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Myra Melford

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  • Genre: Jazz

    Location Berkeley, California, US

    Profile Views: 43879

    Last Login: 5/28/2010

    Member Since 9/7/2006

    Website http://www.myramelford.com

    Record Label Cryptogramophone, Firehouse 12

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Improvising pianist and composer Myra Melford is a sonic explorer whose career has been defined by a restless curiosity and openness to collaborative creativity Since her debut album in 1990 she has appeared on more than 30 recordings, including 19 as leader or co-leader, and performed around the world in a wide variety of settings. Together, this work has established her as a distinctive voice with what Duke Ellington scholar Reuben Jackson called “a commitment to refreshing, often surprising uses of melody, harmony and ensemble playing.” In 2000-01, she studied North Indian music on the harmonium in Calcutta, reflecting her interest in expanding her sound palette beyond the piano and in incorporating non-Western elements into her compositions. Since returning to North America she has recorded and performed extensively as a soloist, in duet with reed player Marty Ehrlich, in larger ensembles such as Be Bread, Trio M, her new quartet Happy Whistlings and with multi-media and Butoh artists. As a composer, she has received numerous commissions and grants. In 2004, she also moved into academia, joining the music faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, where she has developed and taught a series of courses in contemporary jazz and improvisation-based music for performers and composers in addition to lecturing on innovations in jazz since the 1960s and other topics in contemporary improvised music.

  • Members

    ..Be Bread Ensemble.. ..myra melford.. - piano, harmonium.. ..stomu takeishi.. - bass guitar.. ..matt wilson.. - drums.. ..brandon ross.. - guitars.. ..cuong vu.. - trumpet.. ..ben goldberg.. - clarinets.. ..Trio M.. ..myra melford.. - piano.. ..matt wilson.. - drums.. ..mark dresser.. - bass.. ..Melford-Ehrlich Duo.. ..myra melford.. - piano.. ..marty ehrlich.. - woodwinds..

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