Medeski, Martin, Wood & Ribot - Crosstown Traffic

Hi kids, yesterday was a national holiday in Turkey. The kids holiday where every year kids from all over the world come to Turkey and do their nation’s folkloric dance etc. Meanwhile rest of the kids are bored to death by extralong speeches from tutors, and not-so creative poetry and drama. However things are a little bit changing in the last years, as more NGOs step up to design actual fun for the kids. I was going to put this online yesterday for the kids but I forgot. Anyways, here’s a few songs from Brooklyn’s jazz/funk stalwarts Medeski, Martin and Wood. Their new one “Let’s go everywhere” is actually a kiddie album so what better present for the kids today!. This is an album to “introduce children to jazz without making it too heady, to make it actually fun.” Don’t cringe when you hear this sentence because it’s not a soulless self-righteous “teaching jazz to kids” project, it’s a lovely album with lighthearted songs, cheerful lyrics and good jamming like we’re used to from MMW.

Serious critics with no sense of humour might mark this off as wacky, but it’s actually a great deal of fun for everyone. Provided that you wanna listen to songs about pocket lint, pirates, planes and trains.

Head over to Allaboutjazz or DaSLOB’s blog for in depth reviews.

Medeski Martin & Wood - Hickory Dickory Duck
Medeski Martin & Wood - The Squalb
Medeski Martin & Wood - On an Airplane