Mehldau goes rock, C/D

hahahahhahaha!!!!

i love them, first time I saw them it was all about the drums, this time he held way off and it was all about the bass. people bitch about how over the top they are, too flashy or showy, im always impressed by how much they can restrain themselves.

jordan: listened to 'every day a battle', love the mix of electronic/live drums, liked the whole track actually, interesting structure, i love the buildup section to the opening bit, can only fault the production, start could be a bit more epic maybe, i take it you recorded it yourselves?

That's good to hear, the last couple times I saw them Reid Anderson was getting steamrolled in the mix (but seemed to be having fun anyway).

I love how when Dave King plays REALLY quietly, his body language/telegraphing is the same as when he's bashing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sic_arzKUdY

Doesn't really belong in this thread exactly, but :o

Srsly fantastic.

Got the latest record based on that. Honestly finding most of it sort of enervating. But that track kills it.

Also it has ugh soprano sax

I've a few of his older albums, but feel like I should check out the new stuff. That vid also reminds me how much I love live jazz, and should make more of an effort to go to shows. If nothing else, the jazzbo "game faces" are A+++.

My home town has what used to be an awesome jazz club, but a few years back it became (and remains) a total thronging hangout for dickheads and now the only chance of getting a table is by reservation, which I'm firmly against.

link isn't working for me?

brad always had some especially weird jazz faces though - somewhere in between "fuck this shit" and *nodding off on heroin*

Jordan, search brad mehldau into the city

>*nodding off on heroin*

lol, always love to see a musician "gouching out".

damn, jeff ballard

Doing a little digging into Highway Rider on Spotify; "Don't Be Sad" and "Sky Turning Grey (For Elliott Smith)" are really beautiful. I like how you can hear Jon Brion's influence on the album as well.

>damn, jeff ballard

Phenomenal in that vid. One of the things I enjoy about live jazz is how drumming that might seem a bit fussy and/or technical on record can become hugely exciting when the musicianship behind it is on show (not in ref to jeff ballard, he clearly kills it all over the record too).

Brad Mehldau Trio: Live (2008) kills it. Only man on the planet who can do a jazz version of Wonderwall that doesn't sound phoned-in.

I'm beginning to think I like Ballard with the group better than Rossy. Rossy is great and an incredibly original drummer, possibly more of an *artist* than Ballard, but Mehldau is already so heady that I think he benefits from the more forceful and propulsive drumming Ballard provides.

i won't be getting that big 'art of the trio' box set that recently came out, but i'd really like to read ethan iverson's liner notes/band interviews for it.

I like some of the Art of the Trio material a lot. I think 5 ("Progression") is probably my favorite.

Mehldau is in a weird place among jazzbos, I think -- he's a lot more *avant* than he gets credit for, probably bc of his commercial success. I mean the way he twists changes on a lot of songs is much more mind-bending than what a good number of *out* dudes do.

vol IV ("back at the vanguard") was the one i listened to a lot

good point btw

I wanna see him cover not Radiohead, but something unexpected--Katy Perry or Lil B or Aerosmith or ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXtnQ8i9Jjs

mehldau - blade one-two punch on this is all time

Something about this sounds strangely assy to me. Maybe I need to hear it on better speakers:

http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/brad-mehldau-kicks-off-mehliana-tour-drummer-mark-guiliana-2013-10-16?fb_action_ids=10151631300647261%2C10151631291507261%2C10151629327007261&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=hovercard

Augh, the new record is so embarrassing and bad

I mean some of it is good but the bad parts are soooo bad

lol the faces he makes in this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9ogjxRMi1Y

I liked the album he did with Redmon - Nearness - a lot

Only man on the planet who can do a jazz version of Wonderwall that doesn't sound phoned-in.

damn

Every so often I go down a YouTube hole on that early 90s redman band with Mehldau, Blade and McBride. Incredible group, all in their early to mid 20s. Redman is always the weakest link for me but he gets credit for putting together/leading that band and his compositions are good vehicles for them. One of my favorite all time rhythm sections.

Wish I had known about this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owUWR_K9-EQ&t=494s

Incidentally, I was in Marlboro not long ago and The Falcon is a special place, a multi-tiered venue with two different live music rooms on the edge of a breathtaking waterfall. Booking is unfortunately pretty uneven (a lot of cheesy boomer blues bands).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVNKQtPvv00

Whole set is up. Very enjoyable, although not as much as the young, roaring-out-of-the-gate version of the same quartet.

I still find it weird that I make like 40% of the ILM comments about this guy, strikes me as a very generation-defining player with a lot of amazing material

Maybe he needs a proper S/D thread

I didn't listen to his last two serious political & Christianity-themed records more than once, but absolutely loved him on Joshua Redman's RoundAgain (w/McBride & Blade), along with the live set that's on Youtube.

That was one of my very favorite jazz records of last year, and I feel like it was underrated because the '90s crew isn't the new thing anymore (obv), but neither are they looked at as legendary elder statesmen quite yet, perhaps.

yeah round again is v good