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Myra Melford/The Tent: Where the Two Worlds Touch
by John Kelman
At its best music should transcend any technical evaluation; it should just be. All too often people (read: critics) assess the skill involved in creating a specific work, forgetting about whether or not it succeeds on purely a gut level. Pianist Myra Melford's latest project, The Tent, manages to rise above such pedestrian considerations, instead demanding ...
Myra Melford/The Tent: When The Two Worlds Touch
by Jerry D'Souza
Poetry has its own essence. Myra Melford was inspired by the words of Jelaluddin Rumi, the founder of the Mevlevi order of dervishes who are, perhaps, more recognisable as the Whirling Dervishes. Rumi’s words have undoubtedly cast a spell, but the music here goes well beyond that. Melford has a clasp on Hindustani music that she ...
Dave Douglas: Brave New World
by AAJ Staff
Trumpeter / composer Dave Douglas has been creating new worlds for listeners for the past decade. His ethereal writing style for unconventional configurations transports audiences into unfamiliar territory. These distinctive compositions combined with his astonishing technique and expressionist improvisations have brought him critical and public acclaim as a visionary of his generation. The diversity of his ...
Yet Can Spring
By Myra Melford
Label: Arabesque Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: Yet Can Spring; Duiloquy; Here Is Only Moment; The Open Return; March Fantastique; The Natural World; Yellow Are Crowds of Flowers, I; Don't You Know.
Myra Melford/Marty Ehrlich: Yet Can Spring
by AAJ Staff
From the opening notes of Yet Can Spring, it's clear that Myra Melford and Marty Ehrlich occupy common ground. It's not common in any other sense of the word, though. These two players each have a unique perspective on the intersection of straight-ahead improvisation with its freer forms, and both dwell eagerly at the interface. At ...
Myra Melford and Marty Ehrlich: Yet Can Spring
by AAJ Staff
Myra Melford-Marty Ehrlich: Yet Can Spring by Gerard Cox Myra Melford and Marty Ehrlich are prominent musicians in a new school of the jazz avant-garde whose credo might speak something like this: “yeah, we're cool with playing out, but don't think that because of that we're not able to deal with and respect the jazz tradition, ...
Myra Melford - Marty Ehrlich: Yet Can Spring
by Glenn Astarita
With Yet Can Spring, two esteemed modern jazz virtuosos unite for their first ever duet outing. And while multi-woodwind expert Marty Ehrlich has recorded with pianist Myra Melford’s magnificent “Extended Ensemble”, the twosome tempers the climate with this altogether comprehensive presentation consisting of eight multihued and cleverly articulated portraitures. The duo employs a layered yet democratic ...
Myra Melford: Dance Beyond The Color
by Mark Corroto
My first exposure to pianist Myra Melford some years ago led me to believe she was a European jazz artist. Her Western European classical approach to the avant-garde keyboard was closer to Misha Mengelberg than Herbie Nichols. Recently, I learned she was born outside of Chicago and upon hearing her latest trio, Crush, I reinterpreted her ...
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