From Improvised Communications:

On Friday, April 9th, New Haven’s Firehouse 12 will present an exclusive two-set performance by eminent pianist/composer Myra Melford and her newest ensemble, Happy Whistlings. The two year-old group performs Ms. Melford’s 12-part suite of the same name inspired by Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano’s 1982 book, Genesis, the first in his Memory of Fire trilogy. These compositions juxtapose Galeano’s text with notated music as well as improvised settings for various groupings within the quartet. Happy Whistlings, which will make its first studio recording at Firehouse 12 earlier in the day, features Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet), Mary Halvorson (guitar) and Stomu Takeishi (bass).

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