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Cuong Vu - (trumpet) Brandon Ross - (guitar) Stomu Takeishi - (electric bass) Elliot Humberto Kavee - (drums) Myra Melford - (piano, harmonium) |
After returning from her harmonium studies in India, Melford waited nearly a year before she began writing new compositions based on her months abroad. "I was waitng to see what would emerge naturally from my experience as opposed to trying to make something happen," she says. The result is music for her electro-acoustic quartet, Be Bread, which features either trumpeter Cuong Vu or guitarist Brandon Ross, along with bassist Stomu Takeishi, and drummer Elliot Humberto Kavee. Composing from the melodica, Melford writes music vibrant melodies for the band, which enriches the compositions with the wide range of timbres available through electronically manipulated sound. She also adapts older pieces for the group, creating a unique body of work that reflects many cultural influences while remaining steadfastly in her own voice. Placing greater emphasis on songlike forms which the band extends during improvisation, the music depends less on the instrumentation than on the personalities of the musicians involved in performing it. The group can be reconfigured into smaller units, such as a drummerless trio of trumpet, bass, and piano/harmonium, to explore different pieces. Their first CD, The Image of Your Body , which includes tracks with trumpeter Vu and guitarist Ross, will be released in 2005. |
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