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Bradford Alexander Mehldau (/ ˈ m ɛ l ˌ d aʊ /; born August 23, 1970) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.. Mehldau studied music at The New School, touring and recording while still a student.
Brad Mehldau is an American jazz pianist. He first recorded in 1991, for saxophonist Christopher Hollyday 's The Natural Moment . [ 1 ] Mehldau has recorded more than forty albums as leader or co-leader, many more as a sideman, and for several soundtracks.
10 Years Solo Live is a recording by jazz pianist Brad Mehldau. It contains solo piano tracks from 19 concerts in Europe during the period 2004–2014. It contains solo piano tracks from 19 concerts in Europe during the period 2004–2014.
Blues and Ballads is a studio album by jazz pianist Brad Mehldau. It is a piano trio recording, with Larry Grenadier on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums. Mehldau received a Grammy nomination at the end of 2016 for Best Improvised Jazz Solo on the album's "I Concentrate on You". [1] [2]
For "Maybe As His Skies Are Wide", Mehldau transposed a line from Rush's 1981 track "Tom Sawyer" to a child's vocal pitch. [3] Mehldau explained, "The musical conduit on the record is prog. Prog – progressive rock – was the music of my childhood before I discovered jazz. It was my gateway to the fusion of Miles Davis, Weather Report ...
The album received generally favourable reviews with Metacritic giving it a score of 80% from 7 reviews. [11] AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars and in its review by Matt Collar, states "Ultimately, Where Do You Start is an intimate, impressionistic, and probing release that should certainly appeal to longtime fans of Mehldau's nuanced jazz style". [1]
On "From This Moment On", Mehldau "utilizes multiple lines simultaneously rather than simply soloing against standard chord changes." He uses imaginative voicings on " When I Fall in Love ". [ 6 ] " McPartland's solos include moving renditions of ' I Get Along Without You Very Well ' and the less frequently performed ' I See Your Face Before Me ...
House on Hill is an album by American pianist and composer Brad Mehldau released on the Nonesuch label in 2006. [1] [2] The album was mainly recorded at the sessions which produced Anything Goes (2004) and is the first album entirely composed by Mehldau since Places (2000).