Melford, Myra / Be Bread / Whole Tree Gone, The
| Album: | Whole Tree Gone, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Melford, Myra / Be Bread | Added: | Jan 2010 | |
| Label: | Firehouse 12 | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2010-03-21 | Pull Date: | 2010-05-23 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 16 | May 2 | Apr 25 | Apr 18 | Apr 11 | Mar 28 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 05, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Knocking From The Inside |
4. | Jul 31, 2010: | Music Casserole
Knocking From The Inside |
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| 2. | Nov 06, 2015: | Rebop
Through The Same Gate |
5. | May 13, 2010: | Memory Select
The Whole Tree Gone |
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| 3. | Aug 31, 2011: | Memory Select
Moon-Bird |
6. | Apr 29, 2010: | Memory Select
Moon-Bird |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2010-03-21
Reviewed 2010-03-21
MYRA MELFORD’S BE BREAD: The Whole Tree Gone
Firehouse 12, 2010
AVANT/MODERN JAZZ – Pianist Melford returns to her wide-ranging (and talent-loaded) Be Bread sextet with this idiosyncratic yet highly accessible collection, far from mainstream but not alien at all. Most of these pieces have already been in the group’s repertoire for a few years, so what we have here is the sound of mature assurance rather than the sparking creation of musicians working out new tunes.
* * * * | All tracks good. Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
1. 6:29 – warm, upbeat straight jazz: clarinet spins; piano is calm, then spirited
2. 11:02 – excellent piano intro, enigmatic tune rolls, scatters into broad emptiness & tinkly sounds; trumpet restores direction & drifts “out”
3. 8:41 – calm, soft: creeps steadily forward; rises as piano takes flight
4. 8:39 – spins lazily under trumpet; piano/clarinet duet heats up, good guitar
5. 8:34 – spacious intro; glacial movement: heavy bass, clarinet & piano
6. 6:14 – alert pace: strides forward, then everyone on separate parallel paths
7. 7:28 – chugs calmly along, almost bluesy… becomes nagging, but relaxes
8. 8:20 – bass clarinet sets up oddball strut; guitar spangs, piano digs in!
[ Fo ] 03/21/10
Firehouse 12, 2010
AVANT/MODERN JAZZ – Pianist Melford returns to her wide-ranging (and talent-loaded) Be Bread sextet with this idiosyncratic yet highly accessible collection, far from mainstream but not alien at all. Most of these pieces have already been in the group’s repertoire for a few years, so what we have here is the sound of mature assurance rather than the sparking creation of musicians working out new tunes.
* * * * | All tracks good. Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
1. 6:29 – warm, upbeat straight jazz: clarinet spins; piano is calm, then spirited
2. 11:02 – excellent piano intro, enigmatic tune rolls, scatters into broad emptiness & tinkly sounds; trumpet restores direction & drifts “out”
3. 8:41 – calm, soft: creeps steadily forward; rises as piano takes flight
4. 8:39 – spins lazily under trumpet; piano/clarinet duet heats up, good guitar
5. 8:34 – spacious intro; glacial movement: heavy bass, clarinet & piano
6. 6:14 – alert pace: strides forward, then everyone on separate parallel paths
7. 7:28 – chugs calmly along, almost bluesy… becomes nagging, but relaxes
8. 8:20 – bass clarinet sets up oddball strut; guitar spangs, piano digs in!
[ Fo ] 03/21/10
Track Listing
| 1. | Through The Same Gate | 5. | A Generation Comes And Another Goes | |||
| 2. | Moon-Bird | 6. | I See A Horizon | |||
| 3. | Night | 7. | On The Lip Of Insanity | |||
| 4. | The Whole Tree Gone | 8. | Knocking From The Inside |