''Uninvisible'' is the seventh studio album by
avant
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People
* Avant, part of music production team Bloodshy & Avant
* Avant (singer), Myron Avant, an American singer
* Clarence Avant, a music executive
* Jason Avant, is a US American football player
Places
* Avant, Oklahoma, ...
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jazz-funk
Jazz-funk is a subgenre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat, electrified sounds, and analog synthesizers. The integration of funk, soul, and R&B music and styles into jazz resulted in the creation of a genre that ranges from ...
organ trio
Medeski Martin & Wood
Medeski Martin & Wood (or MMW) is an American jazz fusion band formed in 1991, consisting of John Medeski on keyboards, Billy Martin on drums, and Chris Wood on bass. The band is influenced by musical traditions including funk and hip hop and ...
, released by
Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. Established in 1939 by History of the Jews in Germany, German-Jewish emigrants Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it deriv ...
in 2002.
Track listing
All tracks by
Medeski Martin & Wood
Medeski Martin & Wood (or MMW) is an American jazz fusion band formed in 1991, consisting of John Medeski on keyboards, Billy Martin on drums, and Chris Wood on bass. The band is influenced by musical traditions including funk and hip hop and ...
except where noted.
#"Uninvisible" – 3:37
#"I Wanna Ride You"
( Medeski) – 3:28
#"Your Name is Snake Anthony"
(Hampton
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, MMW) – 3:12
#"Pappy Check" – 2:46
#"Take Me Nowhere" – 4:06
#"Retirement Song" – 4:47
#"Ten Dollar High" – 3:42
#"Where Have You Been?" – 3:37
#"Reprise"
( Medeski) – 0:35
#"Nocturnal Transmission" – 6:37
#"Smoke" – 2:46
#"First Time Long Time" – 2:52
#"The Edge of Night" – 3:53
#"Off the Table" – 4:15
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
*
Billy Martin
Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr. (May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball second baseman and manager who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the manager of the New York Yankees. First known ...
aka illy B – drums, percussion
*
Chris Wood – basses
*Eddie Bobé – congas, bata, shekere, bottle and bell (tracks 5 and 6)
*
DJ Olive
DJ Olive (also known as The Audio Janitor; born Gregor Asch) is an American disc jockey and turntablist. He is known for producing music generally in the electronic music, electronic genre, with strong influences of Dub music, dub, and free imp ...
– turntables (tracks 3 and 14)
*Aaron Johnson – trombone (tracks 1 and 10)
*
Jordan McLean – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1 and 10)
*Michael Herbst –
baritone saxophone
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,
bass clarinet
The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common Soprano clarinet, soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays no ...
(tracks 1 and 10)
*
Stuart D. Bogie –
tenor saxophone
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,
contra-alto clarinet
The contra-alto clarinet is a large clarinet pitched a perfect fifth below the B♭ bass clarinet. It is a transposing instrument in E♭ sounding an octave and a major sixth below its written pitch, between the bass clarinet and the B♭ co ...
(tracks 1 and 10)
*Todd Simon – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1 and 10)
*
Col. Bruce Hampton – vocals (track 3)
*DJ P Love - turntables (tracks 4, 6, 7, and 13)
*
Danny Blume
Danny Blume is an American music producer, musician, and composer. He is a Grammy Award winner and multiple Grammy nominee. He operates a studio and lives in Woodstock, New York. Before becoming a music producer, he played as a guitarist and bass ...
– guitar (tracks 4 and 14), baritone guitar (track 4), ambient guitar (tracks 6 and 10)
*
Brad Roberts
Bradley Kenneth Roberts (born January 10, 1964) is the lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian folk-rock band Crash Test Dummies and the only constant member since its inception. He sings in the bass-baritone range. The band is best known ...
– vocals (track 8)
*
Scotty Hard
Scott Harding, sometimes credited as Scotty Hard, is a Canadian producer and musician who is based in New York City and who has worked in underground hip-hop and jazz.
He came to prominence as a producer for the WordSound label, which released his ...
– Nomad Rhythm Maker (tracks 5 and 13), rhythm guitar (track 6), turntables (track 12), feedback (track 3)
Credits
*Produced and engineered by Scotty Hard
*Additional engineering by Greg Griffiths at Shacklyn
*Mastered by
Howie Weinberg
Howie Weinberg is an American audio mastering engineer. Over the course of his career, he has received over 2,257 mastering credits, three TEC Awards, 21 Grammy Awards, two Juno Awards, and one Mercury Prize.
Career
Weinberg mastered Herbie Ha ...
at
Masterdisk
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Their clients include such n ...
New York City
*Assembled, edited, and tweaked by Mike Fossenkemper at Turtle Tone Studios, Englewood, New Jersey
*Assisted by Juan Garcia and Tom Camuso at
The Magic Shop
*Assisted by Philip Harvey at Shacklyn
*Assisted by Jeff Jakubowski at Bearsville Studios
References
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2002 albums
Blue Note Records albums
Medeski Martin & Wood albums