MSMW is an abbreviation for Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood. A collaborative album from the experimental jazz trio of Medeski, Martin & Wood and contemporary jazz composer and guitarist John Scofield. These artists share a familiar approach, having rich fusion and free jazz history with a fondness for improv to the point where they have spent a fair amount of time touring on the jam band circuit. They had previously worked together on John Scofield's 1998 album A Go Go, but Out Louder is the first album(as of writing) to be listed under all four musician's names, and arguably the first to show full collaborative melding of artistic styles as A Go Go was comprised of John Scofield compositions with MMW adding their influences through interpretation. Out Louder also stands as the inaugural release on MMW's own independent label indirecto records.

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