elf is on the live music archive at archive.org. They are a mix of jam band and Moroccan trance. Ever changing line up. Only the bass player/bandleader stays the same. I’ve seen medeski with them 3-4 times. But nearly all music guests are awesome in that configuration. Ps medeski’s melotron technique is really interesting. He physically touches the tapes to shift pitch.
- throwaway8879 8y agoThank you, I'm watching one right now and it's beautiful. It has a very Zawinul Syndicate feel to it, although Medeski's playing is a lot more intense. Thanks for sharing.
- matt_the_bass 8y agoI particularly like the lineups with brahim fribgane playing oud. Those sets are very gnawa influenced.
- UncleEntity 8y agoSaw MMW a long while back and now I'm wondering if the thing I thought was a wurlitzer was maybe a mellotron -- standup piano with a big rotating cylinder on the top?
- luma 8y agoThe rotating cylinder may have been a Leslie speaker which were pretty commonly paired w/ Wurlitzers, Hammonds, Farfisas, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_speaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_speaker
- matt_the_bass 8y agoI’ve seen MMW a number of times. John usually plays an organ with Leslie speaker. He’ll sometimes sit the mellotron on top of the organ. I’ve also seen him put a clavanet on top. Often he’ll have a piano of some sort next to him too, either acoustic or electric like a Rhodes. I’ve also seen him play with a tack head upright piano. That was a pretty cool sound.
- mNovak 8y agoLove MMW! I think End of the World Party really got me into it