Mehldau plays original compositions, jazz standards and jazz arrangements o… Read Full Bio ↴Mehldau plays original compositions, jazz standards and jazz arrangements of popular music, especially rock music. With his trio, he has recorded arrangements of the music of Nick Drake, The Beatles, Radiohead and Paul Simon. Mehldau has a distinct talent for transforming these ‘Rock’ songs in such a way that they sound as if they were Jazz Standards in the first place. He is best known as leader of the Brad Mehldau Trio, with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummers Jorge Rossy and Jeff Ballard (who succeeded Rossy in 2005). Mehldau has also expressed an interest in and knowledge of philosophy, in particular of music and art( such articles like; " Ideology, Burgers and Beer" published by Jazz Time Magazine, which can be found in his web site under the writing section.) He has played and recorded solo and with co-leaders Peter Bernstein, Mark Turner, Charlie Haden, Charles Lloyd, Pat Metheny and others. In 2004, Mehldau toured with Kurt Rosenwinkel and Joshua Redman.
Mehldau is first and foremost an improviser, and greatly cherishes the surprise and wonder that can occur from a spontaneous, directly expressed musical idea. But he also has a deep fascination for the formal architecture of music, which informs everything he plays. In his most inspired playing, the actual structure of his musical thought serves as an expressive device. As he plays, he listens to how ideas unwind, and the order in which they reveal themselves. Each tune has a strongly felt narrative arc, whether it expresses itself in a beginning and an end, or as something left intentionally open-ended. The two sides of Mehldau’s personality--the improviser and the formalist--play off each other, and the effect is often something like controlled chaos.
Mehldau has performed around the world at a steady pace since the mid-nineties, with his trio and as a solo pianist. His performances convey a wide range of expression, and he favors juxtaposing extremes. Often, the intellectual rigor and density of information in the abstraction of one tune is followed by a stripped down, emotional directness in the next. Over the years, he has attracted a sizeable following, which has grown to expect a singular, intense experience in his performance.
Mehldau is first and foremost an improviser, and greatly cherishes the surprise and wonder that can occur from a spontaneous, directly expressed musical idea. But he also has a deep fascination for the formal architecture of music, which informs everything he plays. In his most inspired playing, the actual structure of his musical thought serves as an expressive device. As he plays, he listens to how ideas unwind, and the order in which they reveal themselves. Each tune has a strongly felt narrative arc, whether it expresses itself in a beginning and an end, or as something left intentionally open-ended. The two sides of Mehldau’s personality--the improviser and the formalist--play off each other, and the effect is often something like controlled chaos.
Mehldau has performed around the world at a steady pace since the mid-nineties, with his trio and as a solo pianist. His performances convey a wide range of expression, and he favors juxtaposing extremes. Often, the intellectual rigor and density of information in the abstraction of one tune is followed by a stripped down, emotional directness in the next. Over the years, he has attracted a sizeable following, which has grown to expect a singular, intense experience in his performance.
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Brad Mehldau Trio Lyrics
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Alfie What's it all about, Alfie? Is it just for the moment…
And I Love Her Maybe I'm old fashioned, feeling as I do Maybe I am…
Anything Goes Times have changed, And we've ofter rewound the clock Since …
Bewitched Bothered And Bewildered After one whole quart of brandy, Like a daisy I'm awake. Wit…
Blackbird Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken win…
Blame it on my youth If I expected love when first we kissed, Blame it on…
Cry Me a River Now you say you love me But you cry the whole…
Day is Done When the day is done Down to earth then sinks the…
Dreamsville I'm in Dreamsville Holding you A dreamy ville Just we two al…
Everything in Its Right Place Kid A, Kid A Kid A, Kid A Everything Everything…
Exit Music Wake, from your sleep The drying of your tears We're dryin…
Folks Who Live On The Hill Many men with lofty aims, Strive for lofty goals, Others p…
For All We Know For all we know we may never meet again Before you…
Get Happy Pack up your troubles and just get happy Ya better…
How Long Has This Been Going On I could cry salty tears Where have I been all…
How Long Has This Been Going On? I could cry salty tears Where have I been all…
I Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! I've grown accustomed to her face. …
I Concentrate on You I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places That…
I Didn't Know What Time It Was I didn't know what time it was Till I met you. Oh,…
I Fall In Love Too Easily I fall in love too easily, I fall in love…
I'll Be Seeing You I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places That…
I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! I've grown accustomed to her face. S…
It Might As Well Be Spring I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm I'm as…
Knives Out I want you to know He's not coming back Look into my…
Long Ago And Far Away Long ago and far away, I dreamed a dream one…
Martha My Dear Martha my dear though I spend my days in conversation Pleas…
Moon River Moon River, wider than a mile: I'm crossin' you in…
Nearness Of You It's not the pale moon that excites me That thrills…
Nobody Else But Me I was a shy, demure type Inhibited, insecure type of maid I…
Secret Love Once I had a secret love, That lived within the heart…
She's Leaving Home Wednesday morning at five o'clock As the day begins Silent…
Still Crazy After All These Years I met my old lover on the street last May She…
The Folks Who Live On The Hill Many men with lofty aims, Strive for lofty goals, Others p…
The More I See You Each time I look at you Is like the first…
The Nearness Of You It's not the pale moon that excites me That thrills…
The Way You Look Tonight Someday, when I'm awfully low And the world is cold I will…
Tres Palabras Oye la confesion de mi secreto Nace de un corazon que…
Três Palabras Oye la confesion de mi secreto Nace de un corazon que…
Where Do You Start Where do you start? How do you separate the present…
You Do Something to Me You do something to me Something that simply mystifies me Te…
Young And Foolish Young and foolish, why is it wrong to be Young and…
Young at Heart Fairy tales can come true It can happen to you if…
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