Shack-man
Studio album by
Medeski Martin & Wood
ReleasedOctober 15, 1996
RecordedJune 1996
(The Shack, Hawaii)
GenreJazz-funk, soul jazz, acid jazz
LabelRykodisc[1]
Gramavision
ProducerMedeski Martin & Wood, David Baker[2]
Medeski Martin & Wood chronology
Friday Afternoon in the Universe
(1995)		 Shack-man
(1996)		 Farmer's Reserve
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Shack-man is an album by experimental jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood, released in 1996.[1][6][7]

It peaked at #7 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[8]

Production

The album was recorded in an isolated shack in Hawaii, with power supplied by solar energy and generators.[9]

Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "the best example to date of the trio's cerebral fusion of soul-jazz, hip-hop, and post-punk worldbeat."[3] New York wrote that "the changes are episodic, as in funk, rather than conversational, as in jazz."[10] Relix called it a "dark, funky dorm room breakthrough."[11]

The Cleveland Scene wrote that the group "made it cool to groove again with 1996's Shack Man, a Hammond-hammered Phish-lot mainstay that opened the door for instrumental improv groups like Soulive and Particle."[12]

Track listing

All music by Medeski Martin & Wood except where noted.

  1. "Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus" (traditional, arr. by MMW) – 4:27
  2. "Think" – 5:16
  3. "Dracula" – 4:16
  4. "Bubblehouse" – 4:27
  5. "Henduck" – 4:38
  6. "Strance of the Spirit Red Gator" – 7:06
  7. "Spy Kiss" – 4:22
  8. "Lifeblood" – 7:06
  9. "Jelly Belly" – 4:42
  10. "Night Marchers" – 4:26
  11. "Kenny" – 4:43

Performers

Credits

  • Recording engineer: David Baker
  • Assisted by Carl Green and Mark Kindermann
  • Mixed at IIWII, Weehawken, NJ with David Baker and Katsu Naito
  • Edited at Current Sounds, NYC with Bob Ward
  • Mastered by Dr. Toby Mountain, Northeastern Digital Recording
  • Executive producer: Hans Wendl
  • LP management: Liz Penta
  • Band photo by Michael Macioce
  • Artwork by Billy Martin, 1996

References

  1. 1 2 "Medeski, Martin & Wood | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  2. 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 741.
  3. 1 2 "Shack-Man - Medeski, Martin & Wood | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 684.
  5. ↑ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 533.
  6. ↑ "Catching New Grooves After a Great Escape". Los Angeles Times. November 22, 1996.
  7. ↑ Budnick, Dean (November 19, 2003). Jambands: The Complete Guide to the Players, Music, & Scene. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879307455 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Medeski Martin & Wood". Billboard.
  9. ↑ GETTELMAN, PARRY. "MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD". OrlandoSentinel.com.
  10. ↑ "Groove Theory". New York. New York Media, LLC. November 4, 1996 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ "Medeski Martin & Wood: The Triple Entente". Relix Media. May 17, 2017.
  12. ↑ Miller, Jeff. "Medeski, Martin & Wood". Cleveland Scene.
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