The Ben Goldberg - Myra Melford Quintet

Members of the creative jazz ensemble, the Berkeley Nu Jazz Collective (directed by Myra Melford), play a set of original compositions and arrangements of music by forward-thinking jazz composers.

Faculty members Ben Goldberg (clarinet) and Myra Melford (piano), convene an ensemble with Liberty Ellman (guitar), Mat Muntz (bass), and Jordan Glenn (drums) to perform their original compositions.

Ben Goldberg — clarinet

Myra Melford — Piano

Libery Ellman — Guitar

Mat Muntz — Bass

Jordan Glenn — Drums

There is great depth in the leader’s writing and arranging that imbues this set with a real gravitas...a superlative example of how to create and sustain an emotionally charged mood that loosely recalls a Coltrane or Dolphy fanfare without falling into cliché...her compositional style has its own signature.

—	Kevin Le Gendre, Jazzwise