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Friday Afternoon in the Universe is an album released by experimental

Experimental music

Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...

jazz fusion

Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...

trio Medeski Martin & Wood

Medeski Martin & Wood

Medeski Martin & Wood is an American jazz trio formed in 1991, consisting of John Medeski on keyboards and piano, Billy Martin on drums and percussion, and Chris Wood on double bass and bass guitar....

Track listing

All music by Medeski Martin & Wood except where noted in brackets.

"The Lover" – 6:19
"Paper Bass" – 0:56
"House Mop" – 3:46
"Last Chance to Dance Trance (Perhaps)" – 7:32
"Baby Clams" – 1:14
"We're So Happy" – 8:17
"Shack" – 3:02
"Tea" – 1:12
"Chinoiserie" (Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...

) – 5:44
"Between Two Limbs" – 1:04
"Sequel" – 5:24
"Friday Afternoon in the Universe" – 6:01
"Billy's Tool Box" – 0:35
"Chubb Sub" – 5:02
"Khob Khun Krub" (Carl Green) – 0:47

Performers

John Medeski
John Medeski
Anthony John Medeski is an American jazz keyboards 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...

– organ, piano, wurlitzer
Wurlitzer
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, was an American company that produced stringed instruments, woodwinds, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electronic organs, electric pianos and jukeboxes....

, clavinet
Clavinet
A Clavinet is an electrically amplified keyboard instrument manufactured by the Hohner company. It is essentially an electronically amplified clavichord, analogous to an electric guitar. Its distinctive bright staccato sound has appeared particularly in funk, disco, rock, and reggae songs.Various...
Billy Martin
Billy Martin (percussionist)
Billy Martin is an American jazz drummer, best known as a member of jazz-funk trio Medeski Martin & Wood.-Biography:Before becoming part of Medeski, Martin & Wood, Martin was part of the New York City Brazilian scene in the 1980s. He performed regularly with Pe De Boi, Batucada and several Bob...

– drums, percussion
Chris Wood
Chris Wood (jazz musician)
Christopher Barry Wood is an American bass player, best known for playing with the avant-garde jazz-funk trio Medeski Martin & Wood .-Biography:...

– acoustic bass, harmonica, wood flute
Danny Blume
Danny Blume
Danny Blume is an American music producer, musician, and composer. He is a Grammy Award winner, multiple Grammy nominee, and co-founder/owner of the production team GoodandEvil with Christian Castagno, with studios operating in Brooklyn and Woodstock New York...

– guitar
Tonino Benson – raygun, vocals
Carl Green – Thai flute

Credits

Edited by Bob Ward, Current Sounds, NYC
Mastering by Dr. Toby Mountain, Northeastern Digital Recording
C. Bosquianus Eggs photo by George Grall
Band photo: Martyn Gallina Jones
Artwork: Billy Martin

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