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Brad Mehldau Trio Live [Live]

~ Brad Mehldau

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Audio CD (24 Mar 2008)
Number of Discs: 2
Format: Live
Label: Nonesuch
ASIN: B0013D8JCO
Other Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Song Title Artist Time Price

1. Introduction Brad Mehldau 0:15 �0.69

2. Wonderwall Brad Mehldau 8:44 �0.69

3. Ruby's Rub Brad Mehldau 13:07 Album Only

4. O Que Ser� Brad Mehldau 10:38 Album Only

5. B-Flat Waltz Brad Mehldau 9:10 �0.69

6. Black Hole Sun Brad Mehldau 23:30 Album Only

7. The Very Thought of You Brad Mehldau 13:03 Album Only

8. Buddha Realm Brad Mehldau 11:59 Album Only

9. Fit Cat Brad Mehldau 10:40 Album Only

10. Secret Beach Brad Mehldau 11:35 Album Only

11. C.T.A. Brad Mehldau 16:16 Album Only

12. More Than You Know Brad Mehldau 12:08 Album Only

13. Countdown Brad Mehldau 14:56 Album Only

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'Mehldau has been stretching the parameters of contemporary jazz for over a decade. He has forged a singular style that has not only enhanced jazz's musical vocabulary but modernised it too.'

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`A pianist justly hailed as the finest of his generation.'

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4.0 out of 5 stars Distinctive Brad, 25 Mar 2008

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There is no denying that Brad Mehldau is one of the most instantly recognisable jazz performers out there. Just a handful of notes - that sharp touch, the detached articulation in the right, the jabbed clusters in the left, the two-handed play and the moments his left wants to detach from his right - and you just know it is him at the piano.

Mehldau's playing has some real strengths. His ability to take a melody apart and put it back together again is in ample evidence on this live set from the celebrated Village Vanguard. It can be heard on standards such as 'The Very Thought of You' or 'More Than You Know': the themes will be familiar but chances are you will not have heard theme quite like this. And Brad deconstructs his own themes (the infectious 'Buddha Beat' and 'Fit Cat') with panache too, and it is the solid rhythmic grounding provided by Larry Grenadier on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums that lets him do this so effectively. There is real abstraction in his improvising, but also a funky and bluesy feel.

Another thing Mehldau does so much better than so many his peers is play a contemporary pop or rock song. Just listen to Oasis's 'Wonderwall' and you would think it has been written with a jazz piano trio in mind. It is another classic quirky and distinctive performance in which the layers are gradually built up.

Why only four stars, then? One reason is a personal thing, to be honest: probably I am too much of a traditionalist, I like Brad's abstraction, but I prefer lines that are smoother, a less percussive touch and a more sumptuous sonority than he gives us. Another is the hint of self-indulgence. Mehldau is always more impressive live when he can unfold his ideas, but some of the pieces are really very long, for instance a twenty-three minute 'Black Hole Sun'. He sounds as if he is lost in his sound world; I felt this turned into a black hole on the disc in a less positive sense. Another gripe is the sound. The stereo reproduction of this Nonesuch production has the piano coming largely out of one speaker, the bass coming out of the other (this has been a feature of some of his Warner discs too). This extreme stereo effect is rather arch, and to my mind it makes the piano sound rather one-dimensional and thin. I want to hear more.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Another fine (though not an outstanding) date, 22 April 2009

By	J. Severidt "jornfin" (Rovaniemi, Finland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

To me, the Brad Mehldau trio and the Bobo Stenson trio are the two finest piano trios in jazz today. Both men came from a Bill Evans direction but went on to find voices of their own which (sacrilege, I know, but here goes:) actually surpass most of what Evans did himself.
Both Stenson and Mehldau (who don't have anything else in common) have made unpredictability an element of their respective styles. You can never tell where they'll go with the material, but you are sure to enjoy going with them, and in retrospective, it'll all make musical sense.

With Mehldau, the live albums are definitely the way to go. Thankfully, he keeps turning them out. On the other hand the question arises, how much do you need? Apparently, I always need a little more than I have, so I bought this, too. I don't regret it at all, though this is not a favorite BMT release, either.

Let me tell what I think is wrong with this release, before I go on to the many more things that are right:
Art of the Trio 1-4 where all outstanding. Number 5 wasn't quite as good. It simply offered too much of the same, I think: A single disc would have sufficed. And that is pretty much true of this double CD, too. But where Art of the Trio 5 seemed to offer two tunes of every sort, causing a sort of inflation, the problem (if you consider it one) with this album lies elsewhere. Brad and his merry men just get carried away too far, too long. Soungarden's Black Hole Sun hardly held up for its 5 minute original running time; a 23:31 improvisation is trying to make too much out of too little. The average length of the pieces included here is probably around 14 minutes, and that's too long when you are building half your stuff on pop songs.

But that's it for criticism. Apart from the sometimes endless meandering of the songs, everything else is good news: The BMT are clearly doing what they do best. No other jazz band can take pop and rock songs and turn them into great jazz the way these guys do. There is a lot of variety, the distinctive, hallmark sound this trio has created, and there is musical surprise after surprise after surprise. The mood is typical BMT, too: At the same time energetic and relaxed (I wonder if that makes sense, but if you know them, you'll know what I mean).
So, if you are only going to have 4-5 Mehldau albums, I'd rather not include this one. Art 1-4 should do. But without such restrictions, go right ahead and treat yourself. No way this is going to disappoint.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brad Meldau , 11 April 2009

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CD arrived as advertised in perfect condition. Enjoying it muchly- a new discovery for me. Thanks Brad & the Lads.

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