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Alister Spence and Myra Melford: Everything Here Is Possible

by Eyal Hareuveni
October 18, 2014

This exceptional piano duo featuring American Myra Melford and Sydney-based Australian Alister Spence, known for his local trio and an acclaimed duo with Scottish saxophonist Raymond MacDonald ; (Stepping Behind The Shadows, Rufus, 2012), was recorded during late 2012 while Melford toured Australia with her Trio M. The pianist/composers got to know each other through a ...

Mark Dresser: Nourishments

by Dave Wayne
January 29, 2014

Well-established as one of the foremost virtuoso contrabassists on the face of the planet, Mark Dresser has turned his attention to a variety of other projects over the past few years. The former member of Anthony Braxton's “classic" quartet with drummer Gerry Hemingway and pianist Marilyn Crispell, Dresser's best known recent work has been with drummer ...

The Guest House

By Trio M

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: The Guest House; Don Knotts; Kind Of Nine; Sat Nam; Hope (for the Cause); The Promised Land; Tele Mojo; Al; Even Birds Have Homes (to return to); Ekoneni.

Trio M: The Guest House

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 23, 2012

La formula è quella canonica del trio con piano-basso e batteria, ma la classe dei musicisti è tale e tanta da generare un avvincente flusso sonoro che fluttua liberamente. Già il brano iniziale è paradigmatico di una fluida ridefinizione del modello seguito, con sontuosi contrasti fra linee cantabili ed armonizzazioni scure e dissonanti. Qui basso e ...

Drummer Matt Wilson Interviewed at All About Jazz...And More!

February 13, 2012

Drummer Matt Wilson must surely be in the running for the title of hardest-working man in jazz. Wilson is a composer, bandleader, producer and teacher. As a leader, his projects include the Matt Wilson Quartet, Arts & Crafts, Christmas Tree-O and the Carl Sandburg Project. He has been in bands with luminaries such as Joe Lovano, ...

Trio M: The Guest House

by Troy Collins
February 13, 2012

Historically, the most revered jazz piano trios tend to erase the distinction between leader and accompanist; empathetic listening skills and quicksilver responsiveness enable adroit performers to spontaneously shape the melodic, harmonic and rhythmic contours of the music in democratic fashion. The esteemed Trio M, whose personnel boasts pianist Myra Melford, bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Matt ...

The Guest House

By Trio M

Label: Okka Disk
Released: 2011

Under the Big Top: Detroit's 31st Year Hits a High Note

by C. Andrew Hovan
October 5, 2010

31st Annual Detroit Intermational Jazz FestivalHart PlazaDetroit, MichiganSeptember 3-6, 2010Last year may have been their 30th anniversary year, but this past Labor Day weekend, The Detroit Jazz Festival pulled out all the stops for what had to be one of the most memorable line-ups of recent memory. Mother Nature would cooperate ...

Big Picture

By Trio M

Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2008
Track listing: brainFire and bugLight; For Bradford; Na