John Medeski....

Something Else! Reviews.
Boy, is it ever. From the setting to the instrument to the very label it’s appearing on, John Medeski’s aptly named forthcoming album speaks to a different time — a time long, long before his more recent genre-melting experiments with the likes of Martin Medeski and Wood and Spectrum Road.

PopMatters
A Different Time is a solo piano album, and a rather somber one at that. Medeski’s dynamic range never peaks above the tame, mild cocktail happy hours of neighborhoods long deserted by young hooligans who crave a major-tight organ solo

The Huffington Post
A Different Time: A Conversation with John Medeski, Chatting with 2Cellos, and Thom Chacon’s “”Chasing The Pain”" Exclusive As a kid I played for cocktail hours, dinners, receptions. That’s what you do as a piano player. Solo is just a normal part of the piano player’s life.

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