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Uninvisible is the seventh studio album by avant-jazz-funk organ trio Medeski Martin & Wood, released by Blue Note Records in 2002.

Reception

AllMusic review by Robert L. Doerschuk awarded the album 4 stars and stated:”Uninvisible is further than ever from conventional jazz organ. While blues and funk influences are evident throughout the album, they float on a sea of shadows. Sound sources are obscure or exotic; on “Pappy Check” innovative scratching by turntablist DJ Olive creates an impression of African percussion more than club atmospherics. Even where the instrumentation is less ambiguous, the trio steers toward a filmic noir sensibility, with Medeski leading the way in unorthodox techniques. His pitch-bend solo on “Take Me Nowhere” suggests the creak of a rusty hinge, with Wood’s acoustic bass providing the anchor for his abstractions. Wood is in fact often mixed higher than Medeski, to the effect of reducing the keyboard parts to a sideline role and the album in turn to an exercise in mood more than virtuosity — an impression enhanced by a similarly eccentric shrinkage of the power guitar part on “The Edge of Night” to a barely audible background element. The rhythm is steady and stealthy, a slow-motion oscillation between live and looped tracks, most often with a hip-hop sensibility. More important, every musician on each cut plays with a belief that overplaying only subverts the goals of collective improvisation. If any one album can be said to pick up on the surreal funk explorations of latter-day Miles Davis, Uninvisible is it.”

Track listing
All tracks by Medeski Martin & Wood except where noted.

“Uninvisible” – 3:37
“I Wanna Ride You” (Medeski) – 3:28
“Your Name Is Snake Anthony” (Hampton, MMW) – 3:12
“Pappy Check” – 2:46
“Take Me Nowhere” – 4:06
“Retirement Song” – 4:47
“Ten Dollar High” – 3:42
“Where Have You Been?” – 3:37
“Reprise” (Medeski) – 0:35
“Nocturnal Transmission” – 6:37
“Smoke” – 2:46
“First Time Long Time” – 2:52
“The Edge of Night” – 3:53
“Off the Table” – 4:15

Personnel
Medeski Martin & Wood:

John Medeski – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer electric piano, clavinet, Hammond A100 organ, melodica, Mellotron, ARP String Ensemble, Hohner String Performer, Minimoog, Pro-One, Super Genie Stringer
Chris Wood – acoustic bass, electric bass
Billy Martin (aka illy B) – drums, talking drum, batá, bells, Burundi drums, pods, triangle

Guest musicians:

Danny Blume – guitars (4, 14), baritone guitar (4), ambient guitar (6, 10)
Scotty Hard – feedback (3), Nomad Rhythm Maker (5, 13), rhythm guitar (6), turntables (12)
Eddie Bobé – congas (5, 6), batá (5, 6), shekere (5, 6), bottle (5, 6), bell (5, 6)
Michael Herbst – baritone saxophone (1, 10), bass clarinet (1, 10)
Stuart D. Bogie – tenor saxophone (1, 10), contra-alto clarinet (1, 10)
Aaron Johnson – trombone (1, 10)
Jordan McLean – trumpet (1, 10), flugelhorn (1, 10)
Todd Simon – trumpet (1, 10), flugelhorn (1, 10)
DJ Olive – turntables (3, 14)
DJ P Love – turntables (4, 6, 7, 13)
Col. Bruce Hampton – vocals (3)
Brad Roberts – vocals (8)

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Released: April 9, 2002
Studios:
Bearsville (Bearsville, New York)
Shacklyn (Brooklyn, New York)
The Magic Shop (New York City, New York)
Length: 50:17
Label: Blue Note
Producer: Scotty Hard