Brad Mehldau - Art of the Trio, Vol. 5: Progression
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Artist: Brad MehldauEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2001-09-18
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- The More I See You
- Dream's Monk
- The Folks Who Live On The Hill
- Alone Together
- It Might As Well Be Spring
- Cry Me A River
- River Man
- Quit
- Secret Love
- Sublation
- Resignation
- Long Ago And Far Away
- How Long Has This Been Going On?
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Music Review: Simply Stunning
Rating: 5 Stars
The Brad Mehldau Trio's fifth offering in the Art of the Trio series may just be their best yet. Of course, the fact that this set, recorded live at the Village Vanguard contains over 135 minutes of music on two discs doesn't hurt. This set documents a piano trio at the top of their form. The interactions between Mehldau, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Jorge Rossy are second to none in this day.This set (recorded in September 2000) includes four Mehldau compositions (all terrific), but is mostly a set of jazz standards leaning toward the lyrical side of things (Gershwin, Kern, Fain, Hammerstein, Rogers) and includes a terrific version of Nick Drake's "River Man" (the 11+ minute recording on this disc far surpasses the 5 minute version on the brilliant 'Art of the Trio Vol. 3 studio disc). As with the previous Trio albums, Mehldau mixes swing with ballads with skill and ease (this album is much more similar to the outstanding 'Art of the Trio 4' than the most recent Mehldau release, the also terrific, but more moody 'Places' from last year). The set opens with a romping display (Grenadier particularly shines) on "The More I See You" and continues pace with the original "Dream's Monk". Things are slowed down a little with a terrific performance of Hammerstein and Kern's "The Folks Who Live On the Hill". The spell complemented by tinkling glasses (on this song and several others--it is a live recording in the truest sense) and briefly disturbed by the ring of some fool's cell phone at the 2:57 mark. Nevertheless, the performance is not to be missed. The remainder of disc one picks up the pace again with a great performance of "Alone Together", a brief foray into "It Might as Well Be Spring" and concludes with soothing brilliance on "Cry Me a River" and the already mentioned "River Man". Wow! And there's still one disc to go...
Disc 2 is more subdued than disc 1 and includes three Mehldau originals--"Quit", "Sublation", and the beautiful, haunting "Resignation"--mixed with standards and features the expected extended improvisations and lyrical play throughout, culminating with 25 minutes of piano trio perfection on performances of "Long Ago and Far Away" and "How Long Has this Been Going On?". I cannot recommend this disc highly enough. Naturally, the liner notes contain Mehldau's typically esoteric comments. This time, the subject is music and language. Enjoy!
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