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Myra Melford (05 Jan 1957 - )

Female Person - United States US avant-garde jazz pianist and composer

Releases (7)

Official

Album

  1. Even the Sounds Shine 1995
  2. The Same River, Twice 1996
  3. Where the Two Worlds Touch 03 May 2004
  4. The Guest House 10 Feb 2012
  5. Life Carries Me This Way 2013
  6. Snowy Egret 24 Mar 2015
  7. 12 from 25 02 Nov 2018

Relationships (11)

Students

  1. Sivan Eldar composition

Founded

  1. Be Bread

Member Of

  1. Equal Interest (1997) original, harmonium, piano
  2. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret original, eponymous, melodica, piano
  3. Myra Melford Trio original, eponymous, piano
  4. Myra Melford’s Fire and Water Quintet original, eponymous, piano
  5. Mark Taylor Quintet
  6. Be Bread grand piano, harmonium
  7. The Same River, Twice grand piano
  8. Trio M
  9. Tiger Trio

Recordings by (58)

  1. Jump 8:07 (1990)
  2. Some Kind of Blues 8:40 (1990)
  3. Frank Lloyd Wright Goes West to Rest 4:48 (1990)
  4. The World Wears Away 5:19 (1990)
  5. Sun on the Sound 7:57 (1990)
  6. Once Again 6:22 (1990)
  7. Only in Change (In memory of M. A. Melford) 7:04 (1990)
  8. Even The Sounds Shine 11:00 (1995)
  9. La Mezquita Suite (Duet, Waltz, La Mezquita, If Not Love) In Memory Of Lona Foote 25:12 (1995)
  10. That The Peace 12:44 (1995)
  11. Part II Frank Lloyd Wright Goes West To Rest 8:43 (1995)
  12. Evening Might Still 12:59 (1995)
  13. Bound Unbound 5:13 (1996)
  14. Crush 15:42 (1996)
  15. Changes I & II 8:37 (1996)
  16. Drawing in the Dark 8:40 (1996)
  17. The Large Ends the Way 24:40 (1996)
  18. Eight 3:18 (03 May 2004)
  19. Where the Two Worlds Touch (For Andrew Hill) 7:32 (03 May 2004)
  20. Brainfire and Buglight 6:06 (03 May 2004)
  21. Where the Ocean Misquotes the Sky 11:59 (03 May 2004)
  22. Secrets to Tell You 5:23 (03 May 2004)
  23. Everything Today 2:37 (03 May 2004)
  24. Hello Dreamers 10:04 (03 May 2004)
  25. No News at All 5:59 (03 May 2004)
  26. Be Melting Snow 12:37 (2009)
  27. The Guest House 8:09 (10 Feb 2012)
  28. The Promised Land 5:16 (10 Feb 2012)
  29. Even Birds Have Homes (To Return To ) 7:23 (10 Feb 2012)
  30. Park Mechanics 7:37 (2013)
  31. Red Beach 5:17 (2013)
  32. Red Land (For Don Reich) 7:28 (2013)
  33. Piano Music 6:31 (2013)
  34. Japanese Music 4:11 (2013)
  35. Attic 6:16 (2013)
  36. Curtain 6:03 (2013)
  37. Moonless Night 3:29 (2013)
  38. Barcelona 1:43 (2013)
  39. Sagrada Familia 2:54 (2013)
  40. Still Life 4:19 (2013)
  41. Language 5:27 (24 Mar 2015)
  42. Night of Sorrow 6:43 (24 Mar 2015)
  43. Promised Land 5:43 (24 Mar 2015)
  44. Ching Ching / For Love of Fruit 5:31 (24 Mar 2015)
  45. The Kitchen 6:55 (24 Mar 2015)
  46. Times of Sleep and Fate 5:50 (24 Mar 2015)
  47. Little Pockets / Everybody Pays Taxes 4:32 (24 Mar 2015)
  48. First Protest 5:29 (24 Mar 2015)
  49. The Virgin of Guadalupe 8:33 (24 Mar 2015)
  50. The Strawberry 5:36 (24 Mar 2015)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Telepathy: Poetry/Music Suite 12:38 Thulani Davis, Lindsey Horner, Jeff Hoyer, Oliver Lake, Myra Melford, Jeffrey Schanzer, Bernadette Speach (1988) piano
