Search - Myra Melford's Be Bread :: The Whole Tree Gone

Inventive, textured, compelling

Curious Skeptic | New York CIty | 02/11/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Just picked this up. I am loving it. Such a pleasure to hear such rich music. The textures and naunces are splendid and the musicianship first-rate. The pieces go all over the place, from way outside to pleasantly tuneful. THere is a nice mix of instruments. Special kudos to Ross on guitar, of course Melford on piano, and Takeishi on bass. There is just not that much inventive music out there--not so much that works anyway. This disc does. Support it, support them. Highly recommended."

The whole sextet well done

Ali Haluk | Istanbul, Turkey | 04/13/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"inspired by mevlana rumi's poems, eastern sounds & wisdom and western modernism/avant-gardism, myra melford's compositions reach to a higher standart again. on horns cuong vu and ben goldberg, on strings brandon ross (intriguing soprano guitar sounds) and stomu takeishi suit well with melford's cecil tayloresque percussive piano style. all originals are complex but accessible. even, some tracks are "catchy" (1st track "through the same gate", third one "night" and the sixth "i see a horizon").



as rumi said "intricate sounds, not words. i catch what i can't quite make out. fire burning down along the roots, as well as the branches. the whole tree gone"... "the fire music" (like the legendary archie shepp album) burn you as well... the whole sextet well done..."