Brad Mehldau Takes Audience on "A Great Ride" (LA Times) with "Highway Rider"; Plays Solo Set at Carnegie Hall

Browse by:
Year
Browse by:
Publish date (field_publish_date)
Submitted by nonesuch on
Article Type
Publish date
Excerpt

Brad Mehldau and the musicians featured on his 2010 Nonesuch release, Highway Rider, gave the final live performance of the album, at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles Friday night. The Los Angeles Times says: "It wasn't classical-jazz, jazz-pop or some other hyphenated hybrid. It was just a great ride." Mehldau gives a New York Times–recommended solo set at Carnegie Hall this week, featuring songs off Highway Rider and Mehldau's forthcoming Live in Marciac, as well as works by Brahms, Bach, Fauré, Radiohead, and Jeff Buckley.

Copy

Brad Mehldau and the musicians featured on his 2010 Nonesuch release, Highway Rider, gave the final live performance of the album, at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles Friday night. Those featured musicians—Mehldau's Trio, with Larry Grenadier on bass, Jeff Ballard on drums; label mate Joshua Redman on saxophone; and Matt Chamberlain on drums—were joined by a chamber orchestra led by conductor Scott Yoo for the event. The Los Angeles Times's Chris Barton, in his concert review, noted the work's genre-defying nature, concluding: "It wasn't classical-jazz, jazz-pop or some other hyphenated hybrid. It was just a great ride." Read the complete review at latimes.com.

The New York Times's Allan Kozinn, reviewing the piece's New York premiere at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall last fall, called the piece Mehldau's "grandest effort yet" joining classical music and jazz. Kozinn's fellow Times music critic Nate Chinen had called the Highway Rider album the "year’s most luxurious jazz release, a double album with Romantic underpinnings and a stealth foothold in classic rock."

Mehldau returns to Carnegie Hall, where he is the holder of the Debs Composer's Chair this season, for a solo set in Zankel Hall this Wednesday. On the program are works written by Mehldau, including "John Boy" off of Highway Rider, and "Trailer Park Ghost" and "Goodbye Storyteller," which can be heard on Mehldau's forthcoming 2CD+DVD Nonesuch release, Live in Marciac, as well as works by Brahms, Bach, Fauré, Richard Rodgers, Radiohead, Lennon/McCartney, and Jeff Buckley. The New York Times recommends the concert, with Chinen explaining: "In his solo piano recitals Mr. Mehldau blends judicious pop offerings, archaic songbook standards and intricate originals, employing a touch that runs from sprightly to somber."

For more information on the upcoming concert, with limited ticket availability, visit carnegiehall.org.

To pick up a copy of Highway Rider with the complete album plus a bonus demo track included as high-quality, 320 kbps MP3s at checkout, head to the Nonesuch Store, where you can also pre-order Live in Marciac, due out February 22.

featuredimage
Brad Mehldau: "Highway Rider" [cover]
  • Monday, January 24, 2011
    Brad Mehldau Takes Audience on "A Great Ride" (LA Times) with "Highway Rider"; Plays Solo Set at Carnegie Hall

    Brad Mehldau and the musicians featured on his 2010 Nonesuch release, Highway Rider, gave the final live performance of the album, at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles Friday night. Those featured musicians—Mehldau's Trio, with Larry Grenadier on bass, Jeff Ballard on drums; label mate Joshua Redman on saxophone; and Matt Chamberlain on drums—were joined by a chamber orchestra led by conductor Scott Yoo for the event. The Los Angeles Times's Chris Barton, in his concert review, noted the work's genre-defying nature, concluding: "It wasn't classical-jazz, jazz-pop or some other hyphenated hybrid. It was just a great ride." Read the complete review at latimes.com.

    The New York Times's Allan Kozinn, reviewing the piece's New York premiere at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall last fall, called the piece Mehldau's "grandest effort yet" joining classical music and jazz. Kozinn's fellow Times music critic Nate Chinen had called the Highway Rider album the "year’s most luxurious jazz release, a double album with Romantic underpinnings and a stealth foothold in classic rock."

    Mehldau returns to Carnegie Hall, where he is the holder of the Debs Composer's Chair this season, for a solo set in Zankel Hall this Wednesday. On the program are works written by Mehldau, including "John Boy" off of Highway Rider, and "Trailer Park Ghost" and "Goodbye Storyteller," which can be heard on Mehldau's forthcoming 2CD+DVD Nonesuch release, Live in Marciac, as well as works by Brahms, Bach, Fauré, Richard Rodgers, Radiohead, Lennon/McCartney, and Jeff Buckley. The New York Times recommends the concert, with Chinen explaining: "In his solo piano recitals Mr. Mehldau blends judicious pop offerings, archaic songbook standards and intricate originals, employing a touch that runs from sprightly to somber."

    For more information on the upcoming concert, with limited ticket availability, visit carnegiehall.org.

    To pick up a copy of Highway Rider with the complete album plus a bonus demo track included as high-quality, 320 kbps MP3s at checkout, head to the Nonesuch Store, where you can also pre-order Live in Marciac, due out February 22.

    Journal Articles:On TourArtist NewsReviews

Enjoy This Post?

Get weekly updates right in your inbox.
terms

X By submitting my information, I agree to receive personalized updates and marketing messages about Nonesuch based on my information, interests, activities, website visits and device data and in accordance with the Privacy Policy. I understand that I can opt-out at any time by emailing privacypolicy@wmg.com.

Thank you!
x

Welcome to Nonesuch's mailing list!

Customize your notifications for tour dates near your hometown, birthday wishes, or special discounts in our online store!
terms

By submitting my information, I agree to receive personalized updates and marketing messages about Nonesuch based on my information, interests, activities, website visits and device data and in accordance with the Privacy Policy. I understand that I can opt-out at any time by emailing privacypolicy@wmg.com.

Related Posts

  • Friday, November 22, 2024
    Friday, November 22, 2024

    Rhiannon Giddens and Silkroad Ensemble conclude American Railroad fall tour at BAM in Brooklyn. Carminho is across the river at The Town Hall in NYC. John Adams is performed by the CSO. Laurie Anderson’s ARK: United States V concludes in Manchester. Jeremy Denk joins Fairfax Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven. Mary Halvorson tours Spain and Switzerland. Caroline Shaw is at Cité de la musique in Paris with Roomful of Teeth and Gabriel Kahane. Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered is performed in Amsterdam. The Staves are in Denver. Davóne Tines sings Bach at Columbia. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway tour Massachusetts, upstate New York, and Ohio.

    Journal Topics: On TourWeekend Events
  • Friday, November 15, 2024
    Friday, November 15, 2024

    American Railroad, the new album from the Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens, is out now. It is the culmination of four years of research, collaboration, and music-making, having brought Silkroad artists all across the US to uncover and uplift stories of those who built the transcontinental railroad and connecting railways across North America. "The result is a tapestry of stories, traditions, and music that have shaped our multifaceted cultural identity, and that must be heard and recognized," Giddens says. Also out now are a performance video of the track "Mahk Jchi" and the first episode of the American Railroad podcast series. The US fall tour continues to November 23.

    Journal Topics: Album ReleaseArtist NewsOn TourVideo