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	Ink 19 :: Brad Mehldau
		Brad Mehldau devotes a substantial amount of his liner notes to refuting all claims that his piano trio is to be compared to the Bill Evans Trio.
		Mehldau's style is almost that of a classical Thelonious Monk; he accents keys that border sounding out of place, yet he moves across the piano with such ease that it sounds all too natural.
		Brad Mehldau is a shining example that jazz is still alive in creation today, and his trio is, without a doubt, worthy of the title he gives them: art.
	www.ink19.com /issues_F/00_02/wet_ink/music_mp/129_brad_mehldau.shtml (385 words)

	E.J.N. - BRAD MEHLDAU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Mehldau is first and foremost an improviser, and greatly cherishes the surprise and wonder that can occur from a spontaneous, directly expressed musical idea.
		Mehldau has performed around the world at a steady pace since the mid-nineties, with his trio and as a solo pianist.
		Mehldau’s most recent project is a commission from Carnegie Hall to compose and perform songs for voice and piano, featuring the classical soprano, Renée Flemming.
	www.ejn.it /mus/mehldau.htm (520 words)

	Brad Mehldau Trio
		Brad Mehldau had already impressed the public in Zurich a year and a half ago with his solo concert.
		The appearance of the Brad Mehldau Trio was not only the highlight of the evening (Dave Holland and Jim Hall had played before them), but of the whole Zurich jazz season so far.
		Mehldau, Rossy and Grenadier proved again that they don't have anything to fear from a comparison with the great trios of jazz history, such as the Oscar Peterson trion with Brown and Thipgen.
	www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo4/mehldau.htm (1095 words)

	Brad Mehldau
		The Brad Mehldau Trio fully convinced in the second half of the concert with "traditional", timeless and elegant jazz, on a level as high as I can only remember from a concert by the Oscar Peterson Trio in Geneva's Victoria Hall.
		Brad Mehldau, born in 1970, grew up in a middle class family in Jacksonville, Florida.
		Mehldau was outstanding, melodious and touching, especially in his solo part.
	www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo12/mehldau.htm (1146 words)

	Brad Mehldau Trio - "Eclectic Earwig Reviews Music and More for You!"
		Brad Mehldau Trio Progression: Art of the Trio, Volume 5 Warner Bros. 2A48005-B July 2001 Brad Mehldau interrupted his ongoing Art of the Trio series with last year’s anomalous Places.
		All of Mehldau’s telltale signatures are here: altered root motion and meter on standard tunes; extended, ethereal vamps; flowing, virtuosic intros and cadenzas; blindingly fast tempos juxtaposed with ballads so slow that they seem to hover.
		Mehldau often ends his songs and even his solos in this way: abruptly and with a simplicity that seems humorously at odds with the tumultuous waters he stirred up only moments before.
	www.eer-music.com /reviews/bradmehldau.html (1157 words)

	Brad Mehldau - Biography - AOL Music
		Brad Mehldau was another of the plethora of young jazz pianists in the '90s to adopt Bill Evans as their role model.
		Yet while the influence of Evans still thoroughly dominates Mehldau's introspective manner, harmonic constructions, and preferred format (the piano trio), 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).
		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.
	music.aol.com /artist/brad-mehldau/104980/biography (388 words)

	Brad Mehldau - Largo CD review on AudioRevolution.com
		Brad Mehldau is not your typical jazz musician, since he always has one ear focused on the musical traditions started by guys like John Coltrane, and the other one trained on rock icons of the past and present.
		Mehldau is a sort of new breed jazz musician who, like his previous employer Joshua Redman, doesn’t put a lot of unnecessary boundaries upon himself, or his choices of material.
		Mehldau, who studied music at the esteemed Berklee College of Music, is not some jazz novice who also dabbles in pop: he digs both styles equally, and gives them each equal respect.
	www.avrev.com /music/revs/bradmehldau.shtml (471 words)

	Interview with Brad Mehldau
		Brad Mehldau has a calculative and polite demeanor as he smiles and listens carefully, interested and more than willing to talk with a fan.
		Mehldau said that they were on the eve of returning to the studio to record a new album, a follow up to his last release, Largo, with Warner Brothers.
		Mehldau rebukes such a thought as he honors and amplifies the original themes of the song and extends them by adding a short improvisational piano section.
	www.gothamjazz.com /articles/mehldau (729 words)

	Ink 19 :: Brad Mehldau
		Brad Mehldau has written the soundtrack to life.
		Within the beautiful notes of his Steinway piano are snapshots of existence, experience, and this indescribable inspiration to do something of note or camera-worthy, as Mehldau's tunes are almost of the epic quality that can't be just plainly listened to.
		For nine tracks and nearly one hour, Mehldau's solo piano carries with it the soul of John Coltrane, the ability to emit personality like Thelonious Monk, and the finely crafted smoothly flowing quality of the likes of classical greats Beethoven or Bach.
	www.ink19.com /issues_F/99_09/wet_ink/music_mo/130_brad_mehldau.shtml (260 words)

