Brad Mehldau

Brad Mehldau Trio - House on Hill



1. August Ending
2. House On Hill
3. Bealtine
4. Boomer
6. Fear And Trembling
7. Embers
8. Happy Tune
9. Waiting For Eden

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Mehldau & Rossy Trio - When I Fall in Love





Jazz | 1994 | MP3 CBR 320Kbps => 162 MB | Time 1:07:16 | Covers



TRACKLIST
01. Anthropology
02. At A Loss
03. When I Fall In Love
04. Countdown
05. Convalescent
06. I Fall In Love Too Easily
07. I Didn't Know What Time It Was


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Brad Mehldau - The Art Of The Trio Vol.2: Live at The Village Vanguard (1988)

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EAC | Flac (Tracks+Cue+Log+Scans) | 73 min | 416 mb (+5%rec)
MP3 | 320kbps | 186 mb (+5%rec)
Genre: Jazz | Label: Warner Bros. Records

This live set, recorded at New York's Village Vanguard in the summer of 1997, presents pianist Brad Mehldau with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy, the same personnel as on The Art of the Trio, Volume One. This is hardcore jazz, with tunes by Cole Porter, Thelonious Monk, Jerome Kern, Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, and John Coltrane. Mehldau hasn't yet earned a place in the highest rank of the jazz pantheon, but if he keeps making recordings of this caliber, he'll blow away a lot of the opposition. He doesn't wear his influences on his sleeve but, with the support of Grenadier and Rossy, executes harmonic reconstructions of standard texts.

TRACKLIST
1. Its Alright with Me 12:39
2. Young and Foolish 13:07
3. Monks dream 11:09
4. The Way You Look Tonight 12:33
5. Moon River 10:52
6. Countdown 12:40

Personnel:
Brad Mehldau — piano
Larry Grenadier — bass
Jorge Rossy — drums


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Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau - Metheny Mehldau Quartet (2007)

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EAC Rip | Accurate | FLAC tracks + M3U + LOG | no CUE (separate tracks) | HQ-Covers (300Dpi) | 446MB+3MB
Jazz | Label: Nonesuch | Catalog Number:7559-79994-0| RAR 3% Rec. | RS.com


New Age-leaning guitarist Pat Metheny and melancholic pianist Brad Mehldau have such distinctive, even rarified, sensibilities (each an acquired taste for some listeners), that their teaming may have looked like a one-time commercial ploy in the beginning. But having found rewarding common ground and a receptive audience through their shared love of pop, Brazilian music and Americana, they likely will work together again. Recorded at the same time as their first album, a duo effort, Quartet takes a satisfying step forward in featuring the Mehldau trio's first-rate bass and drum team, Larry Grenadier and Jeff Ballard, on most of the tracks. Ranging from rhapsodic reflections to full-tilt fusion fare to loping, Wes Montgomery-inspired tunes--and let's not overlook that Asian-tinged song featuring Metheny on 42-string guitar--the music is sometimes a bit soft at the core. But when the stars are aligned, as on the effortlessly flowing, co-written opener, "A Night Away," and Metheny's charming "En La Tierra Que No Olvida," their partnership glows. It will be interesting to hear where they go from here.


TRACKLIST
1. A Night Away
2. The Sound of Water
3. Fear and Trembling
4. Don't Wait
5. Towards the Light
6. Long Before
7. En La Tierra Que No Olvida
8. Santa Cruz Slacker
9. Secret Beach
10. Silent Movie
11. Marta's Theme (from "Passagio per il Paradiso")


Personnel:
Pat Metheny (guitar)
Brad Mehldau (piano)
Larry Grenadier (bass)
Jeff Ballard (drums)


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Brad Mehldau - Art Of The Trio 4: Back At The Vanguard

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EAC Rip | FLAC + CUE + LOG File | 7 Tracks | Lenght: 75:49 | 429 MB | HD Artwork included (300dpi)
Genre: Jazz | Label: Warner Bros (9362-47463-2) | Year: 1999 | Catalog Number: B00000JZMN
Original Release Date: September 28, 1999

Simply put, Brad Mehldau can flat-out play. Beyond his phenomenal skills is an uncanny ability to wring new sentiment out of old tunes ("I'll Be Seeing You") while also recontextualizing interesting contemporary pop as jazz composition (Radiohead's "Exit Music for a Film). On this, his fourth Art of the Trio recording, Mehldau again finds himself in the friendly confines of the Village Vanguard for an evening of his mood-swept melodies and tangled bop knots. Starting with an uptempo "All the Things You Are," the pianist concentrates on blistering right-hand solo work, taking only the slightest detours to wonder over the delicate soul of the tune. But this diversion is so subtle, so whispered that it threatens to go unnoticed if Mehldau were not meticulous with every melody he presses into the keys. Mehldau is often thought of as an "impressionistic" player, and on volume 4 he gives every song both the time and the permission to explore, change, and mutate. One minute, Mehldau is roaring up and down the keys on "Sehnsucht," the next he's turning the tune into a Brahms-like suite. With skills like that, we can only hope there's no end to Mehldau's Art of the Trio series.


