Myron Walden

In 1997, Blade formed the fellowship band with pianist John Coward, bassist Chris Thomas, saxophonist Myron Walden and Melvin Butler, guitarist Jeff Parker, and pedal steel guitarist Dave Easley.

The band released its debut album in 1998.

Blending folkloric references, hints of church and spiritual concerns, jazz modality, and countrified touchstones.

And then that's what made me look at who was on this album.

Of course, Brian Blade, the drummer, but is also listed as an acoustic guitar player on this album.

Melvin Butler on tenor and soprano saxophones, John Cowherd on producer, piano, pump organ, Fender Rhodes, Dave Easley, Daniel Linus, Joni Mitchell's on one of the tracks at the end of the album, Kurt Rosenwinkel on acoustic guitar, which is what I heard there, Christopher Thomas on bass, and Myron Walden on bass clarinet and alto sax.

So there's a lot of love.

Courtney Pine on the bass clarinet.

Trumpeter David Weiss on Rebop, the composition by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard.

That one features Myron Walden at the alto saxophone, Nicole Glover, tenor saxophone, David Bryant, piano, Eric Wheeler, bass, and E.J. Strickland at the drums.

Before that, Harumi Nomoto at the piano on I Didn't Know What Time It Was, and that one featured Masayuki Tawarayama at the bass and Yoshihito Eto at the drums.

That's from their recording called Another Ordinary Day.