	Amazon.com: Songs: The Art of the Trio, Vol. 3: Music: Brad Mehldau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Mehldau's take on Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" is offered with as much feeling as his cover of Nick Drake's "River Man," and both show the range of his influences.
		Pianist Brad Mehldau is best known for the moody storms that blow quiet and dark over his work.
		Mehldau sometimes sounds like a classical musician out for a spot of jazz and to its credit, his rhythm section allows him to mine these rich, thoroughly pleasing veins.
	www.amazon.com /Songs-Art-Trio-Vol-3/dp/B00000AG8T (1585 words)

	Amazon.ca: Intro..Brad Mehldau: Music: Brad Mehldau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Brad Mehldau's "Introducing Brad Mehldau" sounds like it should be "Brad Mehldau's Greatest Hits." From listening to this CD, you would have no idea that this is a debut.
		What's impressive here and throughout is Mehldau's preference for sparseness in his solos: they're technically extremely impressive, but he doesn't simply fill up all the available space with notes.
		At that time, Brad Mehldau was completely unknown to me but as a jazz fan for many years I just bought the CD.
	www.amazon.ca /Intro-Brad-Mehldau-Brad/dp/B000002N1C (912 words)

	Brad Mehldau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Mehldau has built an enviable reputation in his early career for his use of spacious phrasing and single-note figures and phrases.
		Mehldau made his own name debut for Warner Brothers Records in 1995 with Introducing Brad Mehldau, having previously made three albums with Perico Sambeat and Jorge Rossy.
		Mehldau's vision encompasses rock and contemporary pop interpretations, in his attempt to bridge the gap between the genres.
	musicstore.mymmode.com /artist.do?artistID=6204852 (414 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Largo: Music: Brad Mehldau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Mehldau's rendition of Radiohead's Paranoid Android, though not as inovative as some might expect, is by all means a very beautiful piece of music, and is responsible for bringing a lot of new (and young) people to BM's music.
		Mehldau and his trio are amongst the hottest properties in Jazz at the moment.
		Mehldau has mostly stuck rigidly to a formula of classically tinged piano trio up to now with a few unexpected excursions into interpretations of contemporary rock.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Largo-Brad-Mehldau/dp/B000068WXL (1336 words)

	Brad Mehldau - IMN World
		Mehldau also has a solo piano recording entitled Elegiac Cycle, and a record called Places that includes both solo piano and trio songs.
		Outside of the piano solo or trio format, Mehldau collaborated with the innovative musician and producer Jon Brion on Largo, released in 2002.
		Mehldau also has played on a number of recordings outside of the jazz idiom, like Willie Nelson’s Teatro and singer-songwriter Joe Henry’s Scar.
	www.imnworld.com /bradmehldau (540 words)

	Jazz Artist Interview - Brad Mehldau@ jazzreview.com
		BRAD MEHLDAU: I need the same thing that a listener needs — I need to be moved by the song.
		BRAD MEHLDAU: It is true that those particular tunes are in the air lately, although we recorded this stuff a year and a half ago and had been playing them already then for at least a year.
		BRAD MEHLDAU: Larry, Jorge and I went into the studio pretty soon after we recorded my previous record, Largo, and recorded for two days.
	www.jazzreview.com /articledetails.cfm?ID=2959 (2964 words)

	Brad Mehldau News
		Brad Mehldau and Renee Fleming The 2006 release Love Sublime combines the talents of a contemporary jazz giant and a front-rank operatic soprano.
		Brad Mehldau - Published: October 8, 2006 Although Brad Mehldau's mastery of the standard jazz repertoire is a significant source of his popularity, it is but one facet of his talent.
		Metheny Mehldau by Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau
	www.topix.net /who/brad-mehldau (682 words)

	Brad Mehldau Tickets - Brad Mehldau Concert Tour Schedule Show Ticket Broker
		Brad Mehldau is among the most compelling, eccentric, daring and innovative young pianists in today’s jazz..
		He is best known as leader of the Brad Mehldau Trio, with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummers Jorge Rossy and Jeff Ballard.
		While the influence of Evans still dominates Mehldau's introspective manner, harmonic constructions, and preferred format, he is one of the more absorbing and thoughtful practitioners within that idiom.
	www.ticketspecialists.com /concert/brad_mehldau_tickets.htm (651 words)

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	Jazz \| All About Jazz
		Heard here is Mehldau's trio-featuring bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy, who can also be heard on both his first Warner Bros. release, Introducing Brad Mehldau, and his second, The Art Of The Trio, Vol.
		Mehldau played with some of the students of the great bebop altoist Jackie McLean, a professor at Hartt School of Music in Hartford, and worked with Jimmy Cobb, who replaced Philly Joe Jones in the Miles Davis bands of the '50s.
		Mehldau could be the most idiosyncratic annotator of his own work since the late Glenn Gould.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /bios/bxmbio.htm (1170 words)

