Equal Interest live at Yoshi's, Oakland, California

Equal Interest

Yoshi's

Oakland CA

June 19, 1999 (late show)

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total time: 77:35

Joseph Jarman - winds (alto sax, bass flute, flute, shawm), percussion
Leroy Jenkins - violin
Myra Melford - piano, harmonium

acoustic performance (no PA amplifiction used)


Some more Joseph Jarman coming up. This is a trio setting, wholly acoustic, without any backup from bass and regular drums, except the occasional percussion. Leroy Jenkins is a veteran of the AACM, notably for his long engagement with the Revolutionary Ensemble. Myra Melford is a pianist with a diverse background in classical music as well as jazz and blues and as can be heard from this performance, went to India and learnt to play the harmonium.

Together they weave a tapestry of chambre-like intimacy naeatly summarised in this review: The through-composed nature of much of the material along with the spare instrumentation contributes to a delicate chamber-like feel, but it’s balanced by an unusual, folksy strain of tranquillity; equally beautiful, hearty and fragile, all at once. See https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/equal-interest-equal-interest.

We'll have some more from this ensemble later on.

Myra Melford "Snowy Egret" 23 marzo 2016 Locandina IL CARTELLONE JAZZ & WINE OF PEACE mp2

Myra Melford "Snowy Egret"
pianoforte, melodica Myra Melford
tromba Ron Miles
chitarra Liberty Ellman
basso acustico Stomu Takeishi
batteria Ted Poor

Registrato alla Cantina Renato Keber, Cormòns, il 25 ottobre 2015

Myra Melford & Marty Ehrlich - Live in Genoa '06

"Playing as a duo since 2000, Marty Ehrlich and Myra Melford have
been proving for some years what a number of jazz musicians are just
beginning to appreciate; given the right understanding and approach,
less can be more. The paired down effect of just their two instruments
playing off each other leaves room for the listener's imagination to fill
in all the spaces they have so artfully placed into context."

Rec. live at "Teatro Gustavo Modena", Genoa, Italy,
on November 24, 2006 (mix recording)

Myra Melford,piano
Marty Ehrlich,reeds,flute

1. Be Melting Snow [M.Melford] (08:18)
2. Through The Same Gate [M.Melford] (09:07)
3. Images Of Time [A.Hill] (07:24)
4. March Fantastique [M.Ehlrich] (10:16)
5. A Generation Comes And Another Goes [M.Melford] (06:52)
6. Up Do [R.Holcomb] (05:49)
7. Hymn [M.Ehlrich] (12:03)
8. Don’t You Know [O.Spann] (04:55)
9. Natural World [R.Holcomb] (06:32)

Total Time 1:11:18

Out To Lunch - Live in Paris '09

i've got this recording from "Ilario" some days ago, apparently one
of the many Dolphy tributes, in fact one of the best of the last years,
together with that by Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra.
The group was formed in March 2008 for a concert in homage to
E.Dolphy's album at Merkin Concert Hall,NYC, and, during March
2009, they did a short tour in Europe.

Rec. live at "Festival Banlieues Bleues", Paris, France, on March 8th,
2009 (radio broadcast)

Roy Nathanson,alto & soprano saxophones
Russ Johnson,trumpet
Myra Melford,piano
Brad Jones,bass
Georges Schuller,drums

1. Hat And Beard [E.Dolphy] (13:17)
2. Something Sweet, Something Tender [E.Dolphy] (07:36)
3. Gazzelloni [E.Dolphy] (06:57)
4. Out to Lunch [E.Dolphy] (11:53)
5. Straight Up And Down [E.Dolphy] (11:52)
6. Blue Devil [G.Schuller] (09:56)
7. So Long, Eric [C.Mingus] (11:21)
8. Love Suite [E.Dolphy] (02:57)

Total Time 75:48