Medeski, Martin & Wood ticket giveaway!!!
Submitted by Casa Valdez Studios
When I was going to school at Berklee back in the late 80’s I spent a lot of time hanging and playing with the students at new England Conservatory. This was mainly because my close friend Kenny Brooks, a fantastic tenor player, was a student there. Through Kenny I met Rob Scheps, who was leading an all-star big band called True Colors. I played with Rob’s band for almost four years and we worked all over Boston. There were many great players that
played with that band, including Kenny Brooks, Donny McCaslin, Douglas Yates, Josh Roseman, Curtis Hasslebring, Jay Branford, Anders Bostrom, Dave Finucane, Andy Gravish, Dmitri Matheny, Wessley Wirth, and John Dirac. I would have to say that out of all of those great players the cat who really stood out the most night after night was John Medeski. John was just on another level. He had unlimited emotional energy. He could just keep kicking it up and kicking it up until he seemed like if he played any harder his head would explode, then he would push it even further. He was a madman on the piano, a true musical genius.
Medeski could play any style of music, so I can’t really say that I’m surprised that he made a huge name for himself playing ‘Groove Jazz’, for lack of a better label. I hate to call it Jam Music or even worse- Nu-Jazz, though MMW is one of the very top groups on the Jam Band circuit.
One thing is clear, MMW rocks. They can whip up crowds into a rabid frenzy and keep them there for hours. Kelpers delight! (note: Kelpers are what the Jam band musicians call the Hippie chicks who dance with their hands waving above their head, because they look like a bed of sea kelp when dancing en masse)
MMW will be performing in Portland at the Roseland theatre on Friday, February 26th at 8pm and Casa Valdez is giving away TWO FREE TICKETS to the show!!!!!
So here are the contest rules:
1.You must live in the Portland metropolitan area
2.You may not be an employee of Casa Valdez Studios (there are none anyway)
3. You must love MMW (write one sentence expressing your devotion)
4. You must give me the names of four other bands/musicians that John Medeski has played with other than MMW.
So send an email to casavaldez@comcast.net with your name, address, why you love MMW, and the names of four other groups that John Medeski has played with (besides True Colors). The last item shouldn’t be difficult for anyone with an internet connection. The winner will be chosen at random from correct submissions and I will send you a pair of F-R-E-E tickets in the mail.
Good Luck!
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