Will Layman’s review of The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse 12 Records), pianist/composer Myra Melford‘s new release with her acoustic sextet, Be Bread, was posted yesterday at PopMatters.com

He’s the second contributor to the popular site to write about the record (following Michael Kabran in his Best of 2010 so far list) since it came out in January. The review is too extensive to easily summarize, but here’s a sample to give you the idea:

“The Whole Tree Gone is daring but joyous music—something as substantive as any hardcore avant-garde record, yet pleasing in nearly every way. Myra Melford, slowly but certainly in the last five years, has staked a claim to being one of the best of a new breed. She makes jazz feel fresh again, but she never makes the listener feel cheap in the process. This is her best disc, and it is one heck of a way to kick off jazz’s new year.”