Shack-man
# Shack-man

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| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | |

Shack-man is an album by experimental jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood, released in 1996.

It peaked at #7 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.

## Production

The album was recorded in an isolated shack in Hawaii, with power supplied by solar energy and generators.

## Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "the best example to date of the trio's cerebral fusion of soul-jazz, hip-hop, and post-punk worldbeat." New York wrote that "the changes are episodic, as in funk, rather than conversational, as in jazz." Relix called it a "dark, funky dorm room breakthrough."

The Cleveland Scene wrote that the group "made it cool to groove again with 1996's Shack Man, a Hammond-hammered Phish-lot mainstay that opened the door for instrumental improv groups like Soulive and Particle."

## Track listing

All music by Medeski Martin & Wood except where noted.

* "Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus" (traditional, arr. by MMW) – 4:27
* "Think" – 5:16
* "Dracula" – 4:16
* "Bubblehouse" – 4:27
* "Henduck" – 4:38
* "Strance of the Spirit Red Gator" – 7:06
* "Spy Kiss" – 4:22
* "Lifeblood" – 7:06
* "Jelly Belly" – 4:42
* "Night Marchers" – 4:26
* "Kenny" – 4:43

## Performers

* John Medeski – Hammond B3 organ, clavinet, Wurlitzer electric piano, Pianet T, toy piano, Yamaha CSO1 II
* Billy Martin – drums, percussion
* Chris Wood – acoustic bass, electric basses, guitar

## Credits

* Recording engineer: David Baker
* Assisted by Carl Green and Mark Kindermann
* Mixed at IIWII, Weehawken, NJ with David Baker and Katsu Naito
* Edited at Current Sounds, NYC with Bob Ward
* Mastered by Dr. Toby Mountain, Northeastern Digital Recording
* Executive producer: Hans Wendl
* LP management: Liz Penta
* Band photo by Michael Macioce
* Artwork by Billy Martin, 1996