	Brad Mehldau Official Site, Fan Sites, Photos, Pictures
		Mehldau’s most consistent output over the years has taken place in that band, due in no small part to the rapport between the three musicians, and the constant creative inspiration he receives from Grenadier and Rossy.
		Mehldau’s most recent release, ‘Anything Goes’, is a return to the trio with Grenadier and Rossy.
		Mehldau’s latest project is a work commisoned by Carnegie Hall for voice and piano, to be performed in the spring of 2005, with the great classical soprano, Renee Fleming.
	www.alwaysontherun.net /mehldau.htm (575 words)

	Love Sublime - Renée Fleming, soprano/ Brad Mehldau, piano - Nonesuch
		Before this recording, Brad Mehldau was primarily known as a jazz composer and pianist.
		The composer states that his writing was influenced by his “great love for the genre of art song.” Mehldau composed these songs over a two-year period and considers this “the most exhaustive project I’ve ever done, in terms of sheer blood sweat and tears.
		The song was originally an instrumental that Mehldau had previously recorded under the title “Paris.” Mehldau’s wife, the singer and lyricist Fleurine, wrote words for his tune especially for this disc.
	www.audaud.com /article.php?ArticleID=2080 (492 words)

	JamBase \| BRAD MEHLDAU: ANYTHING GOES
		In the case of Brad Mehldau's latest offering with his trio, comprised of bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy, everything goes: his usual mix of standards and other covers (originals recorded during the same session have been saved for another album).
		With seamless switching of the melodic voices between Mehldau's hands and Grenadier locking in tightly with Rossy to form a very supportive yet interactive cushion, the trio alternately swings their collective asses off in Monkish fashion and then return to the opening ostinato.
		By now, Mehldau is just as famous for his choice of repertoire as he is for his wonderful renderings of it.
	www.jambase.com /headsup.asp?storyID=4700 (636 words)

	Brad Mehldau Biography - english - Hopper Management
		His first album for Nonesuch Records, the solo recording Live in Tokyo, was released in 2004, and his most recent release is with the new trio with Larry Grenadier and Jeff Ballard, entitled Day is Done.
		Mehldau’s most recent project was a commission from Carnegie Hall to compose and perform songs for voice and piano, featuring the classical soprano, Renée Fleming.
		It was performed in May of 2005, and a recording of the music with Mehldau and Fleming is planned for the future.
	www.hopper-management.com /bm_bio_e.htm (570 words)

	Brad Mehldau : Anything Goes - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Completely eschewing the electronic flourishes and horn sections that characterized the 2002 Jon Brion-produced album as Mehldau's most adventurous release up to that point, Anything Goes is actually a return to a more traditional approach.
		Similarly, "The Nearness of You" and "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" are masterpieces of impressionism that veritably weep with the plangent yearning of Miles Davis' trumpet.
		However, by the time Mehldau turns Radiohead's "Everything in Its Right Place" into the missing track off Sketches of Spain and solidifies Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years" as the most poignant ballad ever written, Anything Goes moves from the expected to the inspired and that alone makes this worth a listen.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,2827659,00.html (260 words)

	Jazzmatazz Review - Places - Brad Mehldau
		The busy Brad Mehldau's seventh album as leader since his debut on Warner in 1995 is Places, a program of original tunes named after the cities they were composed in.
		Mehldau's solo pieces show more of his classical training.
		I think the interaction with his trio mates helps the music sound more exciting—and after several years of touring together Mehdau has achieved a strong rapport with his fellow trio members, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy.
	home.att.net /~jazzmatazz/reviews.p/R0009e.html (199 words)

	Amazon.com: Metheny / Mehldau: Music: Pat Metheny,Brad Mehldau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Save for Mehldau's bandmates drummer Jeff Ballard and bassist Larry Grenadier forming a quartet on the bop-mazed "Ring of Life" and the Afro-Caribbean cadences of "Say the Brother's Name," it's two for the road on the rest of the recording.
		Mehldau and Metheny seem to have their own kind of telepathy, perhaps even more magical, in its own way, than the quartet.
		Metheny first heard of Mehldau via saxophonist Joshua Redman (whose father the great tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman sadly passed away this week)who was about to take on the young pianist, while Mehldau was a long-time admirer of Metheny since he started listening to music.
	www.amazon.com /Metheny-Mehldau-Pat/dp/B000GQLAZW (1594 words)

	Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau to perform at WFU
		Like many of his contemporaries, Mehldau began his career with classical training, long before he was exposed to jazz.
		Mehldau’s “Art of the Trio 4: Back at the Vanguard” was nominated for a 1999 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental recording.
		When not touring and recording with the Brad Mehldau Trio, he tours and records with the Pat Metheny Trio.
	www.wfu.edu /wfunews/2004/010704s.html (391 words)

	Pat Metheny / Brad Mehldau \| Metheny Mehldau
		This collaboration between Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau reveals them to be a perfect match for each other.
		Likewise, Mehldau understands the purely melodic content of Metheny’s writing, where his solos on the Latin inspired “Ahmid-6” and the pretty steel-string acoustic-led “Summer Day” (which one hopes will become a Metheny standard) complement and enhance them greatly.
		Mehldau pulls out variations of the melody in his solo, while Metheny heightens the tension on his lone guitar synth solo of the disc.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=23537 (578 words)

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