Friday Afternoon in the Universe | ||||
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Released | January 24, 1995 | |||
Recorded | July 24-July 26, 1994 (Sears Sound, NYC) January–February 1994 (Puna, Hawaii) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Gramavision[1] | |||
Producer | Medeski Martin & Wood, David Baker, Jim Payne | |||
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Friday Afternoon in the Universe is an album by the experimental jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood.[2][3] The album title is taken from the opening sentence of "Old Angel Midnight", by Jack Kerouac.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
Robert Christgau | B−[5] |
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Trouser Press wrote: "Short, rough-hewn vignettes like 'Paper Bass' and 'Tea' are pure improvisation, instantaneous explorations building into massive, irresistible grooves."[7] The Washington Post stated that "the three players move as one through impressionistic, atmospheric patches into driving funk grooves and then off onto spacey tangents."[1]
All music by Medeski Martin & Wood except where noted in parentheses.