Medeski, Martin & Wood Tickets

people attending to the show was cool and sound and place unforgateble .coollllll

At 44 years old I have seen an uncountable amount of concerts. This show was on my top 10 of all time. The first set with Anti Balas was amazing. The second set with MMW was as excellent as any MMW show always is. The third set with both bands made me feel like the concert hall was going to turn into a space ship and take us on a funky journey to a place where there is no war and we remember that we all love and need each other. Then I realized that if more people made music like MMW and Anti Balas then that place would be here on earth.

Mind blowing would be an understatement!! The opening act - Antibalas was also great! And the final set with both MMW and Antibalas was amazing.

Wow. I've been a MMW fan for about 14 years. In that span I had seen MMW about 12-15 times. The last show I saw of them was in 2003 at Bonnaroo. I'm also a fan of Antibalas who opened for them. Antibalas were also fantastic. The third set was a collaboration between the two bands that was absolutely amazing. I can't say enough about how great this show was.

I have seen MMW maybe 30 times and every show rocks! It is hard to say that this was their "best show I have ever seen" but it comes very close, mos def in the top 3...the fact that their set was made up of audience requests was amazing...the crowd was energized from the first note despite having to brave extremely inclement weather and train delays on the way to the show! The band never let up...the groove just kept building and building and then hitting the shore like a tsunami...then when they announced that they were bringing out Antibalas to play the 2nd set with them I almost lost it. The encore to this show may have been the best 20 minutes of musicianship I have ever seen!

This show was a real pleasure to attend. The best set was the second one when antibalas Afro drumbeat joined them on stage.

MMW and Antibalas put on a spectacular show! All I saw in between my dancing and sweating were smiling fans all over the place. MMW and Antibalas should unite and play together always. MMW also had some really interesting and informative vendors (No Fracking petition and voting registration). I was able to register and sign a petition! AMAZING SHOW!

grooooove. MMW played a super show for their 20th anniversary. glad I was there

MMW+Antibalas go together like cheese and crackers. Two of my favorite bands that, independently, were amazing, but together brought down the house with a raw funk unheard on this earth since the 1970s. I didn't stop moving for three hours.

So funky, so fun. Just can't miss these guys when they come to town!

Simply a great show and collaboration between both bands.

From what I could hear the group was great. The crowd, for the most part was uninterested. The noise level from people talking was almost as load as the music. Not the right venue for such a quality group.

Perhaps the best single MMW set I've ever heard of including fan favorites like, "Hey Joe" and my personal favorite "Coconut Boogaloo". MMW elated the crowd from start to finish, and in an all-too-rare Philadelphia appearacne satisfied their most hardcore fans with great renditions of arguably their best tunes. MMW's second set was performed as a 13-piece, with opening band Antibalas as support. Antibalas' latin/world music vibe set a nice groundwork for the MMW boys to exhibit their skills and have some fun. Albeit good music and a party atmosphere, my brain started to hurt after the 4th song in that set. With three bassists, two drum kit players, two percussionists, two keyboardists, horn section and guitar all on stage at once, my brain started turning to Jell-O. Scaled back it would have been extremely enjoyable rather than just tolerable. I really wish MMW would have played a second set by themselves. That said, seeing Antibalas for the first time I can get a picture of what they're all about. Good vibes, inclusive and properly arranged as a pseudo-big band, Antibalas provided a musical experience that you don't find most places. My only critique is that they're missing James Brown. A ten piece instrumental act (with two bassists) can get muddy at times, and it certainly did for someone new to Antibalas like myself. With so much happening at once, it would have been nice to have a focal point in the group, other than the occasional unwanted ramblings of a large Jamaican percussionist. The first time it was cool. The second time was no longer unique, and the third time it started to get annoying. It was too much, yet not enough. Great show. The MMW set stands alone in my top 5 live sets of any band, all time. Admittedly, I don't know what ranks ahead or behind at this point but it's in the top 5. The show as a whole, probably ranks in my top 10-15, definitely top 20. Without Antibalas it would have been #2 just behind Roger Waters "The Wall". 'Nuff said.

They were awesome and the funky grooves did not stop!

KILLER MUSIC at any cost in challenging conditions

This was my first MMW show ever. My date & good friend, who is a HUGE MMW fan, took me to last Friday night's show on 3/11. I really didn't know what to expect and on top of that I wasn't sure I would even dig the music because I usually listen to hard rock and metal. Surprisingly enough, the first band, The Bass Clarinet Quartet, was great, I loved them. Wow their range of sound was amazing! Then MMW came on and they truly blew me away! I LOVED the ENTIRE SHOW! They were groovy! Their beat was SO infectious, for the entire magical show! I am not so easily impressed...however I they totally impressed me...actually they truly they blew me away! The talent all of these gentlemen have! The keyboard player was playing like crazy! You could barely see his fingers move they were going so fast! He was playing quite a few different keyboards up there and at times was playing TWO (different) keyboards at once...different melodies! Unbelievable! The drummer was amazing. I totally dug the way he used tons of different instruments/sounds throughout their songs, not solely the drums. It sounded so cool! It was so different, refreshing. The bassist was all over the place. He was switching between electric and acoustic bass throughout the concert. He was jamming! The way they play together is magical! They have this chemistry between them that you can feel from the stage. My feeling is anyone and everyone would love their show and If you are not quite sure if you will like them or the music, give it a try. I think you will be pleasantly surprised!

The El Rey Theatre is a beautiful, perfect-sized venue! The different levels made, dancing, and being able to see the stage both very possible. The smoking section is half of the entrance area which made it pretty cramped during breaks. Medeski, Martin and Wood were everything I hoped for and more! They were so much fun, with a great balance between my old favorites and fun new stuff!

MMW "killed it" on Friday night! The not only "killed it"; they brought it back to life and "killed it" again! Sick Sick show! They played the top fan favorites for the first set with some tasty bass solos form Chris Wood and John Medeski going in to mad scientist mode on several occasions. The second set was a bit looser with a bit more "out there" improv that sometimes really jammed!

I've seen MMW more than 5 times and each member is one of the best in the world at their instrument. They always put on a very good show and this show at the El Rey was even better than I expected, it was AWESOME!! The last time (two times I think(?)) John Medeski was lacking a little.. uh je ne c'est pas.. a little mojo on stage but this show he was full on fantastically super funky and spacey simultaneously. He had a mellotron along with other vintage/classic(B3, clavinet, Rhodes through a leslie) and other pro-standard digital keyboards on stage with him that he used to blow the crowd's minds. Chris Wood was holding things down as he always does. Solid and tight. Billy was his usual charismatic self, even in his playing (if can percussion be charismatic he makes it happen). Great surprise with Kyle Glass (Tenacious D) playing some sort of straight flute for the second set.

Awesome show, played for like 2 1/2 hours... that's how it should be done. Medeski, Martin and Wood always put on a great show, never disappointing.