Melford, Myra / Trio M / Big Picture
Album: | Big Picture | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Melford, Myra / Trio M | Added: | Oct 2007 | |
Label: | Cryptogramophone |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2008-01-06 | Pull Date: | 2008-03-10 | Charts: | Jazz |
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Week Ending: | Mar 9 | Mar 2 | Feb 10 | Feb 3 | Jan 27 | Jan 13 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Jan 08, 2016: | Rebop
Freekonomics, Secrets To Tell You, Modern Pine |
4. | May 02, 2008: | Memory Select
Naive Art |
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2. | Nov 06, 2015: | Rebop
Brainfire And Buglight |
5. | Mar 07, 2008: | Memory Select
Modern Pine |
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3. | Jun 19, 2009: | Memory Select
For Bradford |
6. | Feb 29, 2008: | Memory Select
Naive Art |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2008-01-01
Reviewed 2008-01-01
Piano/bass/drums, accessible but in unconventional terms, as you'd expect from the members: Myra Melford (piano), Mark Dresser (bass), Matt Wilson (drums). Call it "free jazz," I suppose -- music with ties to the jazz tradition but a freedom to go beyond standard forms. Should appeal to "inside" jazz fans, especially 1,2,5. Many tracks start slow, but don't be fooled -- all but #6 get cooking as the players dig in.
1- (7:35) Upbeat; gets into mid/fast, hard-stepping tempo as all three members trade off quick little solos. Yes!
2- (5:13) Loose mid/fast, wandering, chipper. Lingering intro.
3- (5:41) Bursty activity: Halting splashes of aggressive playing, almost like a game. Even some gospel motifs.
4- (13:22) Lightly jittery, darting. Gets into some hyper-bebop moments, great fun. Second half is slower, lingering, with lots of bowed bass.
5- (6:54) Jazzy melody, a touch of blues. Could pass for club jazz although it catches fire and thrashes a bit later on.
6- (6:00) ECM-like: Atmospheric bowed bass, expansive piano chords. Pretty.
7- (5:23) Classical riff, into a stiff and catchy beat as the piano continues to wander.
1- (7:35) Upbeat; gets into mid/fast, hard-stepping tempo as all three members trade off quick little solos. Yes!
2- (5:13) Loose mid/fast, wandering, chipper. Lingering intro.
3- (5:41) Bursty activity: Halting splashes of aggressive playing, almost like a game. Even some gospel motifs.
4- (13:22) Lightly jittery, darting. Gets into some hyper-bebop moments, great fun. Second half is slower, lingering, with lots of bowed bass.
5- (6:54) Jazzy melody, a touch of blues. Could pass for club jazz although it catches fire and thrashes a bit later on.
6- (6:00) ECM-like: Atmospheric bowed bass, expansive piano chords. Pretty.
7- (5:23) Classical riff, into a stiff and catchy beat as the piano continues to wander.
Track Listing
1. | Brainfire And Buglight | 4. | Big Picture | |||
2. | For Bradford | 5. | Modern Pine | |||
3. | Naive Art | 6. | Secrets To Tell You | |||
7. | Freekonomics |