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Brad Mehldau: The Very Thought of You (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music April 23, 08

This 13-minute version of the Ray Noble standard, recorded at the Village Vanguard in October 2006, starts out as an ...

Brad Mehldau: It Might As Well Be Sprng (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music December 30, 07

In this debut trio recording, Mehldau stays in a straight-ahead groove. The later Art of the Trio recordings would t...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Brad Mehldau: O Que Será (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 23, 08

If you see the title "O Que Será," and you start thinking about Doris Day singing "Whatever will be, will be" . . . w...

Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau: Ahmid-6 (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music December 24, 07

After a century of jazz, the piano and guitar duet is still a rare format, with only a few genuine masterpieces produ...

Brad Mehldau: How Long Has This Been Going On (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music December 30, 07

I have written elsewhere how Brad Mehldau has updated the piano trio repertoire, refreshing the musty museum which pa...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Brad Mehldau: When It Rains (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

On Largo, Brad Mehldau moves away from his preferred piano trio format. The aptly titled “When It Rains” begins with ...

Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau: A Night Away (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music December 23, 07

Metheny and Mehldau worked admirably together on their recent guitar-piano duets, but this quartet track with Larry G...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Brad Mehldau: Fear and Trembling (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 30, 09

Brad Mehldau is one of the most exciting voices in jazz piano today. "Fear and Trembling" demonstrates his compositio...

Brad Mehldau: River Man (trio version, 2000) (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

Brad Mehldau has made no secret of his affinity for the singer-songwriter Nick Drake and of his tune “River Man” in p...

Brad Mehldau: Exit Music (For a Film) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

It’s become as common these days for jazz musicians to play Radiohead as Rodgers & Hart. The whole thing started with...

Brad Mehldau: Los Angeles II (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 29, 07

Brad Mehldau refuses to dumb it down for his audience. And I'm not talking about his references to Richard Rorty and...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Brad Mehldau: I Fall in Love Too Easily (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music December 30, 07

Brad Mehldau's first Art of the Trio recording from 1996 includes some of the most romantic playing of his career. T...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Brad Mehldau: Monk's Dream (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 14, 08

Brad Mehldau’s virtuosic version of Thelonious’s “Monk’s Dream” provides the listener with a prime example of a jazz ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

Whenever I step inside the Village Vanguard, I am always struck by a déjà vu sense of the awe-inspiring amounts of ...

Brad Mehldau: River Man (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music December 30, 07

In some circles, Mehldau may be almost as influential for his repertoire as his pianism. He has done more than any o...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Joshua Redman (featuring Brad Mehldau): Summertime (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 28, 07

Summertime . . . and the fish are jumpin' in 5/4 time. From Sidney Bechet to Kenny G, saxophonists have delighte...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Brad Mehldau: Paranoid Android (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music August 06, 08

It is difficult to credit one artist for initiating the trend to cover 1990s alternative pop/rock songs, but Brad Meh...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE NEW STANDARDS

Jazz musicians have always used popular music for improvisational vehicles. Songs from Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, eve...

Brad Mehldau: Alfie (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 30, 07

One of the curses of jazz pianists is that they are forced to share their repertoire with cocktail lounge tinklers an...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Brad Mehldau: Dear Prudence (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 06, 08

Brad Mehldau sounds completely comfortable bridging the gap between rock and jazz, and "Dear Prudence" is another of ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ PERSPECTIVES ON THE BEATLES

During the 1960s, jazz became more stylistically diverse than ever. Conventional norms were assertively challen...

Brad Mehldau: Still Crazy After All These Years (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 30, 07

Mehldau again shakes up the jazz police by sneaking some Paul Simon lead sheets into the nightclub. A quick che...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Brad Mehldau: All the Things You Are (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

This is an impressive polyrhythmic exercise by a path-breaking jazz trio. I’m not sure non-musicians will savor all ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

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