Scofield’s solo roils with serpentine post-bop shards. Wood’s bassline develops along the drummer’s pumping, double-time snare and syncopated breaks. Martin’s “Louis the Shoplifter” is populated with killer interlocking salsa grooves between him and Medeski (who evokes Eddie Palmieri’s experimetnal side in his playing) amid knotty changes. The solos by the guitarist and John Medeski are lyrical, tight, and flow right out of one another. The driving organ vamp on Scofield’s “New London” offers a British rave-up wedded to Brazilian funk and Latin boogaloo. This quartet does it justice with spark, crackle, groove, and grease. The obvious inspiration, though, is Willie Bobo’s version from the 1968 album A New Dimension. One is “Sham Time,” an Eddie Harris tune. There are four covers from the 1960s scattered among the various originals some work better than others. This is a much more inside date, though the rhythmic interplay between bassist Chris Wood and drummer Billy Martin is outstanding throughout. The positive aspect is that this longtime collaboration creates near instinctive communication. This quartet sounds like a real band on Juice, which is a mixed blessing. St.Gallen,Switzerland-26.06.The third studio meeting in nearly 17 years between Medeski, Martin & Wood and guitarist John Scofield has no easy referent to their earlier recordings - purposely.
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