TRACKLIST
1. All The Things You Are (Live) (Album Version) - 13:44
2. Sehnsucht (Live) (Album Version) - 10:48
3. Nice Pass (Live) (Album Version) - 17:35
4. Solar (Live) (Album Version) - 9:54
5. London Blues (Live) (Album Version) - 7:37
6. I'll Be Seeing You (Live) (Album Version) - 7:17
7. Exit Music (For A Film) (Live) (Album Version) - 8:53


Personnel
Brad Mehldau - Piano
Larry Grenadier - Bass
Jorge Rossy - Drums


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Brad Mehldau - Largo

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EAC Rip | FLAC, CUE, EAC Log File (358 MB) | MP3 320kbps CBR (150 MB) | 65:26 Minutes | 12 Tracks
Jazz, Post-bop | Label: Nonesuch | Catalog Number: B000068WXL
Release Date: August 13, 2002


Brad Mehldau has had quite a load on his shoulders since he burst on the scene in 1994. He is the latest pianist—and perhaps the most fit—to wear the title "next Bill Evans." And in light of Mehldau's work with rhythm section Jorge Rossi and Larry Grenadier on the acclaimed Art of the Trio series, the comparison could be argued as valid.
But, all things must change, and on his latest studio album Largo, Mehldau abandons the trio format that has served him so well over the past 8 years. Mehldau teams with producer Jon Brion utilizing horns, different rhythm sections, and the studio format itself to create an interesting, moving, and for Mehldau, unusual record.
Brion used different microphone techniques to change the sound of the piano. Mehldau does much less "blowing" on this record and plays more songs. There is very much a conscious effort to evoke an emotional response from the listener by the "sound" of the record rather than the actual playing. In this respect, Largo is a refreshing break from so many other jazz albums that whizz by, solo after solo.
Mehldau combines inspiring originals and some unusual covers to keep the record interesting and grounded. The opening track "When It Rains," as well as "Dusty McNugget," feature particularly crisp and effective horn arrangements that serve as a pad for Mehldau to state and restate themes. Mehldau's take of Radiohead's "Paranoid Android," while a valiant effort and a fun listen, falls short of the original's intensity. On the other hand, his medley between Jobim's "Wave" and the Beatles' "Mother Nature's Son" is a success, as is a second Beatles cover on the album, "Dear Prudence."
Overall, this album is a must for Jazz fans that are interested in a break from the norm. Certainly an intriguing and gratifying listen, and one of the year's best albums so far.


TRACKLIST
01. When It Rains (Album Version) - 6:36
02. You're Vibing Me (Album Version) - 3:28
03. Dusty McNugget (Album Version) - 5:41
04. Dropjes (Album Version) - 3:58
05. Paranoid Android (Album Version) - 9:03
06. Franklin Avenue (Album Version) - 3:42
07. Sabbath (Album Version) - 4:42
08. Dear Prudence (Album Version) - 5:22
09. Free Willy (Album Version) - 5:05
10. Alvarado (Album Version) - 3:58
11. Wave/Mother Nature's Son (Album Version) - 6:28
12. I Do (Album Version) - 7:17


Personnel: Brad Mehldau (vibraphone, piano); Phillip Yao, Daniel Kelley, Joseph Meyer, Jerry Folsom (French horn); William Reichenbach, George B. Thatcher, Kenneth Kugler (trombone); Steve Kujala, Dave Shostac (flute);
Gary Gray, Emile Bernstein (clarinet); Jon Clark, Earle Dulmer (oboe);
Peter Mandell, Rose Corrigan (bassoon); Jim Keltner (vibraphone, piano, drums, percussion); Jon Brion (piano, guitar, percussion); Larry Grenadier, Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz (acoustic bass); Justin Meldal-Johnsen (electric bass); Matt Chamberlain (drums, tabla, shaker, percussion); Victor Indrizzo (drums, percussion); Jorge Rossy (drums).


