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| Myra Melford (2008) | |
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| Keyboardist and composer Myra Melford is one of the most innovative and forward-thinking musicians working today.
Critic Francis Davis has said "Myra Melford is the genuine article, possessing a refreshing, often surprising, use of melody, harmony and ensemble" and calls her "the most gifted pianist/composer to emerge from jazz since Anthony Davis". Her music is informed not only by the music of her native Chicago, from the blues and boogie-woogie through the AACM and Henry Threadgill, one of her teachers, but also by the music of India. On a Fulbright Scholarship, she studied North Indian music on the harmonium in Calcutta during 2000 and 2001. One of the results has been some compositions for The Tent and Be Bread, two of the four groups which she either leads or co-leads. In addition to performing, Myra is very active in music education, and is currently Assistant Professor of Improvisation and Jazz in the Music Department at the University of California at Berkeley. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Alice Coltrane | Translinear Light | Sita Ram | (Impulse) |
| # 2 | Gundecha Brothers | Live Concert in Calcutta | Shiva, Shiva, Shiva | Not commercially available |
| # 3 | Ornette Coleman | Town Hall Concert | Sadness | (Blue Note) |
| # 4 | Henry Threadgill & Make a Move | Where's Your Cup? | Laughing Club | (Columbia) |
| # 5 | Cecil Taylor | For Olim | Glossalalia, Part 4 | (Soul Note) |
| # 6 | Otis Spann | Good Morning, Mr Blues | Don't You Know? | (Analogue Productions) |
| # 7 | Leroy Jenkins | Solo | Blues No. 1 | (Lovely Music) |
| # 8 | Andrew Hill | Time Lines | Malachi | (Blue Note) |
| Book | Jalal al-Din Rumi, "The Essential Rumi", translated by Coleman Barks et al. | |||
| Luxury Item | A down comforter | |||
| Tim Garland
26 Apr Ben Goldberg 01 Mar Lua Hadar 08 Mar | Molly Holm
19 Apr Remy Le Boeuf 15 Mar Stephanie Nakasian 18 Jan | Marlena Shaw
29 Mar Ben Sidran 12 Apr |