Brad Mehldau – 10 Years Solo Live (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Brad Mehldau – 10 Years Solo Live (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 05:05:22 minutes | 2,78 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Nonesuch

Exquisite 32-track live collection from the US jazz pianist, recorded over a decade! Includes original compositions, as well as material from John Coltrane, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Thelonious Monk, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Nirvana & more.

One of the most lauded jazz pianists of his generation, Brad Mehldau is a supremely gifted musician, known for his atmospheric and spare solo performances. 10 Years Solo Live presents an extensive collection of recordings handpicked by Mehldau and culled from at least 19 live concerts. These are solo shows Mehldau performed while on tour in Europe from 2004 to 2014. Clocking in at around 300 minutes and spread over four discs, these tracks are presented out of chronological order and with the intention of telling a story – or at least taking the listener on a journey. Thankfully, whether you choose to engage this music by skipping around or listening straight through, there is much to enjoy. A true postmodernist, Mehldau’s song choices run the gamut from well-worn standards (“My Favorite Things”) to reworked alt-rock covers (Stone Temple Pilots’ “Interstate Love Song”), classical (Brahms’ “Intermezzo B flat major, Op. 76 No. 4”), and his own expansive original compositions. Also included are such Mehldau concert staples as his landmark ruminative reworking of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and his similarly inspired mash-up of the Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony” and the Kinks’ “Waterloo Sunset.” Elsewhere, we get languid, drawn-out jazz standards, such as his endlessly yearning, farsighted take on “On the Street Where You Live” and his delicately sweet, childlike interpretation of “I’m Old Fashioned.” Adding to the sheer amount of music here are Mehldau’s detailed liner notes in which he discusses his song choices, how he interprets a tune, and how he thinks of this material in retrospect. Mehldau is a philosopher and poet at his core, and this set finds him delving into some of his deeper inspirations, including reflections on God and musings about the contrast between light and dark, loud and soft, new and old. It’s just the kind of intricate, deeply thoughtful writing one would expect from the man behind such intensely focused and beautifully crafted improvisations.

Tracklist:

1-01. Brad Mehldau – Dream Brother (13:34)
1-02. Brad Mehldau – Blackbird (06:30)
1-03. Brad Mehldau – Jigsaw Falling Into Place (11:52)
1-04. Brad Mehldau – Meditation I – Lord Watch Over Me (08:45)
1-05. Brad Mehldau – And I Love Her (15:58)
1-06. Brad Mehldau – My Favorite Things (12:14)
1-07. Brad Mehldau – This Here (08:15)
2-01. Brad Mehldau – Smells Like Teen Spirit (09:37)
2-02. Brad Mehldau – Waltz for J. B. (06:04)
2-03. Brad Mehldau – Get Happy (12:30)
2-04. Brad Mehldau – I’m Old Fashioned (05:20)
2-05. Brad Mehldau – Teardrop (14:13)
2-06. Brad Mehldau – Holland (11:06)
2-07. Brad Mehldau – Meditation II – Love Meditation (06:03)
2-08. Brad Mehldau – Knives Out (Version 1) (11:34)
3-01. Brad Mehldau – Lost Chords (09:28)
3-02. Brad Mehldau – Countdown (10:42)
3-03. Brad Mehldau – On the Street Where You Live (07:08)
3-04. Brad Mehldau – Think of One (07:46)
3-05. Brad Mehldau – Medley: Zingaro / Paris (10:41)
3-06. Brad Mehldau – John Boy (03:34)
3-07. Brad Mehldau – Intermezzo in B-flat major, Op. 76: No. 4 (02:39)
3-08. Brad Mehldau – Junk (05:06)
3-09. Brad Mehldau – Los Angeles II (05:16)
3-10. Brad Mehldau – Monk’s Mood (04:45)
3-11. Brad Mehldau – Knives Out (Version 2) (07:22)
4-01. Brad Mehldau – Le Memoire et la Mer (10:37)
4-02. Brad Mehldau – Bittersweet Symphony / Waterloo Sunset (15:50)
4-03. Brad Mehldau – Intermezzo in E minor, Op. 119: No. 2 (05:06)
4-04. Brad Mehldau – Interstate Love Song (17:57)
4-05. Brad Mehldau – Hey You (11:06)
4-06. Brad Mehldau – God Only Knows (16:44)

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