Tonic (Medeski Martin & Wood album)

Tonic

Live album by Medeski Martin & Wood

Released

April 25, 2000

Recorded

March 16–20 & 23–26, 1999
(Tonic, New York City)

Genre

Jazz

Length

69:39

Label

Blue Note Records

Producer

Medeski Martin & Wood

Medeski Martin & Wood chronology

Last Chance to Dance Trance (Perhaps)
(1999)

Tonic
(2000)

The Dropper
(2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Tonic is a live album by experimental jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood recorded at Tonic in New York City from March 16–20 and 23-26, 1999. Medeski Martin & Wood played their first live performance at Tonic on July 4, 1998, not long after the club opened in the Spring of 1998. Like their first album, Notes from the Underground, Tonic was recorded in their original acoustic format: piano, bass and drums. This format was replaced by electric alternatives brought about by the restrictions of touring during the early 1990s. The setting and format of Tonic is reminiscent of Medeski Martin & Wood's acoustic roots. The live performance was conducted in front of a 150-person audience that almost surrounded the musicians.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Invocation"	Billy Martin, John Medeski, Chris Wood	5:15
2.	"Afrique"	Lee Morgan	8:25
3.	"Seven Deadlies"	Billy Martin, John Medeski, Chris Wood	10:56
4.	"Your Lady" (Arranged by Bob Moses)	John Coltrane	9:12
5.	"Rise Up"	Billy Martin, John Medeski, Chris Wood	11:14
6.	"Buster Rides Again"	Bud Powell	7:36
7.	"Thaw"	Billy Martin, John Medeski, Chris Wood	11:32
8.	"Hey Joe"	W. M. Roberts	5:30

Personnel

John Medeski – piano, melodica
Billy Martin – drums, percussion, mbira
Chris Wood – bass

Credits

Recorded live by Federico Cribiore
Prepared for mastering by David Baker and Mark Wilder
Mastered at Sony Mastering by Mark Wilder
Project manager: Mantis Evar
Inlay photo: Melissa Carusa
Art direction and design: Chippy

About David Baker (1945-2004) (Sound engineer) "A glance at his recordings reveals a phenomenal number of late-night favorites: Chico Hamilton: Still Sensitive, Paul Bley and Gary Peacock: Partners, Shirley Horn: Here's To Life, Astor Piazzolla: Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night, Richie Beirach Trio: Trust, Anthony Davis: Hidden Voices, and, of course, pretty much anything by Medeski, Martin & Wood".

References

↑ Steve Huey. "Tonic Review". Allmusic.
↑ Federico Cribiore (2000). "Tonic is a special place.". Tonic [CD booklet]. Hollywood: Blue Note.

Medeski Martin & Wood

Discography

Studio albums	Notes from the Underground (1992) It's a Jungle in Here (1993) Friday Afternoon in the Universe (1995) Shack-man (1996) Farmer's Reserve (1997) Combustication (1998) The Dropper (2000) Uninvisible (2002) End of the World Party (Just in Case) (2004) Let's Go Everywhere (2008) Zaebos: Book of Angels Vol. 11 (2008) Radiolarians I (2008) Radiolarians II (2009) Radiolarians III (2009)

Live albums	Tonic (2000) Electric Tonic (2001) The Stone: Issue Four (2010) 20 (2011) Free Magic (2012)

Extended plays	Bubblehouse (1997) Combustication Remix EP (1999)

Compilation albums	Last Chance to Dance Trance (Perhaps) (1999) Note Bleu: Best of the Blue Note Years 1998–2005 (2006)

DVDs	Fly in a Bottle (2011)

Box sets	Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set (2009)

Collaboration albums

With John Scofield	A Go Go (1998) Out Louder (2006) In Case the World Changes Its Mind (2011) Juice (2014)

With Chris Whitley	Perfect Day (2000)

With Nels Cline	Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2 (2014)

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