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Myra Melford + Ben Goldberg: Dialogue
by Mark F. Turner
In their first duo release Dialogue avant-garde jazz pianist Myra Melford and clarinetist Ben Goldberg's two instruments move in tandem yet independently, complimenting one another while exhibiting distinct qualities. At the forefront of open-minded music, the two have worked together in other ensembles yet performed sporadically as a duo since 2008. A 2013 Guggenheim Fellow, Melford is a fearless improviser and bandleader of several groups with exceptional recordings The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse 12, 2010) and Snowy Egret(Yellobird,2015). A consummate ...
Continue ReadingJazz&Wine of Peace 2015
by Neri Pollastri
Jazz&Wine of Peace Festival Cormons, Collio, Nova Gorica, Goriška Brda 22-25.10.2015 Diciottesima edizione del festival friulano, come gli ultimi anni ampiamente disseminato nel territorio circostante, per cantine, ville e chiese, non solo in territorio italiano ma anche nell'adiacente Brda slovena. Dopo alcuni prologhi, il più importante dei quali era il solo dell'emergente e autorevole fisarmonicista francese Vincent Peirani, la rassegna si è aperta la sera di Giovedì 22 ottobre con un concerto ...
Continue ReadingMyra Melford: Snowy Egret
by Hrayr Attarian
Restlessly innovative pianist and composer Myra Melford brings her exploratory approach and her adventurous melodic sense to her 2015 release Snowy Egret with her new ensemble of the same name. The inspiration for this intriguing album is Uruguayan author Eduardo Galleano's Memory of Fire trilogy. Originally part of a multimedia performance called the “Language of Dreams" the music, full of provocative harmonic ideas and a cinematic ambience, plays as a soundtrack of an art film.The haunting and wistful ...
Continue ReadingMyra Melford: Snowy Egret
by Vincenzo Roggero
Snowy Egret fa parte di un ampio e ambizioso progetto articolato in immagini, performance di danza, recitazione e musica, denominato Language of Dreams e ispirato a “Memory of Fire" trilogia sulla storia delle Americhe dell'autore uruguaiano Eduardo Galeano. In linea con l'estetica della pianista di Chicago la musica di Snowy Egret risulta sofisticata, rigorosa nelle sue geometrie, articolata nello sviluppo, complessa nei significati, percepibile a più livelli ma con una linea comunicativa più diretta e immediata che la rendono maggiormente ...
Continue ReadingMyra Melford: Snowy Egret
by Glenn Astarita
Based on her multidimensional jazz schematics amid associations with like-minded artists nestled in the modern wave of jazz composers and improvisers, you wouldn't expect pianist, Myra Melford to compose works based on evening strolls in the park or mundane issues, for example. With her top-flight ensemble, Melford frames this plot on Eduardo Galeano's lucid and poetic Memory of Fire trilogy, concerning historical facets of the Western Hemisphere. And as surmised, the pianist consummates a broad perspective with these incandescent tomes, ...
Continue ReadingMyra Melford: Life Carries Me This Way
by Mark Corroto
All great artists turn their listeners into voyeurs, allowing them an intimate glimpse into their private thoughts. For pianist Myra Melford the invitation has been a long time coming. After twenty-plus years of recording, Life Carries Me This Way is her first solo session. She has drawn praise for her recent work in the collaborative Trio M with Matt Wilson and Mark Dresser, her quintet Snowy Egret, the electric-acoustic Be Bread, and a duo project Dialogue with Ben ...
Continue ReadingMyra Melford: Life Carries Me This Way
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Myra Melford's first solo disc, Life Carries Me This Way, is a musical exploration the paintings of California visual artist Don Reich. Rendering a painting--an art form that can be taken in at once, with one look--and addressing its moods, colors, shapes and textures over the course of a composition is not a easy task. Though in jazz, it's certainly not unheard of. The connection between abstract art and the improvisation-based music goes back at least to pianist Dave ...
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