Friday Afternoon in the Universe explained

Friday Afternoon in the Universe
Type:Studio album
Artist:Medeski Martin & Wood
Cover:Fridayafternoonintheuniverse.jpg
Released:January 24, 1995
Recorded:July 24–26, 1994
(Sears Sound, NYC)
January–February 1994
(Puna, Hawaii)
Genre:Jazz
Label:Gramavision
Producer:Medeski Martin & Wood, David Baker, Jim Payne
Prev Title:It's a Jungle in Here
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Shack-man
Next Year:1996

Friday Afternoon in the Universe is an album by the experimental jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood.[1] [2] The album title is taken from the opening sentence of "Old Angel Midnight", by Jack Kerouac.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "Short, rough-hewn vignettes like 'Paper Bass' and 'Tea' are pure improvisation, instantaneous explorations building into massive, irresistible grooves."[3] The Washington Post stated that "the three players move as one through impressionistic, atmospheric patches into driving funk grooves and then off onto spacey tangents."[4]

Track listing

All music by Medeski Martin & Wood except where noted in parentheses.

  1. "The Lover" – 6:19
  2. "Paper Bass" – 0:56
  3. "House Mop" – 3:46
  4. "Last Chance to Dance Trance (Perhaps)" – 7:32
  5. "Baby Clams" – 1:14
  6. "We're So Happy" – 8:17
  7. "Shack" – 3:02
  8. "Tea" – 1:12
  9. "Chinoiserie" (Duke Ellington) – 5:44
  10. "Between Two Limbs" – 1:04
  11. "Sequel" – 5:24
  12. "Friday Afternoon in the Universe" – 6:01
  13. "Billy's Tool Box" – 0:35
  14. "Chubb Sub" – 5:02
  15. "Khob Khun Krub" (Carl Green) – 0:47

Performers

Credits

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Medeski, Martin & Wood Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
  2. Ciabatonni . Steve . Medeski Martin & Wood: Space is the Place . CMJ New Music Monthly . Apr 1995 . 20 . 10.
  3. Web site: Medeski, Martin and Wood . Trouser Press . 13 May 2022.
  4. News: MEDESKI JAZZ TRIO'S UNIVERSE' OF FUNK . The Washington Post . 13 May 2022.