The Dropper
ASIN: B00004ZDM5
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Amazon.com's Best of 2000
"Jazz is the teacher. Funk is the preacher." It's a maxim upon which Medeski Martin and Wood have built a career. On The Dropper, they just happen to be doing a lot more preaching than teaching. Drenched in a gauzy fuzz, this disc scatters thumping beats, wild solos, and eerie, shadowed melodies across a landscape of cavernous groove. Although it's certainly not as accessible as earlier dance-friendly efforts, The Dropper is even more to wrap a brain around. --S. Duda
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Whether Medeski Martin and Wood named The Dropper in the hip-hop and dance traditions of "dropping science" and "dropping the beat" or to name-drop a delivery mechanism for liquid lysergic acid diethylamide, the album is jazz's best bridge to all three in a long time. This is the perfect electric corollary to early 2000's acoustic blowout, Tonic, with MMW at full tilt from the album-opening growl that announces "We Are Rolling" (a double entendre, perchance?). Medeski jumps on his keys with such force that it's several tunes into The Dropper before you realize you've come through hazes and blazes of beats and billows to hear a pristine midrange piano. The more overtly beat-oriented sound of 1998's Combustication appears periodically here, but so too do wild alto sax windstorms--care of guest and Sun Ra band veteran Marshall Allen and guitar thunder from guest Marc Ribot (among other esteemed visitors). But the real push and pull of The Dropper come with on-the-one beats punching through thick storms of sound and leading the trio into sweet, soulful spots like the bossa-painted "Note Bleu." Colossal shape shifting is the order of the day. So drop on by. --Andrew Bartlett
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The Dropper
Medeski Martin & Wood Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  Acid Jazz
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ASIN: B00004ZDM5 Release Date: 2000-10-24 |
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Amazon.com's Best of 2000
"Jazz is the teacher. Funk is the preacher." It's a maxim upon which Medeski Martin and Wood have built a career. On The Dropper, they just happen to be doing a lot more preaching than teaching. Drenched in a gauzy fuzz, this disc scatters thumping beats, wild solos, and eerie, shadowed melodies across a landscape of cavernous groove. Although it's certainly not as accessible as earlier dance-friendly efforts, The Dropper is even more to wrap a brain around. --S. DudaAmazon.com
Whether Medeski Martin and Wood named The Dropper in the hip-hop and dance traditions of "dropping science" and "dropping the beat" or to name-drop a delivery mechanism for liquid lysergic acid diethylamide, the album is jazz's best bridge to all three in a long time. This is the perfect electric corollary to early 2000's acoustic blowout, Tonic, with MMW at full tilt from the album-opening growl that announces "We Are Rolling" (a double entendre, perchance?). Medeski jumps on his keys with such force that it's several tunes into The Dropper before you realize you've come through hazes and blazes of beats and billows to hear a pristine midrange piano. The more overtly beat-oriented sound of 1998's Combustication appears periodically here, but so too do wild alto sax windstorms--care of guest and Sun Ra band veteran Marshall Allen and guitar thunder from guest Marc Ribot (among other esteemed visitors). But the real push and pull of The Dropper come with on-the-one beats punching through thick storms of sound and leading the trio into sweet, soulful spots like the bossa-painted "Note Bleu." Colossal shape shifting is the order of the day. So drop on by. --Andrew Bartlett
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Suburban Legends
Manufacturer: Lobster Girl Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock
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ASIN: B000CADJCY Release Date: 2004-01-13 |
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Suburban Legends rock!!!.......2007-04-12
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Dropper
Martin & Wood Medeski Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000051XPW Release Date: 2000-10-12 |
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Japanese version of the Jazz trio's 2000 album with two bonus tracks, 'Hard Left' & 'The Builder'. 15 tracks in all. Digipak.Album Details
Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: Hard Left, and the Builder
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Breakfast of Champinons with Dropper and No Messag
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ASIN: B000059TLC Release Date: 2001-12-03 |
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Three track single for London based four-piece inspired by Built to Spill, Pavement, and Husker Du. Tracks, 'Breakfast Of Champions', 'Dropper' (bonus track - CD only) and 'No Message Attatched'. Slimline jewel case. 2001 release.Jazz Music: