| Melford, Myra/The Tent / Where the Two Worlds Touch |
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| Album: | Where the Two Worlds Touch | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Melford, Myra/The Tent | Added: | Jun 2005 | |
| Label: | Arabesque Jazz | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-06-19 | Pull Date: | 2005-08-21 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Aug 14 | Aug 7 | Jul 31 | Jul 24 | Jul 17 | Jul 10 | Jul 3 | Jun 26 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 05, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum Where the Two Worlds Touch | 4. | Jan 18, 2011: | Rebop Where the Two Worlds Touch | |
| 2. | Nov 06, 2015: | Rebop Where the Two Worlds Touch, Eight | 5. | Feb 10, 2006: | Memory Select Where the Ocean Misquotes the Sky [excerpt] | |
| 3. | Nov 29, 2011: | Rebop Where the Two Worlds Touch, Eight | 6. | Jan 13, 2006: | Memory Select No News at All |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2005-06-20 | ||
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Complex, adventurous jazz with an "outside" focus but plenty of catchy moments for "inside" fans to like. The slower tracks can be floaty and beautiful (1); the faster ones can have a crisp bite that recalls Melford's early piano-trio albums (3,6). Melford also does a lot of work on harmonium (accordion-sounding instrument) for a different feel on 4,8. Stomu Takeishi's bass adds a fluid sound. Chris Speed (sax) and Cuong Vu (trumpet) are longtime compatriots in atmosphere-painting bands like Yeah No. 1- Pretty. Floating. 2- Pleasantly complex tune with open, flowing soloing. Gets crashing and stormy. 3- Aggressive and crazy. Dramatic Spanish tinge. 4- Calm first half featuring harmonium, both solo and as a droning backdrop for others' solos. Melford switches to piano for a quiet but energetic solo, mid/fast and pretty. A patient 12-minute track. 5- Slow, with forceful gray-sky swirling 6- Brisk and upbeat 7- Expansive, atmospheric start. Solos include a driving sax segment and a fast-popping piano/drums segment. 8- A cool funky step ... into swirly, nearly Indian lines. Sluggish midtempo feel. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Eight | 5. | Secrets to Tell You | |||
| 2. | Where the Two Worlds Touch | 6. | Everything Today | |||
| 3. | Brainfire and Buglight | 7. | Hello Dreamers | |||
| 4. | Where the Ocean Misquotes... | 8. | No News at All |