  2. Only in Change (In memory of M. A. Melford) 7:04 Myra Melford (1990) piano
  3. Jump 8:07 Myra Melford (1990) piano
  4. Some Kind of Blues 8:40 Myra Melford (1990) piano
  5. Once Again 6:22 Myra Melford (1990) piano
  6. The World Wears Away 5:19 Myra Melford (1990) piano
  7. Frank Lloyd Wright Goes West to Rest 4:48 Myra Melford (1990) piano
  8. Sun on the Sound 7:57 Myra Melford (1990) piano
  9. Via Talciona 12:20 Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris (1991) piano
  10. Food Chain Dialogue 7:40 Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris (1991) piano
  11. The Bartok Comprovisation 7:11 Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris (1991) piano
  12. Othello A 7:08 Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris (1991) piano
  13. Othello B 8:05 Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris (1991) piano
  14. Dust to Dust, second and third parts 7:39 Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris (1991) piano
  15. Over the River Club 9:24 Henry Threadgill (1994) piano
  16. Part II Frank Lloyd Wright Goes West To Rest 8:43 Myra Melford (1995) piano
  17. Conduction #38 46:08 Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris (1995) piano
  18. Conduction #38, E 5:56 Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris (1995) piano
  19. Noisy Flowers 6:42 Henry Threadgill (1995) piano
  20. Christ Mass 8:27 Carol Emanuel (1995) harpsichord
  21. Many-banded Krait 11:02 John Zorn (1995) synthesizer
  22. La Mezquita Suite (Duet, Waltz, La Mezquita, If Not Love) In Memory Of Lona Foote 25:12 Myra Melford (1995) piano
  23. Evening Might Still 12:59 Myra Melford (1995) piano
  24. That The Peace 12:44 Myra Melford (1995) piano
  25. Conduction #39, E 3:06 Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris (1995) piano
  26. Conduction #40, E 8:00 Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris (1995) piano
  27. Even The Sounds Shine 11:00 Myra Melford (1995) piano
  28. Music Walk (version for five pianists) 13:38 Borah Bergman, Joseph Kubera, Myra Melford, Fumiko Miyanoo, Joshua Pierce (1996) piano
  29. Crush 15:42 Myra Melford (1996) piano
  30. The First Mass 2:33 Myra Melford & Han Bennink (1996) piano
  31. Now 2:05 Myra Melford & Han Bennink (1996) piano
  32. And Now 2:51 Myra Melford & Han Bennink (1996) piano
  33. The Maple Leaf Rag 3:01 Myra Melford & Han Bennink (1996) piano
  34. Frank Goes To 7:23 Myra Melford & Han Bennink (1996) piano
  35. The Death of Danny Love 7:34 Myra Melford Trio (1996) piano
  36. Bound Unbound 5:13 Myra Melford (1996) piano
  37. Drawing in the Dark 8:40 Myra Melford (1996) piano
  38. And Now Some Blues 4:43 Myra Melford & Han Bennink (1996) piano
  39. How Long Blues 5:31 Myra Melford & Han Bennink (1996) piano
  40. The Large Ends the Way 24:40 Myra Melford (1996) piano
  41. Which Way Is That? 9:24 Myra Melford & Han Bennink (1996) piano
  42. Changes I & II 8:37 Myra Melford (1996) piano
  43. Three Ghosts 5:11 Myra Melford & Han Bennink (1996) piano
  44. Another Mess 4:48 Myra Melford & Han Bennink (1996) piano
  45. Some Relief 1:12 Myra Melford & Han Bennink (1996) piano

