John Medeski
John Medeski is one of the most versatile pianists and keyboard player of our time. Already gigging with world class musicians like Jaco Pastorius in High School and connecting with greats like Billy Higgins, Dewey Redman and Bob Moses in college, he landed in the adventurous downtown New York scene of in the 1990. That fertile artistic environment is where he connected with and formed the the exploratory groove trio Medeski Martin and Wood
We chat about the downtown scene, his projects with John Zorn, Julian Lage, Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, and the inspiration of keeping it analog.
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