Today, Oscilloscope Laboratories in conjunction with MVD Entertainment Group released Not Not Jazz, the documentary that takes an in-depth look at the unique and wholly improvisational creative process of the revolutionary ‘avant-groove’ band Medeski Martin & Wood, as they endeavor to record a new album at the famed Allaire Studio, twenty-five years after their formation.

Available via video on demand, Blu-ray and DVD, the film was  directed by Jason Miller and produced by Tyler Davidson, Jim Stark and Elie Weiss. Not Not Jazz premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival – not far from where the documentary was filmed in New York’s Hudson Valley – and most recently screened during the Big Ears Festivalin Knoxville, TN. The film is available on Blu-Ray and DVD HERE and VOD HERE. 

Medeski Martin & Wood is a group that effortlessly straddles the gap between avant-garde improvisation and accessible groove-based jazz. They have simultaneously earned standing as relentlessly innovative musicians and as an enormously popular act. Emerging out of the New York Downtown scene in the early ’90s, MMW soon set out on endless cross-country tours before returning home to Manhattan to further refine their sound through myriad influential experimentations. Each of the musicians — keyboardist John Medeski, drummer/percussionist Billy Martin, and bassist Chris Wood — had crossed paths throughout the ’80s, playing with the likes of John Lurie, John Zorn, and mentor Bob Moses. In 1991, the trio officially convened for an engagement at New York’s Village Gate. Soon, the group was rehearsing in Martin’s Brooklyn loft, writing, and then recording 1992’s self-released Notes from the Underground. As the group began to tour, escaping the supportive though insular New York music community, Medeski — a former child prodigy — switched from grand piano to Hammond B-3 organ.

Directed by: JASON MILLER

Produced by: TYLER DAVIDSON, JIM STARK and ELIE WEISS

Starring: BILLY MARTIN, JOHN MEDESKI and CHRIS WOOD

Run Time: 77 minutes

About Low Spark FIlms

Low Spark Films is a feature film finance and production company that has produced seven Sundance hits over the past decade, including EMILY THE CRIMINAL, TAKE SHELTER, THE KINGS OF SUMMER, and THE LAND, launching some of the most sought-after, emerging filmmakers working today.