Myra Melford - Alive In The House Of Saints Part 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Myra Trio Melford - Alive in the House of Saints Part 1 [COMPACT DISCS] date 06/09/2017

We are thrilled to our first collaboration with visionary pianist and composer Myra Melford - a mesmerizing debut album from the new trio featuring bassist Michael Formanek and drummer and vibraphonist Ches Smith. Throughout her career, Melford has incorporated elements from other media into her compositions - not only from the visual arts, but also from literature, poetry and architecture. This trio is the latest installment in Melford's ongoing body of work inspired by the art of American post-abstract expressionist painter Cy Twombly. Myra Melford's Splash mirrors the energy and movement captured in Twombly's paintings, a physicality that drives Melford's exploratory music and multi-layered compositions. InchFormanek and Smith are alert listeners and adept shape-shifters, as they've proven time and time again. Together with Melford, unpacking this music, they're able to evoke the gestural dynamism and surging volatility that gives Twombly's work so much of it's power. Their expressive range of timbres - as Formanek plays arco, and Smith pivots to vibraphone - creates chamberlike options for Melford as a composer and improviserInch, writes Nate Chinen in the liner notes. The result is music of enchanting beauty, oscillating between filigree sound painting and abstract reflection.

Did they hate rock 'n' roll? Yeah, probably! Could they sing it like their lives depended on it? Sure! The all-time greatest rock 'n' roll and uptempo hillbilly recordings from the godfathers (and godmother!) of west coast hillbilly music!Their fans included Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, Elvis, and many others.One of the most important and influential groups in the 'bawdy birthing' of rock 'n' roll, the Maddox Bros & Rose were a family band that ruled the West Coast in the 1940s and 1950s. Headed by Rose Maddox and featuring her feisty vocals, the Maddox Bros & Rose recorded everything from pure hillbilly to Western songs to wild rockabilly. The Maddox Bros & Rose counted among their fans Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, all of whom took lessons on flashy 'rock star' behavior from the family group described as 'the most colorful hillbilly band in America.'We have finally made the best compilation of the group for fans of rockabilly and uptempo hillbilly. All killer no filler! This collection of Columbia recordings from the 1950s includes their wildest rockabilly number The Death Of Rock And Roll, along with hillbilly boogie classics like Ugly And Slouchy, Dig A Hole, Paul Bunyan Love, and Rose Maddox solo recordings like Wild Wild Young Men and I'll Go Steppin' Too. If you like hillbilly music on the rough and rowdy side, this is a compilation you don't dare miss!