Search results for "Larry Grenadier"

Mark Turner / Larry Grenadier / Jeff Ballard: Child's Play (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 03, 08

Ballard's highly melodic drums open this tune, soon followed by Grenadier's bass. Turner enters last, almost on tipto...

Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau: A Night Away (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music December 23, 07

Metheny and Mehldau worked admirably together on their recent guitar-piano duets, but this quartet track with Larry G...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Enrico Rava: Outsider (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 06, 09

Although I can't read Enrico Rava's mind, "Outsider" could just as well refer to his late mentor Steve Lacy, who spen...

Brad Mehldau: Exit Music (For a Film) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

It’s become as common these days for jazz musicians to play Radiohead as Rodgers & Hart. The whole thing started with...

Brad Mehldau: River Man (trio version, 2000) (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

Brad Mehldau has made no secret of his affinity for the singer-songwriter Nick Drake and of his tune “River Man” in p...

Pat Metheny: (Go) Get It (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

Pat Metheny was driven toward jazz by the discovery of one of his brother Mike's Miles Davis records (Four and M...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES

Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...

Brad Mehldau: Fear and Trembling (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 30, 09

Brad Mehldau is one of the most exciting voices in jazz piano today. "Fear and Trembling" demonstrates his compositio...

Fly: Lady B (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music March 09, 09

This is very much an ensemble performance. And these guys are really serious about that. An email went out from Fly's...

Jonathan Kreisberg: Just In Time (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 11, 09

New York guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg is finally gaining some well-deserved momentum through his Wednesday night resi...

Fly: Sky & Country (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 12, 09

The jazz trio Fly considers itself to have three co-leaders. You've heard of group think? This is group-think music. ...

Charles Lloyd: Song of Her (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 15, 09

Cecil McBee's luminous ballad "Song of Her" first appeared in 1966 on Charles Lloyd's best-known album, Forest Flower...

Brad Mehldau: All the Things You Are (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

This is an impressive polyrhythmic exercise by a path-breaking jazz trio. I’m not sure non-musicians will savor all ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Brad Mehldau: I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 03, 07

You may not know what time it is either. But count along, you will pick up the 5/4 groove – very nicely played by th...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Joshua Redman (featuring Brad Mehldau): Summertime (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 28, 07

Summertime . . . and the fish are jumpin' in 5/4 time. From Sidney Bechet to Kenny G, saxophonists have delighte...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Brad Mehldau: Alfie (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 30, 07

One of the curses of jazz pianists is that they are forced to share their repertoire with cocktail lounge tinklers an...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Brad Mehldau: It Might As Well Be Sprng (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music December 30, 07

In this debut trio recording, Mehldau stays in a straight-ahead groove. The later Art of the Trio recordings would t...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Brad Mehldau: How Long Has This Been Going On (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music December 30, 07

I have written elsewhere how Brad Mehldau has updated the piano trio repertoire, refreshing the musty museum which pa...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BRAD MEHLDAU PERFORMANCES

Few jazz musicians in recent years have put together a more exciting and innovative body of work than Brad Mehldau....

Enrico Rava: Lulù (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 31, 09

At first glance, this summit of leading Italian and American jazz musicians might seem to present an incongruous comb...

Mark Turner: Moment's Notice (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

The lone standard on Mark Turner's debut as a leader could not pass through the hands of these young talents and come...

Kurt Rosenwinkel: The Cloister (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 20, 09

Mellow and meditative, this tune is surprisingly engaging even though its tempo rides introspectively upon a new wave...

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