Brad Mehldau
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Biography
[Edit]During the '90s and into the 2000s, Brad Mehldau was one among a plethora of young jazz pianists who rose to prominence. He is one of the more absorbing and thoughtful practitioners within that idiom, and he is receptive to the idea of using material from the rock era (Paul McCartney's "Blackbird," for example). Though Mehldau's training is primarily classical, his interest in jazz began early. He played in the Hall High School jazz band of Hartford, Connecticut, winning the Berklee College of Music's Best All-Around Musician Award while still in his junior year of high school. He studied jazz at New York's New School for Social Research under Fred Hersch, Junior Mance, Kenny Werner, and Jimmy Cobb. Cobb soon hired him to play in his band, Cobb's Mob, and Mehldau also played and recorded with the Joshua Redman Quartet before forming his own trio in 1994 and recording his first Warner Bros. album, Introducing Brad Mehldau, in 1995. Art of the Trio, Vol. 1 followed in 1997, with the next two volumes in the series appearing over the following months. Two years later, Mehldau returned with Elegiac Cycle, as well as Art of the Trio, Vol. 4: Back at the Vanguard. Places followed in 2000, consisting of all-original compositions focusing on various cities, hence the title of the album.
Another Art of the Trio album came out in 2001, but the most significant release was Largo, which recorded Mehldau performing with other groups outside of his usual trio format. This was a big change from his previous work, and offered new challenges as he adapted to several interesting lineup situations. Mehldau followed the genre-bending album with the standards-based Anything Goes and Live in Tokyo in 2004, with Day Is Done arriving the following year. In 2006, he released House on Hill as well as Love Sublime, the latter with soprano vocalist Renée Fleming on Nonesuch Records. Mehldau chose to work with his trio plus Pat Metheny on Quartet in 2007; he followed it up with with the double-disc Live in 2008, which was recorded with his trio at the Village Vanguard.
In 2010, Mehldau emerged with the ambitious Highway Rider, a double-disc of 15 new compositions produced by Jon Brion. He employed his trio as well as drummer Matt Chamberlain, saxophonist Joshua Redman, and a small chamber orchestra led by Dan Coleman. Mehldau arranged and orchestrated all the music. Also in 2010, Mehldau was honored by Carnegie Hall when he was named the first jazz artist to hold the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair for the 2010-2011 season. In 2011, Mehldau appeared on two live albums, his own Live in Marciac and the ECM date Live at Birdland (recorded in 2009) with saxophonist Lee Konitz, bassist Charlie Haden, and drummer Paul Motian. In September of that year, Nonesuch also released a studio album, Modern Music, a collaboration between Mehldau, pianist Kevin Hays, and composer/arranger Patrick Zimmerli. The music on this set was comprised of tunes by each of the principals, as well as compositions by Ornette Coleman, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass.
On December 6, 2011, while Mehldau was at the beginning of a world tour, Nonesuch issued a box set entitled Art of the Trio Recordings: 1996–2001. The set includes the five Art of the Trio albums — the last a double-disc — that were originally issued on Warner Bros. The box also included a seventh disc of previously unreleased material from shows at the Village Vanguard in 1997, 1999, and 2001. In 2012, Mehldau's Trio released two studio albums with the all-original Ode, and the companion collection of cover songs, Where Do You Start. In 2013, he and drummer/electronicist Mark Guiliana collaborated for the performing and recording duo Mehliana; their debut offering, Taming the Dragon appeared through Nonesuch in February of 2014. ~ Richard S. Ginell & Thom Jurek, Rovi
Title: The Art Of The Trio, Vol. 5 - Progression (CD2)
Artist: Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau Trio
Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Title: I Still Play
Artist: Randy Newman, Brad Mehldau, Timo Andres, Jeremy Denk
Genre: Instrumental, Classical, Instrumental
Title: The Art Of The Trio, Vol. 5 - Progression (CD1)
Artist: Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau Trio
Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Title: Consenting Adults
Artist: Brad Mehldau, Leon Parker, Peter Bernstein, Mark Turner, Larry Grenadier
Genre: Jazz
Title: Somethin's Burnin'
Artist: Brad Mehldau, Peter Bernstein, Jimmy Cobb, John Webber
Genre: Jazz
Title: Live At Birdland
Artist: Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian
Title: Heart's Content
Artist: Brad Mehldau, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart, Larry Grenadier
Genre: Jazz
Title: Anthony Wilson
Artist: Brad Mehldau, Anthony Wilson, Pete Christlieb, Carl Saunders, Ira Nepus
Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Title: Love Sublime: Songs for Soprano Voice and Piano
Artist: Brad Mehldau, Renée Fleming / Renee Fleming
Genre: Classical
Title: Love Songs
Artist: Brad Mehldau, Anne Sofie Von Otter
Genre: Jazz, Classical, Classical Crossover
Title: Yam Yam
Artist: Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Larry Grenadier, Jorge Rossy, Mark Turner Quintet
Genre: Jazz
Title: Downtown Sounds
Artist: Brad Mehldau, Peter Washington, Joe Magnarelli, Kenny Washington, Grant Stewart Quintet
Genre: Jazz
Title: Progression: Art of the Trio, Vol. 5 (Live)
Artist: Brad Mehldau
Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Collections
Title: A Tribute to Joni Mitchell
Genre: Pop, Alternative
Title: Warner Jams, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Magic Moments 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Valentine's Day (Say It With Classical Music)
Genre:
Title: Reprise! When Jazz Meets Pop
Genre: Jazz
Title: Romantic Freedom
Title: Eyes Wide Shut (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Smooth Fm And All That Jazz
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: My Classical Winter 2015
Genre: Classical
Title: Single 12
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Country, Pop, Alternative, Indie, Classical
Title: Classical Christmas Songs (CD1)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music, Classical
Title: Lazy Jazz Cat Vol. 1 (CD2)
Title: Smooth Jazz: Variations On A Melancholy Theme (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Smooth Jazz: Serenity In Every Note (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Smooth Jazz Illustration (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best Jazz Songs Of 2023 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Soul Warming Melodies (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Soul Warming Melodies (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Melodic Patterns Of Jazz (CD3)
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Instrumental
Featuring albums
Title: Christmas In New York
Artist: Renée Fleming / Renee Fleming
Genre: Traditional Pop Music, Classical, Classical Crossover
Title: Man of Many Colors
Artist: John Patitucci, Walt Weiskopf, Clarence Penn, Brad Mhldau
Genre: Jazz
Title: Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz With Brad Mehldau
Artist: Marian McPartland
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rock, Latin, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Bop
Title: Nancy Wilson's Greatest Hits
Artist: Nancy Wilson
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Classical
Title: Eyes Wide Shut (Music From The Motion Picture)
Artist: Eyes Wide Shut
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Couleurs Jazz Presents Jazz & Wine (Lounge and Chill Tracks)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz