Mental Shake is a live album by saxophonist Peter Brötzmann (whose last name is spelled "Broetzmann" on the cover), vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, double bassist John Edwards, and drummer Steve Noble.

[1][2][3] In a 5-star review for All About Jazz, John Sharpe wrote: "Brötzmann launches the single set long piece with his customary banshee wail, cutting through an unusually dense wall of sound in which the vibes evoke the demented tolling of church bells to signal mayhem afoot.

"[4] The Free Jazz Collective's Matthew Grigg noted that "much of the feel of this record is of the trio playing behind Broetzmann, lending an almost classically 'leader and side-men' sensation to the date.

"[5] FJC reviewer Martin Schray stated that the album is "absolutely entertaining and can give you pure joy," and commented: "there are parts to which you could even dance... Brötzmann, the old snake charmer on acid, sometimes sounds as if he was 30 again.

When bass, drums and sax tumble into boiling turmoil, Adasiewicz floats over the top with an echoing, cosmic shimmer, as though glancing up from the furious engine to navigate by the stars...