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Medeski Martin & Wood: Tonic (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) 2LP ETJS-54 2 (BLP 1511) which presentedBlue Note, 2000 The avant jazz funk trio Medeski Martin & Wood John Medeski on keys, Billy Martin on drums, and Chris Wood on bass debuted on Blue Note in 1998 with the explosive Combustication which took Blue Notes organ tradition to hitherto unforeseen realms. For their 2nd Blue Note album the band returned to their acoustic roots on the freewheeling 1999 live album Tonic recorded in their original piano upright bass drums configuration at the