At the front of the jam-band pack in terms of popularity, the String Cheese Incident are notable for their combination of bluegrass, rock, jazz, and R&B influences. The Colorado-based band developed a huge grass-roots following with their blend of im…

A jam band coming out of the Midwest in the mid-90s Umphreys McGee edged toward the Frank Zappa side of the improv rock scale as opposed to the Grateful DeadAllman Brothers Band direction espoused by many of their contemporaries like the Big Wu The …

The funkified jazz trio Medeski, Martin & Wood plays fusion music by way of the downtown New York avant scene of the 1990s. John Medeski's fuzzy keyboards are equally indebted to the Meters, Jimmy Smith, and Sun Ra; and Chris Wood and Billy Martin pr…

Comprised of the unlikely trio of Trey Anastasio Les Claypool and Stewart Copeland of Phish Primus and Police fame respectively the supergroup Oysterhead first came together for an intended one-off gig at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in…