John Medeski

John Medeski is a highly sought-after improviser and band leader. Medeski’s projects range from work with John Zorn, The Word (Robert Randolph, North Mississippi Allstars), Phil Lesh, Don Was, John Scofield, Coheed & Cambria, Susana Baca, Sean Lennon, Marc Ribot, Irma Thomas, Blind Boys of Alabama, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and many others. He released his first solo piano record, A Different Time, on Sony’s Okeh Records in 2013; current projects include a new album in the works with his band MadSkillet (Terrence Higgins, Kirk Joseph, Will Bernard), and Hudson (a collaboration with Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, and Larry Grenadier), plus a documentary on his trio Medeski Martin & Wood. Classically trained, he grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida where as a teenager he played with Jaco Pastorius before attending the New England Conservatory.