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Geof Bradfield/Myra Melford/Ben Goldberg/Dana Hall Open or Close Calligram Records 0033 Away from her own heralded bands and her academic work, pianist Myra Melford isn’t circumspect about trying out new playing situations. These live sets were recorded  far from her Berkeley home base, the Leibnitz, Austria-recorded (Katarahi) is reunion after an almost two decades with Japan’s Satoko Fujii for a dual piano concert. Meanwhile Open or Close features Melford, who was born in the area,… Read More