MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD - Friday Afternoon In The Universe (1995) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Here, the MMW direction and loyalties become very clear; they're possessed and driven by the fatback funk and instruments of an earlier generation. John Medeski becomes one of the wave of keyboardists in the '90s who started dragging wonderful old Wurlitzer electric pianos, Hohner clavinets, Hammond organs, wah-wah pedals, and other devices out of the mothballs, and used them almost as quasi-percussion instruments at times. Chris Wood remains resolutely on standup bass, playing with a great feeling for Billy Martin's supremely funky drumming. Some of the results harken back to Miles Davis' jungle bands of the mid-'70s, picking up on the atonality and crosstalk over the JB's/Sly Stone beat ("We're So Happy"). Others are just happy to groove along on the rhythms of some of the most irresistible group chemistry of the 1990s. by Richard S. Ginell
Tracklist :
1    The Lover    6:19
Billy Martin / John Medeski / Chris Wood
2    Paper Bass    0:56
Billy Martin / John Medeski / Chris Wood
3    House Mop    3:46
Billy Martin / John Medeski / Chris Wood
4    Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps)    7:32
Billy Martin / John Medeski / Chris Wood
5    Baby Clams    1:14
Billy Martin / John Medeski / Chris Wood
6    We're So Happy 8:17
Guitar – Danny Blume
Performer [Raygun], Vocals – Tonino Benson
7    Shack    3:02
Billy Martin / John Medeski / Chris Wood
8    Tea    1:12
Billy Martin / John Medeski / Chris Wood
9    Chinoiserie 5:44
Music By – Duke Ellington
10    Between Two Limbs    1:04
Billy Martin / John Medeski / Chris Wood
11    Sequel    5:24
Billy Martin / John Medeski / Chris Wood
12    Friday Afternoon In The Universe    6:01
Billy Martin / John Medeski / Chris Wood
13    Billy's Tool Box    0:35
Billy Martin / John Medeski / Chris Wood
14    Chubb Sub    5:02
Billy Martin / John Medeski / Chris Wood
15    Khob Khun Krub 0:47
Flute [Thai], Music By – Carl Green
Credits :
Acoustic Bass, Harmonica, Flute [Wood] – Chris Wood
Drums, Percussion, Artwork [Original] – Billy Martin
Organ [Organs], Piano, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Clavinet – John Medeski