Medesky

Charlie Hunter & Bobby Previte as Groundtruther + special guest John Medesky - Altitude (2007) {2CD Set, Thirsty Ear THI571812}
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© 2007 Thirsty Ear Recordings | THI 57181 2
Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Modern Postbebop / Experimental / Modern Creative

The third installment of the Groundtruther trilogy sees Charlie Hunter and Bobby Previte inviting John Medeski to be the third wheel. With both Hunter and Medeski on board, one could be forgiven for thinking this was going to be a funky good time, but Groundtruther is about pure spontaneous improvisation and totally unconcerned with getting people out on the dancefloor. There are two discs: Above Sea Level is the electrified set and Below Sea Level is the acoustic set. The electric set has Medeski playing his full array of vintage keyboards (including some really nice Mellotron) with Previte playing a hybrid electric/acoustic drum kit and electronics and Hunter using a near lethal amount of distortion. Medeski and Hunter compete for wicked tones, and with Previte's knack for triggered samples, it can be difficult to figure out who's doing what at times.