Produced

  1. Drawing in the Dark 8:40 Myra Melford (1996)
  2. Crush 15:42 Myra Melford (1996)
  3. Bound Unbound 5:13 Myra Melford (1996)
  4. Changes I & II 8:37 Myra Melford (1996)
  5. The Large Ends the Way 24:40 Myra Melford (1996)

Credited as (18)

  1. Myra Melford
  2. Myra Melford & Tanya Kalmanovitch
  3. Myra Melford & Han Bennink
  4. Myra Melford & Marty Ehrlich
  5. J.A. Deane / Myra Melford / Joseph Sabella
  6. J.A. Deane & Myra Melford
  7. Marty Ehrlich & Myra Melford
  8. Satoko Fujii & Myra Melford
  9. Mark Taylor Quintet with Myra Melford
  10. Steven Lugerner; Myra Melford, Matt Wilson, Darren Johnston
  11. Chris Jonas' The Sun Spits Cherries featuring Myra Melford
  12. Thulani Davis, Lindsey Horner, Jeff Hoyer, Oliver Lake, Myra Melford, Jeffrey Schanzer, Bernadette Speach
  13. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis feat. Myra Melford
  14. Myra Melford • The Same River, Twice
  15. Joseph Kubera, Myra Melford, Joshua Pierce
  16. Borah Bergman, Joseph Kubera, Myra Melford, Fumiko Miyanoo, Joshua Pierce
  17. Alex Cline, Jeff Gauthier, Myra Melford, Peggy Lee & Scott Walton
  18. Myra Melford + Ben Goldberg

Works (69)

Composed

  1. Over This / Living Music
  2. The Beauty We Love
  3. Changes I & II
  4. Drawing in the Dark
  5. The Large Ends the Way
  6. The Promised Land
  7. The Migration of Fish
  8. Be Melting Snow
  9. Yet Can Spring
  10. Here Is Only Moment
  11. Utsubo
  12. Even Birds Have Homes (To Return to)
  13. brainFire and bugLight
  14. Night
  15. Big Picture
  16. Crush
  17. Three Ghosts
  18. Which Way Is That?
  19. Frank Goes To
  20. The First Mass
  21. Insertion One
  22. Insertion Two
  23. Insertion Three A + B
  24. Insertion Four
  25. Insertion Five
  26. For the Love of Fire and Water: I
  27. For the Love of Fire and Water: II
  28. For the Love of Fire and Water: III
  29. For the Love of Fire and Water: IV
  30. For the Love of Fire and Water: V
  31. For the Love of Fire and Water: VI
  32. For the Love of Fire and Water: VII
  33. For the Love of Fire and Water: VIII
  34. For the Love of Fire and Water: IX
  35. For the Love of Fire and Water: X
  36. And Now
  37. Now
  38. And Now Some Blues
  39. Even The Sounds Shine
  40. La Mezquita Suite (Duet, Waltz, La Mezquita, If Not Love) In Memory Of Lona Foote
  41. That The Peace
  42. Part II Frank Lloyd Wright Goes West To Rest
  43. Evening Might Still
  44. All but Live
  45. White Flower Grows in the Quietness
  46. Above Blue
  47. Through Storm's Embrace
  48. Still in After's Shadow
  49. Eight
  50. Where the Two Worlds Touch (For Andrew Hill)
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Events (6)

Main Performer At

  1. Crush Quartet at The Stone, NYC grand piano
  2. Be Bread Sextet at The Stone, NYC grand piano
  3. The Stone Residencies: Allison Miller and Myra Melford grand piano
  4. The Stone Residencies: Spindrift for Leroy Jenkins grand piano
  5. Duo Dialogue at The Stone, NYC grand piano
  6. Myra Melford with Miya Masaoka and Mary Halvorson at The Stone, NYC grand piano

Links (11)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.myramelford.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/myra_melford
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13948892k
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n91003446
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91003446
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134860063

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/436410

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/295435

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000003078

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/61737399

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275289