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Originally a rather straightforward acoustic jazz trio, Medeski quickly added Hammond Organ when the difficulties of touring with a good piano became apparent. This more soul jazz oriented direction led to the incorporation of other musical genres: funk, hip hop and trip hop ( DJ Logic is a frequent collaborator) and free jazz, recording with longtime Sun RaSun Ra ( May 22, 1914 (?) May 30, 1993) was an innovative and individual jazz composer, bandleader and piano and synthesizer player, who came to be known as much for preaching his bizarre "cosmic philosophy" as for his phenomenal musical compositions and saxophoneoctave lower than an Alto Sax. The saxophone or sax is a musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards. It was invented by Adolphe Sax in the mid- 1840s. The saxophone is most common player Marshall AllenMarshall Allen (born 1924)is a free jazz alto saxophone player. He also performs on flute, oboe and piccolo. Allen is best known for his long association with Sun Ra, with whom he performed almost exclusively from 1956 to Ra's death in 1993. Critic Scott. Medeski has utilized a number of keyboard instruments: mellotronThe Mellotron is an electromechanical polyphonic keyboard musical instrument originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. The Mellotron (and its direct ancestor the Chamberlin, which in later years surpassed the Mellotron) wer, melodicaThe melodica is a free-reed instrument similar to the accordion and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. Pressing a key opens a hole, allowing a, clavinetA clavinet is a musical instrument, manufactured by the Hohner company. Its distinctive sound has appeared particularly in funk and rock songs of the last fifty years. The clavinet is essentially an electronically amplified clavichord: pressing a key caus and more.

Performing on John ScofieldJohn Scofield (born December 26, 1951) is a jazz guitarist, who played with Miles Davis. He released Uberjam in 2001 and "Up All Night" in 2004, two albums on which he experiments with all kinds of electronics to fit in with his guitar playing. In Autumn's 1997 album A Go Go brought the band significant exposure, as did appearing at John ZornJohn Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in New York City) is a American composer and clarinet/ saxophone player. He owns the Tzadik record label and has worked with a large number of experimental musicians, particularly in improvised music, modern classical mus's New Music Festival at Tonic, NYC . MMW were quickly accepted by the so-called jam band touring circuit, where their funky, dancable and often very long songs appealed to audiences familiar with Phish, The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers and other adventurous, jazz-influenced improvising groups.