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June 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Joshua Redman Quartet: Come What May
Joshua Redman Quartet Come What May Nonesuch In the two decades since the Joshua Redman Quartet last recorded together their leader has gone in all directions as featured soloist, cameo artist and collaborator (The Bad Plus, Brad Mehldau) working with tone and timbre to shape his playing and songwriting.Archive
June 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Brad Mehldau: Finding Gabriel
Brad Mehldau Finding Gabriel Nonesuch I was so hooked on the early Meldhau work – mostly trio jazz and sometimes some solo piano. And then he toured NZ with his trio and it was…I dunno…it was just boring. It was just exactly as it was meant to be I suppose and yet I somehow wanted more. He won me back over with his extrapolations […]Archive
August 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
A Bad Gig Can Kill Your Love of Good Music: Time Is The Healer – You Can Find Your Way Back…
Last night I sat down with a good book, a nice drink and a copy of Brad Mehldau’s solo piano record, Live in Tokyo. I loved this album when it was released – nearly ten years ago now. And I loved most things Mehldau was doing or had done – his trio records, solo recordings, […]Archive
October 5, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Aaron Goldberg: The Now
Aaron Goldberg The Now Sunnyside Records The easy, obvious comparison with Goldberg and his trio (bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Eric Harland, they also work with the great Charles Lloyd) is to Brad Mehldau’s small combo/trio work – tinkering, skittish percussion flirts alongside piano glissando, they so effortlessly, as a group, fall back into the […]Archive
October 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Mark Guiliana: Beat Music – The Los Angeles Improvisations
Mark Guiliana Beat Music: The Los Angeles Improvisations Beat Music Productions In a huge year for Mark Guiliana, the in-demand drummer, composer, beat-maker has started his own label, continued to guest and collaborate and co-create (including the excellent Taming The Dragon with Brad Mehldau under the name Mehliana) and simultaneously released two albums, two sides […]Archive
May 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana: Mehliana – Taming The Dragon
Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana Mehliana: Taming The Dragon Nonesuch I collected up whatever I could find by Brad Mehldau about a decade ago. He was the man. Covers of pop songs, live bop sets, classical noodlings, solo piano, with a trio or quartet – I just kept collecting his records. He couldn’t do anything […]Archive
May 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman