Myra Melford
American jazz pianist and composer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 make the piano stand up and do things it doesn't seem to have been designed for."[1][2]
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Born | (1957-01-05) January 5, 1957 (age 67) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz, avant-garde jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instrument | Piano |
Years active | 1980s–present |
Labels | Arabesque, Enemy, Gramavision, Hatology, Cryptogramophone, Firehouse 12, Enja/Yellowbird |
Website | www |
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