Oscilloscope Laboratories and MVD Entertainment Group have released Not Not Jazz. The new documentary presents an in-depth look at the improvisation and creative process honed by Medeski Martin & Wood through the process of new studio work, recorded at Allaire Studios 25 years after their formation. The film is available now on Blu-Ray and DVD here, in addition to VOD. 

Notably, the video previously premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival, located in close proximity to New York’s Hudson Valley, where much of the documentation occurred. Later, it screened at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tenn., adding to heightened intrigue. Directed by Jason Miller and produced by Tyler Davidson, Jim Stark and Elie Weiss, the video merges the space between avant-garde improvisation and groove-based jazz, amalgamating band history and happenings that led to Medeski Martin & Wood’s quarter-century endeavor. 

In a press release, Miller previously said, “I am deeply grateful to have met John, Billy, and Chris and to have been entrusted with documenting their process as musicians and exploring their personal lives. It’s been a long and arduous journey to get the film made and released,  and I learned a lot from them along the way. It’s my hope that everyone who watches the film will take something away as well.”

From the group’s entrance onto the New York Downtown scene in the early ‘90s to seemingly constant cross-country travels, Medeski Martin & Wood track their approach and refine their sound considering influential experimentations, a centerpiece of their interplay.

Watch the official trailer below.