On Saturday, February 25, at 9 and 10:30 p.m., pianist/composer Myra Melford will debut her new ensemble, Snowy Egret, at The Jazz Gallery in New York City. The interdisciplinary sextet features trumpeter Ron Miles, guitarist Liberty Ellman, electric bassist Stomu Takeishi, drummer Tyshawn Sorey and dancer Oguri.
Snowy Egret is the evolution of one of her earlier ensembles, Happy Whistlings, which she created in 2008 to perform a book of original music inspired by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano’s Memory of Fire Trilogy. In this latest incarnation, with all new personnel, the original pieces are further developed, rearranged and augmented with more recent compositions.
In addition to her own projects, such as the acoustic sextet Be Bread (heard on her latest recording, The Whole Tree Gone) Melford currently co-leads a variety of ensembles including a duo with clarinetist Ben Goldberg and the all-star collective Trio M, which will release its second recording, The Guest House, in February on Enja/Yellowbird. She also serves on the faculty of the University of California Berkeley, where she develops and teaches courses about contemporary improvised music.
For more information, go to www.myramelford.com.
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