Piedmont Piano Company presents Trio M, featuring Mark Dresser, Myra Melford, & Matt Wilson
Piedmont Piano Company
1728 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA 94612-1508 USA
5:30 PM, Friday, February 2, 2024

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[5:34 PM] {lights down, welcome from Jim Callahan; house announcements; performers out}

1. [5:40 PM] Al (for Albert Ayler) (Matt Wilson) »
2. [5:51 PM] For Bradford (for Bobby Bradford) (Mark Dresser)
3. [6:00 PM] Dried Print on Cardboard (for Cy Twombly) (Myra Melford)
   [6:08 PM] {Greetings from MW; back announcement of prior tunes; merch pitch; introduction of next tune}
4. [6:10 PM] Kind of Nine (Mark Dresser) »
5. [6:19 PM] Wayward (Myra Melford)
   [6:28 PM] {pause; MD tuning}
6. [6:29 PM] Hope (for the Cause) (Matt Wilson)
   [6:38 PM] {MW tune identification}
7. [6:39 PM] the Promised Land (Myra Melford)
   [6:50 PM; MW introduces the band again, then they head offstage}
   
   Encore
8. [6:52 PM] Don Knotts (Matt Wilson)
   [6:59 PM] {applause; final thanks; show ends 7 PM}

Trio M

• Mark Dresser: contrabass;
• Myra Melford: piano;
• Matt Wilson: drums, percussion.

What fun! I was happy to be able to squeeze this early-evening show into my schedule: it fit just-exactly-perfectly between the end of the work-week and tonight's Friday's Live stream of the Kenny Barron Quintet from SFJAZZ.

My favorite of the night was the Promised Land, a driving, groovy piece by Myra Melford, not Chuck Berry! All three of these players are top notch, and while it was really fun to watch and hear them interact of the course of a generous set of music, it was even more fun to listen to them solo: those segments were so unpredictable that it had me laughing and grinning from ear to ear.

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2024 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2024 event list! ☸ On to the next event!