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Brad Mehldau Trio - Anything Goes

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EAC Rip | FLAC + CUE + LOG File | 10 Tracks | Lenght: 62:59 | 346 MB | HD Artwork included (300dpi)
Genre: Jazz | Label: Warner Jazz (9362-48608-2) | Year: 2006 | Catalog Number: B00017HWAI
Original Release Date: Feb 13, 2006

On Anything Goes, pianist Brad Mehldau sounds looser in the pocket than he has done in a long time in returning to the ruminative piano trio format with which he made his reputation. This comes after his so-so excursion into atmospheric pop production (Largo). In applying some of his quirkiest personal touches to jazz and pop standards, he also sounds--no offence intended--more awake. Hooking up with his longstanding rhythm mates, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy, Mehldau offsets his patented lyrical touches with antic minimalist strokes, bold vamps, and high-stepping two-hand strategies.

Alternately spiky and seductive, his unaccompanied playing on an initially languid "Get Happy" is a winning case of the left hand pretending not to know what the right hand is doing. Reharmonising Charles Chaplin's "Smile" with dense harmonic clouds, he obliterates that hoary melody. There's another sighing Radiohead treatment, "Everything in its Right Place" and an attempt at enlivening Paul Simon's "Still Crazy (After All These Years)" but it's his happy time with Thelonious Monk's "Skippy" that tells us that his best may be yet to come.


TRACKLIST
01. Get Happy (Album Version) - 9:46
02. Dreamsville (Album Version) - 5:01
03. Anything Goes (Album Version) - 7:07
04. Tres Palabras (Album Version) - 5:00
05. Skippy (Album Version) - 5:24
06. Nearness Of You (Album Version) - 6:42
07. Still Crazy After All These Years (Album Version) - 5:21
08. Everything In Its Right Place (Album Version) - 6:55
09. Smile (Album Version) - 6:47
10. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face (Album Version) - 4:48


Brad Mehldau - Piano
Larry Grenadier - Bass
Jorge Rossy - Drums


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Brad Mehldau Trio - Live

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2008 | EAC Extract | Log + Cue | 892 MB | Covers
Brad Mehldau (p), Larry Grenadier (b), Jeff Ballard (dr)
recorded live at Village Vanguard, New York City, NY, in October 2006
released in 2008


TRACKLIST
CD 1
1. Introduction (00:15)
2. Wonderwall (08:44)
3. Ruby's Rub (13:08)
4. O Que Será (10:38)
5. B-Flat Waltz (09:11)
6. Black Hole Sun (23:31)
7. The Very Thought Of You (13:04)

Playing Time.........: 01:18:30

CD2
1. Buddha Realm (12:00)
2. Fat Kid (10:40)
3. Secret Beach (11:36)
4. C.T.A. (16:16)
5. More Than You Know (12:09)
6. Countdown (14:57)

Playing Time.........: 01:31:35



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Brad Mehldau - Progression: The Art of the Trio (Volume 5)

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Jazz | 2001 | 2 CD | MP3 CBR 320Kbps => 184MB-177MB | Time 1:09:25-1:06:34 | Covers



Progression was recorded in September of 2000 at the Village Vanguard. It is a double CD set of the trio with Mehldau, Grenadier and Rossy, and spans a wide range of material. There are the ballads: ‘The Folks Who Live on the Hill,’ and ‘Secret Love’ build on the lyrical approach that the trio has taken so far, while ‘Cry Me A River,’ and ‘How Long Has This Been Going On’ have a torch-like, slow-swinging quality, with more of a focus on the blues feeling in the interpretation.

About the latter two ballads, Mehldau comments, “I love to play that sort of ‘walking ballad,’ where you really sit in that tempo and stay there. That’s something we started to get to around the time we recorded ‘Progression,’: a ballad approach that’s a little less rhapsodic, a little more grounded in the pulse itself.” The opening two tunes of the album are the standard, ‘The More I See You,’ and Mehldau’s own ‘Dream’s Monk,’. Although they are indexed separately, they are actually a medley from one performance.

Taken as a whole, they build on the ‘epic’ formal approach Mehldau initiated on ‘Nice Pass’ on ‘Art of the Trio, Vol. IV’, by using metric modulation as a rhythmic device again, and stretching the harmonic and thematic material of the arrangement of the standard into the following original. ‘Dream’s Monk’ nods to the great jazz pianist and composer, Thelonious Monk, and along with ‘Sublation,’ another Mehldau original, shows how Monk’s music has impacted Mehldau. Nick Drake’s ‘River Man’ is an emotional high point to the set, steadily building towards a passionate climax.



TRACKLIST
CD1
01.- The More I See You
02.- Dream's Monk
03.- The Folks Who Live On The Hill
04.- Alone Together
05.- It Might As Well Be Spring
06.- Cry Me A River
07.- River Man

CD2
01.- Quit
02.- Secret Love
03.- Sublation
04.- Resignation
05.- Long Ago (And Far Away)
06.- How Long Has This Been Going On?



