Myra Melford

Pianist Myra Melford has built an impressive career as an exploratory, virtuosic, rhythmic, and lyrical composer and improviser. With 1996's The Same River, Twice, she became a globally acclaimed jazz pianist. Accolades afforded her wide-ranging body of work with myriad ensembles have continued well into the 21st century, evidenced on recordings such as 2000's Dance Beyond the Color (Myra Melford's Crush), 2006's The Image of Your Body ‎(Myra Melford's Be Bread), and 2015's Snowy Egret. She often appears as a session player and records in duets and trios. In 2022, Melford's all-female quintet date For the Love of Fire and Water debuted on Rogue Art and followed in 2024 with Hear the Light Singing. In 2025, she issued Myra Melford Splash, debuting a new trio with bassist Michael Formanek and drummer/vibraphonist Ches Smith.