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, coming out on August 11, 1998. ''Combustication'' was MMW's first album for

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, and the first to include an accompanying

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). ''Combustication'' features instrumental renditions of the

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", as well as the traditional

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an tune "No Ke Ano Ahiahi."

Track listing

All music by

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,

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) – 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 Anthony John Medeski (born June 28, 1965) is an American jazz keyboard player and composer. Medeski is a veteran of New York's 1990s avant-garde jazz scene and is known popularly as a member of Medeski Martin & Wood. He plays the acoustic piano ...

– keyboards *

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– drums, percussion * Chris Wood – basses, bass drum *

– 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

{{Authority control 1998 albums Blue Note Records albums Post-bop albums Medeski Martin & Wood albums