Medeski Martin & Wood Shack-Man (LP)

(Real Gone) 11 tracks

Although the trio of John Medeski, Billy Martin and Chris Wood had already expanded the jazz genre with their first three records (two of which we've reissued here on Real Gone Music), it was this 1996 album that really crossed the line and gave the ensemble a whole new crowd of listeners in the "jam band" camp.

Recorded in a remote, solar-powered plywood shack in Hawaii (hence the title), "Shack-Man" definitively brought the band's beloved '70s soul-jazz into the '90s, propelled by Medeski's simultaneously nostalgic and forward-thinking excursions on the Hammond B-3. A masterpiece of groove, it will be released on vinyl for the first time in 2023!