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Cuong Vu - (trumpet) Ben Goldberg - (clarinet) Brandon Ross - (guitar) Stomu Takeishi - (electric bass) Matt Wilson - (drums) Myra Melford - (piano, harmonium) 
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Formed in 2002, Be Bread is an electro-acoustic band that functions as a variable-sized ensemble: featuring a core unit of trumpeter Cuong Vu or guitarist Brandon Ross and bassist Stomu Takeishi, and – in the larger versions – clarinetist Ben Goldberg and drummer Matt Wilson.
Myra Melford created the group to play music based on her harmonium studies in India, and the band’s book includes both pieces composed on the melodica – that use a wide range of timbres available through acoustic instruments like banjo and harmonium as well as electronically manipulated sound – and more recent compositions that that form the acoustic suite for sextet, The Whole Tree Gone, a work commissioned by Chamber Music America’s New Works Presentation. Be Bread released The Image Of Your Body on Cryptogramophone in 2006, and will release The Whole Tree Gone, Firehouse 12 Records, on January 19, 2010. “…a powerfully elastic ensemble.” – Nate Chinen, New York Times “…an enticing fusion of free elements, tonalities and meters borrowed from other cultures, and post-jazz musings.” – Josef Woodard, JazzTimes |
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