Featuring protean pianist Myra Melford, galvanizing bassist Mark Dresser and supremely musical drummer Matt Wilson.

Featuring protean pianist Myra Melford, galvanizing bassist mark Dresser and supremely musical drummer Matt Wilson, Trio M brings together three visionary jazz artists with extensive track records in adventurous ensembles. Documented on the acclaimed 2007 Cryptogramophone CD 'Big Picture', the volatile ensemble explores compositions contributed by every member while maintaining a commitment to spontaneous improvisation.Unbound by piano trio conventions, the leaderless project erases distinctions between front-line and accompanist, requiring each player to shape the music's flow as it unfolds. The resulting sounds can be fierce and beatific, playful and rigorous, earthy or abstract, extravagantly joyous or quietly introspective. The only constant is the triumvirate's wondrous capacity to listen deeply and respond to one another other in unexpected ways, creating state of the art jazz that's unbound by notions of genre, form, or conventional technique.Trio M is the collectively led ensemble of Mark Dresser, bass, Matt Wilson, drums, and Myra Melford, piano. After several years of working together in different contexts and talking about forming a trio, Trio M performed their first gig at the Athenaeum in La Jolla, California, in January 2006. Everything about the experience just clicked. A few months later they played several more gigs and then agreed to record Big Picture in December 2006. Big Picture includes compositions by each musician, several of which were originally performed by their own ensembles. However, the character that the music takes on with Trio M is unique. As pianist Myra Melford says, 'We enjoy discovering the different qualities evoked and places that the music goes in this particular configuration, among these musical personalities.'It's clear that Trio M is special to each member of the group, and unique in the sense that it is an ensemble of equals.

Additional Details

Label: Yellowbird Records

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 50 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 01/01/19

UPC: 767522772128