| Product Summary | | Label: MRI/RED | | UPC: 00020286111924 | | Release Date: 1/8/2008 | | Buy.com Sku: 206611279 | | Item#: M3VSJC | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Waking Up ~ Medeski, Martin & Wood |  | | 2. Let's Go Everywhere ~ Medeski, Martin & Wood | | | 3. Cat Creeps ~ Medeski, Martin & Wood | | | 4. Train Song, The ~ Medeski, Martin & Wood | | | 5. Where's The Music ~ Medeski, Martin & Wood | | | 6. Pat A Cake ~ Medeski, Martin & Wood | | | 7. Pirates Don't Take Baths ~ Medeski, Martin & Wood | | | 8. Far East Sweets ~ Medeski, Martin & Wood | | | 9. On An Airplane ~ Medeski, Martin & Wood | | | 10. Squalb, The ~ Medeski, Martin & Wood | | | 11. Let's Go ~ Medeski, Martin & Wood | | | 12. Old Paint ~ Medeski, Martin & Wood | | | 13. Hickory Dickory Dock ~ Medeski, Martin & Wood | | | 14. All Around The Kitchen ~ Medeski, Martin & Wood | | | 15. We're All Connected ~ Medeski, Martin & Wood | | |
(C) (P) 2008 Little Monster Records
| | When John Medeski, Chris Wood and Billy Martin go into the studio to record any new album, they re never sure what will emerge. It was no different when the trio gathered in an upstate New York studio last year with a few concepts, a few musical ideas and a few friends, to create Let s Go Everywhere, the first recording designed to please their youngest fans.
The group settled on the idea of a journey, of travel both literal and figurative. It proved to be a motivating concept. But we didn t have much going in, says Wood. It was a thread we followed as we improvised, composed and working through each piece on the spot. We call it spontaneous composition. Martin agrees that we really had very little figured out. Maybe a few ideas about a beat or a nursery rhyme we liked, but we went into the studio not knowing what would happen.
Then the fun part began. Wood and Martin enlisted vocals from their children Nissa and Dakota. In the perfect party song, the band gets into a funky groove that stops suddenly, prompting enthusiastic young voices to shout, Where s the Music? and the music to start up again. We got that idea from our kids love of musical chairs, explains Wood. As the party continued, the trio brought in other friends to add to the musical journey.
All three band members see Let s Go Everywhere as an opportunity to play music they like without talking down to kids. Kids are really quick, Medeski says. We don t need to treat them like idiots. Wood agrees that kids are like sponges. We like to introduce our own kids to a huge range of music, and they love all kinds of sounds. Martin calls this album one of my favorite records, one of the best we ve ever done and says it brought the band members closer together then ever. It really sparked a new direction for us in many ways
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Medeski, Martin & Wood: Chris Wood (vocals, guitar, harmonica, bass instrument); John Medeski (keyboards); Billy Martin (drums, mbira, percussion). | | Medeski, Martin & Wood made an album for kids? Well, why not? The trio's individual members are funky, fun, and free-spirited enough and, more importantly, they each have the smarts and sophistication to know that kids shouldn't be condescended to. The result is a frolicsome set that is joyously playful without being dumbed down. | | With titles like "Pat a Cake," "We're All Connected," and "Pirates Don't Take Baths," it's easy to guess the sensibility behind LET'S GO EVERYWHERE. The band members brought their children (and other guests) into the studio for the vocals, creating a happy, all-inclusive singalong atmosphere in perfect keeping with the project's vibe. What hasn't changed is the high-minded improvisatory aesthetic central to MMW's jazzy, groove-oriented sound, which helps make LET'S GO EVERYWHERE as engaging to the group's regular fans as it will be to the average five-year-old. |
Producer: Medeski, Martin & Wood |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 01/08/2008 | | Original Release Date : 2008 | | Catalog ID : 01 | | Label : Megaforce | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00020286111924 |
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