{"version":1,"state":"ready_for_manual_post","account":"@openearmedia","feature":{"slug":"myra-melford-splash-trio-san-francisco-2026","title":"Myra Melford’s Splash Trio: the line comes alive","pageUrl":"https://jazzdatebook.com/featured-shows/myra-melford-splash-trio-san-francisco-2026","eventStartDate":"2026-09-19T19:00:00-07:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-12T18:05:01Z"},"caption":"What happens when a painted gesture becomes an instruction for three improvisers?\n\nMyra Melford’s Splash Trio brings her Cy Twombly-inspired compositions to SFJAZZ’s Joe Henderson Lab, September 19–20. With Michael Formanek on bass and Ches Smith on drums and vibraphone, the sound can move from physical attack to sustained, chamber-like textures.\n\nThere’s a recorded connection beneath the new trio: Formanek and Smith also play together in the Elusion Quartet. Splash puts that experience inside Melford’s own compositions.\n\nSaturday: 7 & 8:30 p.m.\nSunday: 6 & 7:30 p.m.\nAll times PDT; each set separately ticketed.\n\nFull story + official listening:\njazzdatebook.com/featured-shows/myra-melford-splash-trio-san-francisco-2026\n\n@myramelford @smithches @sfjazz\nOriginal artwork: Open Ear Media.\n\n#MyraMelford #MichaelFormanek #ChesSmith #SFJAZZ #SanFranciscoJazz","hashtags":["#MyraMelford","#MichaelFormanek","#ChesSmith","#SFJAZZ","#SanFranciscoJazz"],"mentions":[{"role":"artist","name":"Myra Melford","handle":"@myramelford","verifiedBySourceId":"melford-home"},{"role":"artist","name":"Ches Smith","handle":"@smithches","verifiedBySourceId":"smith-about"},{"role":"presenter","name":"SFJAZZ","handle":"@sfjazz","verifiedBySourceId":"sfjazz-event"}],"slides":[{"order":1,"url":"https://jazzdatebook.com/featured-shows/myra-melford-splash-trio-san-francisco-2026/social/01.jpg","alt":"Original diagram of piano attacks, a sustained bass line, and drums changing to vibraphone. Myra Melford Splash Trio: What happens when a painted gesture becomes music? SFJAZZ, September 19–20, 2026.","sha256":"c9969200a895b85e3485026eb6cf5a9b7c5b5c864e98bb193f39e1075214b416"},{"order":2,"url":"https://jazzdatebook.com/featured-shows/myra-melford-splash-trio-san-francisco-2026/social/02.jpg","alt":"Before Splash: a shared history. Michael Formanek and Ches Smith appear with Kris Davis and Tony Malaby on the Elusion Quartet’s Time Like This (2018) and As Things Do (2023). Splash (2025) puts their partnership inside Melford’s own trio compositions.","sha256":"2ba45d05b875c1143c5f1302e3a6d215f14bd3805ca96d38da9e7912f727d41a"},{"order":3,"url":"https://jazzdatebook.com/featured-shows/myra-melford-splash-trio-san-francisco-2026/social/03.jpg","alt":"Four sets at SFJAZZ’s Joe Henderson Lab, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco: September 19, 2026 at 7 and 8:30 p.m.; September 20 at 6 and 7:30 p.m., all PDT. Each set separately ticketed. Myra Melford, piano; Michael Formanek, bass; Ches Smith, drums and vibraphone. Confirm availability with SFJAZZ.","sha256":"a01b09282379df20150377367d92aeb644dd8ee7abbfffe7f6505d558889c5ad"},{"order":4,"url":"https://jazzdatebook.com/featured-shows/myra-melford-splash-trio-san-francisco-2026/social/04.jpg","alt":"Follow the music: Myra Melford @myramelford, Ches Smith @smithches, presenter @sfjazz. Splash also features Michael Formanek. Original diagrams and typography by Open Ear Media; no photographs or Cy Twombly artworks reproduced.","sha256":"4b2dddd0c59e6ca278c5367b8fe7a022cf1e52707930950c7234e63d1285497d"}],"contactSheetUrl":"https://jazzdatebook.com/featured-shows/myra-melford-splash-trio-san-francisco-2026/social/contact-sheet.jpg","altText":"Four-frame guide to Myra Melford’s Splash Trio: a piano, bass and percussion listening diagram; the Formanek–Smith recording connection and Splash album; all four September 19–20, 2026 sets at Joe Henderson Lab with the complete trio; official artist and presenter handles plus original-art credits.","automaticPostingAllowed":false}