Medeski Martin & Wood - It's A Jungle In Here (1993)

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Title: It's A Jungle In Here
Year Of Release: 1993
Label: Blue Note Records
Genre: Jazz, Modern Jazz, Jam Band
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 55:16
Total Size: 342 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Beeah (6:59)
02. Where's Sly? (5:23)
03. Shuck It Up (7:46)
04. Sand (2:25)
05. Worms (5:07)
06. Bemsha Swing-Lively Up Yourself (5:41)
07. Moti Mo (8:00)
08. It's A Jungle In Here (3:47)
09. Syeeda's Song Flute (5:57)
10. Wiggly's Way (4:10)

A cerebral soul-jazz trio gives up some art and some funk with guest horn players and guitarist Marc Ribot. They call it "Shuck It Up," and rightly so, since they're neither as dissonant nor as ironic as many of their peers playing around downtown New York City. But that doesn't explain why these three don't swing as hard playing Monk, Coltrane, and King Sunny Ade as they do laying down their own earnest grooves and dismantling Bob Marley for mixing up with the Monk. Whether it's insecurity, indifference, or the physical chops they haven't developed to match their minds is for demanding listeners to decide. Or else it's all the same dilemma and will go away with time, just like the band's slow tunes.