Brad Mehldau: All the Things You Are
Track
All the Things You Are
Artist
Brad Mehldau (piano)
CD
Art of the Trio 4: Back at the Vanguard (Warner Brothers 9 4763-2)
Musicians:
Brad Mehldau (piano), Larry Grenadier (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums).
Composed by Jerome Kern
.Recorded: Live at the Village Vanguard, New York, January 5-10, 1999
Rating: 98/100 (learn more)
This is an impressive polyrhythmic exercise by a path-breaking jazz trio. I’m not sure non-musicians will savor all the twists and turns of the Mehldau trio in action. But anyone who has played in a rhythm section will be dazzled by this jumpy, jittery 13-minute performance. The trio’s cohesiveness in navigating through a fast 7/4 reworking of this standard is especially impressive. In the liner notes, Mehldau complains about the "constant comparison of this trio with the Bill Evans trio." And he has a valid point. Mehldau’s work here moves beyond the orbit of his influences – in particular, check out the dialogue between his left and right hands. Grenadier and Rossy also play at top form.
Reviewer: Ted Gioia
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Tags: all the things you are · jerome kern covers · odd time meters · village vanguard
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