| Melford, Myra / Trio M / Big Picture |
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| Album: | Big Picture | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Melford, Myra / Trio M | Added: | Oct 2007 | |
| Label: | Cryptogramophone | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-01-06 | Pull Date: | 2008-03-10 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Mar 9 | Mar 2 | Feb 10 | Feb 3 | Jan 27 | Jan 13 |
| 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 | |
| 2. | Nov 06, 2015: | Rebop Brainfire And Buglight | 5. | Mar 07, 2008: | Memory Select Modern Pine | |
| 3. | Jun 19, 2009: | Memory Select For Bradford | 6. | Feb 29, 2008: | Memory Select Naive Art |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2008-01-01 | ||
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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. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Brainfire And Buglight | 4. | Big Picture | |||
| 2. | For Bradford | 5. | Modern Pine | |||
| 3. | Naive Art | 6. | Secrets To Tell You | |||
| 7. | Freekonomics | |||||