Compositions: Myra Melford (1, 3, 4, 6), Satoko Fujii (2, 5, 7)
Recorded live on September 27" 2024 at Jazzfestival Leibnitz, Leibnitz, AT
Recording engineer: Norbert Stadlhofer (ORF)
Recording producer: Philipp Weismann (ORF)
Mixing and mastering: Maikôl Seminatore
Liner notes: Ed Hazell
Photograph: Michele Giotto
Cover design: Max Schoendorff
Cover realization: David Bourguignon
The title of this album was suggested by Satoko Fujii. It’s a Japanese word meaning a heart-to-heart conversation between intimate friends (what a lovely thing to have a word for!). She chose it, “because when I play with Myra, I always feel like I am having a conversation with my close friend.” Clearly Melford feels the same way. It’s rare to hear music in which both participants are so present in the moment and where the deepest truths of the heart are revealed so openly.
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