Personnel:
*Brad Mehldau: Piano
*Larry Grenadier: Bass
*Jorge Rossy: Drums



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Brad Mehldau - Highway Rider

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Jazz | 2010 | MP3 CBR 320Kbps => 130/118 MB | Time 41:13/1:02:47 | Front cover

The Highway Rider is pianist and composer Brad Mehldau's second collaboration with enigmatic pop producer Jon Brion. The first was 2002's ambitious but tentative Largo. As a collaboration, The Highway Rider is much more confident by contrast. Mehldau's most ambitious work to date, its 15 compositions are spread over two discs and 100 minutes. His trio --bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard -- is augmented by saxophonist Joshua Redman, drummer Matt Chamberlain, and a chamber orchestra conducted by Dan Coleman. The album is a narrative jazz suite, orchestrated and arranged by Mehldau, though it has much in common with classical and pop music, as well.



TRACKLIST
CD1
01.- John Boy
02.- Don't Be Sad
03.- At The Tollbooth
04.- Highway Rider
05.- The Falcon Will Fly Again
06.- Now You Must Climb Alone
07.- Walking The Peak

CD2
01.- We'll Cross The River Together
02.- Capriccio
03.- Sky Turning Grey (For Elliot Smith)
04.- Into The City
05.- Old West
06.- Come With Me
07.- Always Departing
08.- Always Returning


Personnel:
*Brad Mehldau, piano (CD1:1-5, 7; CD2:1-6, 8), pump organ (CD1:2; CD2:3), Yamaha CS-80 (CD1:4), orchestral bells (CD1:7; CD2:1, 8); handclaps (CD2:2)
*Jeff Ballard, percussion (CD1:1, 5; CD2:2), snare brush (CD1:2), drums (CD1:7; CD2:1, 4, 6, 8); handclaps (CD2:2)
*Joshua Redman, soprano saxophone (CD1:1, 5; CD2:2, 8), tenor saxophone (CD1:2, 7; CD2:1, 3, 5); handclaps (CD2:2)
*Larry Grenadier, bass (CD1:2, 4, 7; CD2:1, 3, 4, 6, 8); handclaps (CD2:2)
*Matt Chamberlain, drums (CD1:2, 4, 5, 7, 8; CD2:2, 3); handclaps (CD2:2)
*Orchestra, Dan Coleman, conductor (CD1:1, 2, 6, 7; CD2:1, 7, 8)
*Brad, Josh, Dan, Matt, Jeff, and special guests The Fleurettes, la la la vocals (CD1:5)



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Brad Mehldau - Solo Piano Live in Tokyo

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MP3 CBR @ 320kbps - 170MB | ~70 min | Cover
Label : NONESUCH | Genre : Jazz | Realease : 2004

Brad Mehldau has followed his musical inclinations into some surprise territories. First gaining attention as a member of Joshua Redman's quartet in the early 1990s, he could have easily been expected to unfold a new traditionalist's approach to jazz. Instead he's taken that formidable grounding and attached it to a wide range of compositional explorations. The solo piano Live in Tokyo is framed by a pair of Nick Drake compositions, and in between are pieces by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Thelonious Monk, and Radiohead, along with one original. The material is all linked by Mehldau's focus on melodic identity and harmonic invention. He succeeds in finding the stately heart of each number, with Radiohead's "Paranoid Android" sounding perfectly natural alongside Gershwin's "How Long Has This Been Going On?"


TRACKLIST
1. Things Behind The Sun (Drake) - 4.37
2. Intro (Mehldau) - 2.42
3. Someone to Watch Over Me (Gershwin/Gershwin) - 9.54
4. From This Moment On (Porter) - 7.55
4. Monk's Dream (Monk) - 7.59
5. Paranoid Andriod (Yorke/ O'Brien/ Greenwood/ Greenwood/ Selway) - 19.29
6. How Long Has This Been Going On ? (Gershwin/Gershwin) - 9.00
7. River Man (Drake) 8.58


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Brad Mehldau; Renée Fleming - Love Sublime

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Jazz | 2006 | FLAC 194 MB | MP3 320Kbps 118 MB | TTime 48:20 | Covers


TRACKLIST
01.- Your First Word Was Light
02.- The Hour Is Striking So Close Above Me
03.- I Love the Dark Hours of My Being
04.- I Love You, Gentlest of Ways
05.- No One Lives His Life
06.- His Caring Is a Nightmare to Us
07.- Extinguish My Eyes, I'll Go on Seeing
08.- Tears in Sleep
09.- Memory
10.- A Tale
11.- Love Sublime


Personnel:
*Renée Fleming: Soprano
*Brad Mehldau: Piano



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