Combustication

Studio album by Medeski Martin & Wood

Released

August 11, 1998

Recorded

The Magic Shop, NYC

Genre

Jazz-funk, jazz fusion, acid jazz, jam band

Length

60:40

Label

Blue Note Records

Producer

Medeski Martin & Wood, David Baker, Scott Harding

Medeski Martin & Wood chronology

Bubblehouse
(1997)

Combustication
(1998)

Combustication Remix EP
(1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Combustication is the fifth major album by experimental jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood, released on August 11, 1998. Combustication was MMW's first album for the renowned jazz label Blue Note Records, and also marked a stylistic shift for the band, with a deeper groove and the notable infusion of rhythmic influences from Hip hop and a variety of other styles. The album is also the first to include an accompanying turntablist, in this case longtime MMW collaborator DJ Logic. Combustication features unique instrumental renditions of the Sly and the Family Stone hit "Everyday People," as well as the Hawaiian traditional "No Ke Ano Ahiahi." All tracks on the album have been frequently performed live by the band, often with tremendous improvisational variation.

Track listing

All music by Medeski Martin & Wood except where noted.

"Sugar Craft" – 3:22
"Just Like I Pictured It" – 3:27
"Start·Stop" – 6:39
"Nocturne" – 4:02
"Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho" – 3:15
"Whatever Happened to Gus" (MMW, Cannon) – 4:26
"Latin Shuffle" – 9:05
"Everyday People" (Stewart) – 5:27
"Coconut Boogaloo" – 3:57
"Church of Logic" (MMW, Kibler) – 6:38
"No Ke Ano Ahiahi" (traditional) – 4:48
"Hypnotized" – 13:37
- Includes a hidden song, "Combustication" (which begins at 7:37, after two minutes of silence).

Performers

John Medeski – keyboards
Billy Martin – drums, percussion
Chris Wood – basses, bass drum
DJ Logic – turntables on tracks 1, 3, 10
Steve Cannon – spoken word on track 6

Credits

Mixed at Greene Street Recording Studios
Assisted at The Magic Shop by Juan Garcia
Assisted at Greene Street by Danny Madorksy, Katsuhiko Naito, and Dennis
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Masterdisk
Band photos: Jimmy Katz
Design: Bleu Valdimer, Project Dragon

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Combustication at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 May 2012.

Medeski Martin & Wood

Discography

Studio albums	Notes from the Underground (1992) It's a Jungle in Here (1993) Friday Afternoon in the Universe (1995) Shack-man (1996) Farmer's Reserve (1997) Combustication (1998) The Dropper (2000) Uninvisible (2002) End of the World Party (Just in Case) (2004) Let's Go Everywhere (2008) Zaebos: Book of Angels Vol. 11 (2008) Radiolarians I (2008) Radiolarians II (2009) Radiolarians III (2009)

Live albums	Tonic (2000) Electric Tonic (2001) The Stone: Issue Four (2010) 20 (2011) Free Magic (2012)

Extended plays	Bubblehouse (1997) Combustication Remix EP (1999)

Compilation albums	Last Chance to Dance Trance (Perhaps) (1999) Note Bleu: Best of the Blue Note Years 1998–2005 (2006)

DVDs	Fly in a Bottle (2011)

Box sets	Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set (2009)

Collaboration albums

With John Scofield	A Go Go (1998) Out Louder (2006) In Case the World Changes Its Mind (2011) Juice (2014)

With Chris Whitley	Perfect Day (2000)

With Nels Cline	Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2 (2014)

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