Myra Melford's Splash
Thursday, October 29, 2026
7:00 PM
The Jazz Gallery
1160 Broadway, Suite 612, New York, NY 10001
$30–$40
Scheduled
About This Event
Myra Melford is an American avant-garde jazz pianist, composer and 2013 Guggenheim Fellow. She performs at The Jazz Gallery, bringing an exploratory approach to the piano; critics have described her as a player who "shocks and soothes" and who "can make the piano stand up and do things it doesn't seem to have been designed for."
About Splash
“Splash” takes its cue from the pop-art image of a pool interrupted by a sudden burst of water, with the human cause left offstage. Here, that idea becomes a jazz set at The Jazz Gallery, led by avant-garde pianist and composer Myra Melford, a Guggenheim Fellow known for pushing the instrument beyond its expected roles. No NYC premiere history has been confirmed for this program. The frame matters: it turns a single, frozen disturbance into a study of impact, absence, and aftermath in sound.