MYRA MELFORD — Trio M : Guest House (review)

MYRA MELFORD — Trio M : Guest House album cover Album · 2011 · Post Bop Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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Trio M is a jazz trio made up of pianist Myra Melford, Bassist Mark Dresser, and drummer Matt Wilson. I first heard of them through the forums on jazzmusicarchives.com and then listened to the songs they put up on Soundcloud. And let me tell you, those songs were truely awesome. So I bought their 2nd album "The Guest House". The album is great. Each one of the musicians has their own individual style that compliments each other perfectly. You can really sense the chemistry between the three. The songs are different and varied, some start off as normal bop tunes and then explore until they're somewhere strange and new, some are slow and avant, lots of them seem to be very classical music-inspired. The 6th song, "The Promised Land", is best described as experimental hip hop, and the 4th song, "Sat Nam", is a short drum solo.

Favorite songs off the album: "The Guest House" "Don Knotts" "Hope (for the Cause)" "The Promised Land" "Ekoneni"

This is a fantastic album. I think any Jazz fan wanting something mainstream while also a little avant will love this one. 4/5
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