Shack-man
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| Shack-man | ||||
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| Released | October 15, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | June 1996 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz-funk, soul jazz, acid jazz | |||
| Length | 55:29 | |||
| Label | Rykodisc[1] Gramavision | |||
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| Medeski Martin & Wood chronology | ||||
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Shack-man is the fourth album by experimental jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood, released in 1996.[1][3][4] It was widely considered their commercial breakthrough, peaking at No. 7 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[5]
The album was recorded in an isolated shack in Hawaii, with power supplied by solar energy and generators.[6]
Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [8] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [2] |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | [9] |
AllMusic called the album "the best example to date of the trio's cerebral fusion of soul-jazz, hip-hop, and post-punk worldbeat."[7] New York wrote that "the changes are episodic, as in funk, rather than conversational, as in jazz."[10] Relix called it a "dark, funky dorm room breakthrough."[11]
The Cleveland Scene wrote that the group "made it cool to groove again with 1996s Shack-man, a Hammond-hammered Phish-lot mainstay that opened the door for instrumental improv groups like Soulive and Particle."[12]
