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John Medeski
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Pianists · b. 1965

John Medeski

American jazz keyboards player and composer

Born
28 June 1965
Louisville
Country
United States
Active
1956–
Discography
14 albums

Biography

John Medeski is a jazz musician who plays piano, musical keyboard, organ and keyboard instrument. John Medeski was born on 28 June 1965 in Louisville. The music is usually filed under jazz and jazz fusion. The discography here lists 14 albums, from “Team Games” (1996) to “The Curse: Music from the Showtime Original Series” (2023).

Anthony John Medeski (born June 28, 1965) is an American jazz keyboard player and composer. Medeski is a veteran of New York's 1990s avant-garde jazz scene and is known popularly as a member of Medeski Martin & Wood. He plays the acoustic piano and an eclectic array of keyboards, including the Hammond B3 organ, melodica, mellotron, clavinet, ARP String Ensemble, Wurlitzer electric piano, Moog Voyager Synthesizer, Wurlitzer 7300 Combo Organ, Vox Continental Baroque organ, and Yamaha CS-1 Synthesizer, among others. When playing acoustic piano, Medeski usually plays the Steinway piano and is listed as a Steinway Artist.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Team Games 1996 · Live
Stan Douglas - Suspiria 2002
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast 2006
Scotty Hard's Radical Reconstructive Surgery 2006
Together Again 2011
A Different Time 2013
Gathering Call 2013
Creating Silence: Live at the Stone in NYC 2015
When Coltrane Calls! Session 3: Living Immortality 2015
When Coltrane Calls! Session 1: Fierce Compassion 2016
John Medeski's Mad Skillet 2018
Mellotron Variations 2019
Crawlspace 2021
The Curse: Music from the Showtime Original Series 2023

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Albums where John Medeski is credited as a sideman

1992 Notes From the Underground — Medeski Martin & Wood piano
1993 It's a Jungle in Here — Medeski Martin & Wood electric piano, organ, piano, keyboard
1995 Friday Afternoon in the Universe — Medeski Martin and Wood clavinet, electric piano, organ, piano, keyboard
1996 Bar Kokhba — John Zorn organ, piano
1996 Shack-Man — Medeski Martin & Wood clavinet, electric piano, Hammond organ, keyboard, toy piano
1997 Duras:Duchamp — John Zorn organ
1997 Farmer's Reserve — Medeski Martin and Wood keyboard
1998 A Go Go — John Scofield clavinet, organ, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
1998 Yo, Miles! — Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith organ
1998 Combustication — Medeski Martin & Wood keyboard
2000 The Night — Morphine organ
2000 The Dropper — Medeski Martin and Wood keyboard
2004 End of the World Party (Just in Case) — Medeski Martin + Wood keyboard
2008 Let's Go Everywhere — Medeski Martin & Wood keyboard
2008 Radiolarians I — Medeski Martin & Wood keyboard, melodica
2008 Zaebos: Book of Angels, Volume 11 — Medeski Martin & Wood arranger, keyboard
2009 Big Neighborhood — Mike Stern clavinet, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, drums (drum set)
2009 Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set — Medeski Martin & Wood keyboard, melodica
2009 Radiolarians II — Medeski Martin & Wood keyboard
2009 Radiolarians III — Medeski Martin & Wood keyboard
2010 Interzone — John Zorn keyboard
2010 Dictée / Liber Novus — John Zorn organ
2011 Nova Express — John Zorn piano
2011 At the Gates of Paradise — John Zorn organ, piano
2011 Dragonfly — Bill Evans organ
2012 The Concealed — John Zorn piano
2012 Templars: In Sacred Blood — John Zorn organ
2012 A Vision in Blakelight — John Zorn organ, piano
2013 Dreamachines — John Zorn piano
2013 Überjam Deux — John Scofield mellotron, organ, Wurlitzer electric piano

Member of

Medeski Martin & Wood American musical group; jazz trio

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument does John Medeski play?

John Medeski is known for playing piano, musical keyboard, organ and keyboard instrument.

When and where was John Medeski born?

John Medeski was born 28 June 1965 in Louisville.

What are John Medeski's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Team Games (1996), Stan Douglas - Suspiria (2002), Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast (2006), Scotty Hard's Radical Reconstructive Surgery (2006) and Together Again (2011).

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