Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2

Studio album by Medeski Martin & Wood + Nels Cline

Released

April 15, 2014

Recorded

August 27, 2013
Applehead Studios in Woodstock, NY

Genre

Jazz

Length

63:56

Label

Woodstock Sessions
WS 002

Medeski Martin & Wood chronology

Free Magic
(2012)

Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2
(2014)

Juice
(2014)

Nels Cline chronology

Initiate
(2010)

Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2
(2014)

Room
(2014)

Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2 is an album by Medeski Martin & Wood and guitarist Nels Cline which was recorded live in the studio and released in April 2014 on the bands Woodstock Sessions label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
All About Jazz	^[3]
PopMatters	^[4]

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars out of 5, stating "These guys are sonic explorers and over the course of the session they go just about everywhere: electronic ambient, soul jazz, rock freakouts, '50s sci-fi, mysterious exotica, and even a little taste of New Orleans. It's not for everyone, but fans of either band should be thrilled, as should anyone interested in well-done experimental music without boundaries".^[2] Writing for All About Jazz, John Kelman said "Woodstock Sessions, Vol. 2 finds the decade-long Wilco guitarist encouraging the trio to go to musical places no one has truly gone before. It may be a roller coaster of a listen but it's still somehow a strangely attractive one, especially when experienced old school, as a whole rather than a set of nine individual tracks".^[3] PopMatters' Will Layman stated "Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2 features a group of musicians who could easily play to the audiences that are so utterly ready to love them. Instead, they play for themselves, for the passion they have for their art. It’s not a record to alienate fans, but it’s a record to challenge fans and win them over to stretches beyond their comfort zone. A thrill, a dare, a terrific record".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by John Medeski, Nels Cline, Chris Wood and Billy Martin

"Doors of Deception"- 2:12
"Bonjour Beze" - 11:51
"Mezcal" - 5:53
"Los Blank" - 14:29
"Jade" - 4:11
"Looters" - 10:46
"Conebranch" - 2:10
"Arm & Leg" - 8:17
"Cinders"- 5:11

Personnel

References

↑ Medeski Martin & Wood website, accessed September 12, 2014
1 2 Westergaard, Sean. "Medeski Martin & Wood + Nels Cline: Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
1 2 Kelman, John (2014-04-17). "Medeski Martin & Wood + Nels Cline: Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2 review". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
1 2 Layman, Will (2014-04-18). "Medeski Martin & Wood + Nels Cline: Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2". popmatters.com. Retrieved 2014-09-12.

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)

Nels Cline

Studio albums	Angelica (1988) The Inkling (2000) Destroy All Nels Cline (2001) New Monastery (2006) Coward (2009) Dirty Baby (2010) Lovers (2016)

Collaboration albums	The Gowanus Session [with William Parker & Thollem McDonas] (2012) Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2 [with Medeski, Martin & Wood] (2014) Room [with Julian Lage] (2014) Accidental Sky [with White Out] (2015)

Live albums	The Veil (2011)

Nels Cline Trio	Silencer (1992) Ground (1995) Chest (1996) Sad (1998) Hold It Under a Faucet 7" (2002)

The Nels Cline Singers	Instrumentals (2002) The Giant Pin (2004) Draw Breath (2007) The Celestial Septet (2008) [with Rova Saxophone Quartet] Initiate (2010) Macroscope (2014)

Related	Scott Amendola Alex Cline Trevor Dunn Devin Hoff Mike Watt Wilco

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