''Even the Sounds Shine'' is a live album by pianist

Myra Melford Myra Melford (born January 5, 1957) is an American avant-garde jazz pianist and composer. A 2013 Guggenheim Fellow, Melford was described by the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' as an "explosive player, a virtuoso who shocks and soothes, and who can m ...

's Extended Ensemble which was recorded in Germany in 1994 and released on the HatART label the following year.Myra Melford: Projects
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Reception

The

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review by Thom Jurek stated "it displays, more than any of her other recordings to date, that she's charting her own development while in transition. ... ''Even the Sounds Shine'' is a beautifully guided tour through Melford's musical psyche of the time. Possibilities and problems present themselves with startling regularity and are either resolved, transmuted, or abandoned. This is exhilarating listening, and a historical look at Melford's development as a composer as she moved from her trio setting into something more dimensional and challenging".

Track listing

All compositions by Myra Melford # "Even the Sounds Shine" – 10:59 # "La Mezquita Suite" – 25:12 # "That the Peace" – 12:44 # "Part II Frank Lloyd Wright Goes West to Rest" – 8:42 # "Evening Might Still" – 13:00

Personnel

– piano * Dave Douglas – trumpet *

Marty Ehrlich Marty Ehrlich (born May 31, 1955) is a multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinets, flutes) and is considered one of the leading figures in avant-garde jazz. Biography Though born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the portion of Ehrlich's youth spent in ...

– alto saxophone, clarinet *

Lindsey Horner Lindsey Horner (born October 4, 1960, New York City) is an American jazz double-bassist. Horner studied double bass at the Juilliard School of Music as well as musicology and philosophy at Trinity College (Dublin). He also took private lessons w ...

– double bass *

Reggie Nicholson Reginald "Reggie" Nicholson (born July 17, 1957) is an American jazz drummer. Nicholson took a bachelor's degree in percussion performance at Chicago State University and became a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians ...

– drums

References

{{reflist Hathut Records live albums Myra Melford live albums 1995 live albums