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Joel Frahm with Brad Mehldau.(Sound Recording Reviews)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
Joel Frahm with Brad Mehldau. Don't Explain. Palmetto PM2096, 2004.
Saxophonist Joel Frahm teams up with pianist Brad Mehldau for this quietly impressive survey of jazz standards, all of them performed by the duo without a rhythm section or further accompaniment of any kind. Given the instrumentation, one might expect that the selections would lean toward ballads, but they are in fact quite evenly divided between slow and up-tempo numbers. The album opens with a gently heartfelt rendition of the Billie Holiday classic "Don't Explain," following which Mehldau and Frahm offer a rollicking take on the Harold Arlen potboiler "Get Happy" (which features a particularly impressive solo by Mehldau) and a stately but powerful version of Sonny Rollins's "Oleo." The album's high point comes on the fourth track, which may be the first truly interesting arrangement ...
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- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Nehring, Karl W. January 1, 2001 700+ words
Brad Mehldau: Places (Warner Bros. 9 47693-2) Brad Mehldau once again tries to come across in his liner notes...Note that the album title mentions Mehldau, not the Brad Mehldau Trio; the overall feeling is that Mehldau wanted...
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- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Nehring, Karl W. April 1, 2000 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) April 9, 2004 700+ words
...Guard Give rising New York piano star Brad Mehldau a good tune and get the heck out of...fcrafts@guardnet.com. CONCERT PREVIEW Brad Mehldau Trio What: Pianist and his trio play...office, 687-6526 CAPTION(S): Brad Mehldau, who brings his trio to the Shedd on...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 5, 1999 700+ words
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- Press release article from: Business Wire October 9, 1998 700+ words
...roster is Seven Mary Three, Luna, Brad Mehldau, Superdrag, The Great Divide and Dial...in San Diego. Acclaimed jazz pianist Brad Mehldau will be showcased Oct. 11, taped during...m. - Dial 7 Oct. 11 - 5 p.m. - Brad Mehldau Oct. 12 - 10 p.m. - (CHAT ONLY...
- Brad Mehldau: Songs (The Art of the Trio, Vol. 3) (Warner Bros. 9 47051...
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound January 1, 1999 700+ words
Brad Mehldau: Songs (The Art of the Trio, Vol. 3) (Warner Bros. 9 47051 2) Young (mid-20s) pianist Brad Mehldau is supported on this recording by Larry Genadier (currently touring in a trio with Pat Metheny on guitar and Brain Blade...
- Pat Metheny, Brad Mehldau.
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Ginell, Richard S. March 26, 2007 700+ words
...top) Presented by Los Angeles Philarmonic Assn. Band: Pat Metheny; Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, Jeff Ballard. Reviewed March 24, 2007 Ever since pianist Brad Mehldau made it onto the scene more than a decade age, guitarist Pat Metheny...
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- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) February 28, 2004 700+ words
...hedgehog knows one big thing'. If Uri Caine is a fox, Brad Mehldau is definitely a hedgehog. The pianist keeps returning to...Mundi 574 1231.40) If you want to know where Uri Caine and Brad Mehldau came from, this 10-CD box set is the place to start...
