‘Bread & Thread’

THE SAME RIVER TWICE, part 1 (live)
Myra Melford
Interpretations 1997.12.04

MM, piano; Dave Douglas, trumpet; Chris Speed, clarinet and tenor saxophone; Erik Friedlander, cello; Michael Sarin, drums.

[audio:http://destination-out.com/media/tracks/Threadgill_Noisy-Flowers.mp3]
NOISY FLOWERS (live)
Henry Threadgill
Interpretations 1996.01.11

Myra Melford, piano; Ed Cherry, acoustic guitar; James Emery and Brandon Ross, soprano guitar; Jerome Harris, acoustic guitar and acoustic bass guitar.

We interrupt our Braxton blogathon to bring you this brief public service announcement, with (soprano) guitar: The twentieth season of the very fine Interpretations series kicks off this week at New York City’s Roulette, with October 2d performances from Myra Melford’s quartet and Henry Threadgill’s Zooid. The good folks behind the Interpretations series, notably Andrea La Rose, and the musicians featured here, were kind enough to share with D:O the tracks above, in order to get the word out.

These two live, unreleased gems are from previous Interpretations concerts; Melford’s from 1997, and Threadgill’s from ’96. (“Noisy Flowers” is presented, per the artist, as streaming audio.) If you like what you hear, and you’re within driving- or mass-transit-distance from Roulette, we heartily encourage you to drop by.