8/09/2024

Medeski Martin & Wood Documentary 'Not Not Jazz' Out Now via Oscilloscope Laboratories


OSCILLOSCOPE LABORATORIES & MVD ENTERTAINMENT GROUP PRESENT 

A LOW SPARK FILMS PRODUCTION:

‘NOT NOT JAZZ’


MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD DOCUMENTARY AVAILABLE TODAY

VIA BLU RAY & DVD (HERE) AND VIDEO ON DEMAND (HERE)


FILM TAKES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE UNIQUE CREATIVE PROCESS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY AVANT-GROOVE BAND


“Miller’s camera is delicate, emphasizing the members’ hand gestures on instruments, the subtle ways the threesome shape a meta-linguistic conversation with each other, and especially their facial expressions, as if seeking out the internal forces that spawn artistic creation.” 

- In Review Online


“undoubtedly rewarding look at a band that has continued to push boundaries over several decades”

- Geek Vibe Nation



Today, Oscilloscope Laboratories in conjunction with MVD Entertainment Group released Not Not Jazzthe documentary that takes an in-depth look at the unique and wholly improvisational creative process of the revolutionary 'avant-groove' band Medeski Martin & Wood, as they endeavor to record a new album at the famed Allaire Studio, twenty-five years after their formation. Watch the film’s  trailer here: https://youtu.be/pon7EKYNe14.  


Available via video on demand, Blu-ray and DVD, the film was  directed by Jason Miller and produced by Tyler Davidson, Jim Stark and Elie Weiss. Not Not Jazz premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival – not far from where the documentary was filmed in New York’s Hudson Valley – and most recently screened during the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN. The film is available on Blu-Ray and DVD HERE and VOD HERE



Watch ‘Not Not Jazz’ trailer here: https://youtu.be/pon7EKYNe14   


Medeski Martin & Wood is a group that effortlessly straddles the gap between avant-garde improvisation and accessible groove-based jazz. They have simultaneously earned standing as relentlessly innovative musicians and as an enormously popular act. Emerging out of the New York Downtown scene in the early '90s, MMW soon set out on endless cross-country tours before returning home to Manhattan to further refine their sound through myriad influential experimentations. Each of the musicians -- keyboardist John Medeski, drummer/percussionist Billy Martin, and bassist Chris Wood -- had crossed paths throughout the '80s, playing with the likes of John Lurie, John Zorn, and mentor Bob Moses. In 1991, the trio officially convened for an engagement at New York's Village Gate. Soon, the group was rehearsing in Martin's Brooklyn loft, writing, and then recording 1992's self-released Notes from the Underground. As the group began to tour, escaping the supportive though insular New York music community, Medeski -- a former child prodigy -- switched from grand piano to Hammond B-3 organ.


Directed by: JASON MILLER

Produced by: TYLER DAVIDSON, JIM STARK and ELIE WEISS

Starring: BILLY MARTIN, JOHN MEDESKI and CHRIS WOOD

Run Time: 77 minutes

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