Neon-Medeski – April 30, 2018 – late night New Orleans Jazz Fest Jam Session featuring Daru Jones, MonoNeon, John Medeski, Robert Walter, Skerik & DJ Logic plus guests

Neon Medeski - One Eyed Jack's 2018

Neon-Medeski
April 30, 2018 (actually 2am on 5/1/18)
New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jack’s

01. Improv }
02. Improv }
03. Improv }
04. A Change Is Gonna Come [Sam Cooke cover] (with Jermaine Holmes) }
05. Improv (with Maurice Brown) }
06. Bitches Brew [Miles Davis cover] (with Maurice Brown) }
07. Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples [Parliament cover] } Improv (with Deshawn “D’Vibes” Alexander, Borahm Lee & Marcus Machado) }
08. If You Get Lonely (with Charles “Redd” Middleton, Deshawn “D’Vibes” Alexander & Marcus Machado) }
09. Do That Stuff [Parliament cover] (with ??? on sax, Deshawn “D’Vibes” Alexander & Marcus Machado) }
10. She’s Always In My Hair [Prince cover] (with Jermaine Holmes & Marcus Machado)
11. Improv }
12. Improv }
13. Improv (with Maurice Brown) }
14. Dynamite [J Dilla / The Roots cover] } Improv } Theme From A Symphony [Ornette Coleman cover] coda (last half with Borahm Lee & Wil Blades swaps out with Medeski)

Neon-Medeski:
John Medeski
– keyboards
MonoNeon – bass
Daru Jones – drums
Skerik – saxophone
Robert Walter – keyboards
DJ Logic – turntables

Guests:
Maurice Brown
– trumpet
Deshawn “D’Vibes” Alexander – keyboards
Borahm Lee – keyboards
Marcus Machado – guitar
Jermaine Holmes – vocals
Charles “Redd” Middleton – vocals
??? – saxophone
Wil Blades – organ

AUDIO: Schoeps CCM5’s } Tascam DR-70D (onstage center 4′ high in ORTF/Cardioid Mode) by Phil Harris / PH Balanced Recordings
VIDEO Recorded & Edited by Funk It Blog

Neon Medeski - One Eyed Jack's

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And here’s an extra treat:

DMD (Daru Jones, Marcus Machado & Doug Wimbish)
May 1, 2018
New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jack’s (opening for Dragon Smoke)

You’re Turning Me On (with Jermaine Holmes & Charles “Redd” Middleton)
Someone Like You (with Jermaine Holmes & Charles “Redd” Middleton)

DMD:
Daru Jones
– drums
Marcus Machado – guitar
Doug Wimbish – bass

Guests:
Jermaine Holmes
– vocals
Charles “Redd” Middleton – vocals

John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”, covered and funkifized


John Medeski, Skerik & Adam Deitch – A Love Supreme (John Coltrane cover)
August 13, 2011 Stratton, VT @ Royal Family Affair

To celebrate John Coltrane’s 85th birthday, I bring you two funkifized covers of Coltrane’s seminal recording with his “Classic Quartet”: “A Love Supreme.”

The first cover is a recent performance of a once-only band: John Medeski (of Medeski, Martin & Wood), Skerik (of Garage A Trois & The Dead Kenny Gs) and Adam Deitch (of Lettuce, Break Science & Eric Krasno’s Chapter 2). This one starts out very spacey until Deitch drops his hip-hop inflected beats, creating a wicked groove. The full recording of the show can downloaded at etree.

The second cover is from a 2002 performance by “Mike Clark & Friends.” Mike Clark is, of course, the legendary jazz-funk drummer that started out with Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters. Mike Clark’s “friends” on this occassion were Jessica Lurie (of Living Daylights) on sax and flute, as well as the core of Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: Brian Haas on fender rhodes and Reed Matthis on bass.

This one is quite a journey. Of special note is the middle section (about 7.5 minutes in) in which Haas takes over the bass lines on the rhodes and Matthis begins to play the lead with his bass running through an octave pedal. They definitely take this piece to a place it’s never been before (or since).


Mike Clark & Friends – A Love Supreme (John Coltrane cover)
July 20, 2002 Oxford, OH @ Camp Buzz 9

Special thanks to Mike Wren for the use of his photos and Rob Clarke for the audio!