Monday Funk Dumpling

Another week and another yummy anniversary special, yeah?

This one oughta get your ass moving and motivated on a Monday.

It was captured 22 years ago tonight at a college in Northern California, and has lost none of its flavor in the near quarter century since.

These cats were a big part of the 1990s Acid Jazz revival, and this set (OK, two sets) finds them at the dominant apex of their reign.

They're joined in the 2nd half by DJ Logic, whom I think guested on that Laswell thing I put up in January.... no wait, that was DJ Disk. Damn, you need a scorecard to tell the players sometimes.

Anyway this is 2 1/2 nicely captured hours of what makes keys deity John Medeski, drummer Billy Martin and bassist Chris Wood the lasting and highly potent combination that they are.

Medeski, Martin & Wood + DJ Logic

Humboldt State University

Arcata, California USA

4.5.1999

CD1 - acoustic set 

01 set I opening jam

02 Note Bleu 

03 Querencia 

04 Brigas Nunca Mais

05 Rise Up 

CD2 - electric set

01 set II opening jam

02 Sugarcraft 

03 Seven Deadlies

04 Church of Logic 

05 Just Like I Pictured It

06 Toy Dancing

07 Gonzo 

08 outro jam

Total time: 2:23:15

John Medeski - keyboards & melodica

Billy Martin - drums & percussion

Chris Wood - bass

DJ Logic - turntables (set II only)

sounds like a master soundboard DAT

slightly edited for dead air, dropouts repaired, track markers adjusted and volume boosted throughout by EN, April 2021
692 MB FLAC/April 2021 archive link

I'll be back like The Terminator on Thursday with some truly vintage plucking from the Guitar Rarities tree for you all.

Until then, you are extra welcome to lather yourself into a delirious, half-dressed stupor with this 153 minutes of Funk furor and ferocity, courtesy of the tremendous trio MMW!--J.