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MEDESKI SCOFIELD MARTIN & WOOD ~ LIVE: IN CASE THE WORLD CHANGES ITS MIND INDIRECTO 13 (Barcode: 891817001324) ~ UK ~ Jazz-Rock Fusion Recorded: 2006 Released: 2011 This is the 2nd (and debut live) album by the American Jazz-Rock Fusion quartet Medeski Scofield Martin & WoodFind albums by this artist (a.k.a. MSMWFind albums by this artist), a spin-off of the trio Medeski Martin & WoodFind albums by this artist (a.k.a. MMWFind albums by this artist), which comprises of keyboardist John MedeskiFind albums by this artist, guitarist John ScofieldFind albums by this artist, drummer Billy MartinFind albums by this artist and bassist Chris WoodFind albums by this artist. The 2CD album presents twelve tracks, five of which were composed by Scofield, two are traditional tunes, and the rest are by the co-composed by MMW. The music is, sadly, quite a stale form of Fusion, which introduces nothing new, exciting or creative and presents mostly excessive doodling, which leads nowhere. Of course hearing this music live might be a way to have fun, but after a short while it really becomes quite tedious. As much as I like and respect John Scofield for his contributions to Jazz and Fusion for so many years, his involvement in this liaison is rather unnecessary IMHO. He does play some beautiful guitar soli herein, but sadly that is not enough to save the day. Overall, this is a great example of the death of Fusion, which is not dead, but smells really funny – to quote, or rather misquote, a very wise man. The worse thing about this music is that it is so boring!

Updated: 04/07/2026Posted: 04/07/2026

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