Mellotronists

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Jim Anderson <jimanderson@m...> 
wrote:
> I realize I'm replying to a very old email, but I finally heard a 
clip 
> of this band today and I think I'm going to have to add it to my 
list.  
> Thanks for the review... Quite interesting.  It's not often that 
you 
> hear a tron in any form of jazz!  (digression: when is it no longer 
> considered "jazz"?)  Has anyone in the NY area ever seen these guys?
> 
> [If you have iTunes you can hear clips by going to the iTunes Music 
> Store, search for "Medeski, Martin & Wood."  i.e, click on "End of 
the 
> World Party (Just In Case)" CD cover, then click on the first 
track, 
> "Anonymous Skulls."  It's only 0:30 but it's got a little bit of 
> everything.]
> 
> -ja
> 
> On Aug 31, 2004, at 9:43 PM, mellotrongirl wrote:
> 
> > Just got the new MM+W album today, titled "End Of The World Party
> >  (Just In Case)" and the first track right off the bat sounds 
like it
> >  might be an instrumental hip-hop tune (I was waiting forever for 
the
> >  vocals to kick in), and was loaded with up front Mellotron 
strings,
> >  flute, cello and was quite the mish mash workout... to sum it up 
it
> >  reminded me of how the first South album would sound like if 
Steve
> >  Fisk was in the band. It goes on--twelve lounge-to-funk numbers 
that
> >  are really quite savvy, retro-cool and unique! I think now 
Medeski
> >  Martin & Wood have taken over from St. Germain as the Blue Note
> >  label's furthest cry from traditional jazz that put 'em on the 
map
> >  years and years ago.
> >
> >
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Hi, 

I rented my beloved M400 #719 to them during the 2002 Montreal Jazz
Festival. Their own machine wasn't fixed and the organisation opf the 
festival called my friend Pierre Veilleux to rent a M400 for that 
show. Pierre wasn't able to provide tapes that they want because he 
had custom tapes in his machines at the time. So, he called me to ask
if I didn't mind to rent my machine for that evening.
I arrived in the hall during the afternoon and fine tune the machine
for the gig. John Medesky had a lot of keys for that show. With the 
usual Hammond B3 and leslie he had a clavinet, an ARP Odyssey, a 
Wurlitzer electric piano, a grand piano and the mellotron.

During the first part of the gig, he played the Hammond and he didn't
touch other keys. The second part after the intermission was more
"spacey" and he did a lot of "pitchbend" tron parts (his trademark).
The show was good but I must admit that I am not their greatest fan,
too improvised for my own tastes. Pierre and I talked to John Medesky
after the show and said that he liked my M400 very much and it was 
well adjusted. The following year, they make a show at the same venue
but they bring their own machine for that show.