The Dropper
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| The Dropper | ||||
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| Released | October 24, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2000 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz funk Acid jazz Jam band | |||
| Length | 60:40 | |||
| Label | Blue Note[1] | |||
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| Medeski Martin & Wood chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
The Dropper is the sixth studio album by avant-jazz-funk organ trio Medeski, Martin & Wood.[5][6]
The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[7]
The Washington Post wrote: "In many ways the chaotic and funk-soul soundscapes on MMW's The Dropper are not avant-garde but downright conservative, coming 40 years after the advent of organ jazz and 30 after free jazz."[8] Exclaim! called The Dropper "their crankiest, most difficult album to date, as they wade into pointy-headed jazz-funk realms, but that's only because they've burrowed more deeply still into the funk."[2] The Riverfront Times thought that "Medeski's particularly compelling in his style, banging on keyboards with a precise recklessness, and he expands his keyboard army by, it seems, dozens of instruments."[9]
