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Infobox musical artist| name = Brad Mehldau| image = Brad Mehldau.jpg| caption =| image_size =| landscape = yes| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1970|8|23|mf=y| death_date =| origin = Jacksonville, Florida , United States| instrument = Piano | genre = Post-bop , jazz | occupation = Pianist , Composer | years_active = 1993& ndash;present| label =| associated_acts = Brad Mehldau Trio , Pat Metheny , Joshua Redman | website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Brad Mehldau (born August 23, 1970) is an American Jazz piano|jazz pianist . Besides leading his own group, the Brad Mehldau Trio, he has performed with many renowned artists, including Pat Metheny , Wayne Shorter , Larry Grenadier , Peter Bernstein (guitarist)|Peter Bernstein , Jeff Ballard (musician)|Jeff Ballard , Joshua Redman , Christian McBride , Michael Brecker , Chris Potter (jazz saxophonist)|Chris Potter , Kurt Rosenwinkel , Brian Blade , Jimmy Cobb , classical vocalists Renée Fleming http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/press/press_release/111702.html and Anne Sofie von Otter , and singer-songwriters Chris Thile and John Mayer .
Biography
Mehldau was born Bradford Alexander Mehldau in 1970 in Jacksonville, Florida . http://www.bradmehldau.com/content/music/pdf/mackenzie.pdf His family moved to Connecticut where Mehldau spent most of his childhood and high school. He attended William H. Hall High School in West Hartford and participated in Hall's prestigious jazz program. While a sophomore in high school, he won Berklee College 's Best All-Around Musician Award. Mehldau moved to New York City|New York in 1988 to study jazz at The New School , studying under Fred Hersch , Junior Mance and Kenny Werner , and also playing with Jimmy Cobb .citation needed|date=February 2009 He went on to play as sideman with a variety of musicians, most importantly with the Joshua Redman quartet, before forming his own trio in 1994, with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy , and later Jeff Ballard (musician)|Jeff Ballard , who succeeded Rossy in 2005. In addition to his trio work, Mehldau collaborated with guitarist Pat Metheny , releasing two albums with him and embarking on a worldwide tour along with Grenadier and Ballard.
Recording primarily for Nonesuch Records , Mehldau plays original compositions, jazz standards and jazz arrangements of popular music, especially rock music. With his trio, he has recorded arrangements of the music of Nick Drake , The Beatles , Radiohead and Paul Simon among others, and recorded Soundgarden 's " Black Hole Sun " on his 2008 album, Live . Mehldau has also expressed an interest in and knowledge of philosophy, in particular of music and art. He has played and recorded solo and with co-leaders Peter Bernstein (guitarist)|Peter Bernstein , Mark Turner (musician)|Mark Turner , Charlie Haden , Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd , Pat Metheny and others. In 2004, Mehldau toured with Kurt Rosenwinkel and Joshua Redman .
He cites Larry Goldings , Kevin Hays , Peter Bernstein (guitarist)|Peter Bernstein , Mark Turner (musician)|Mark Turner , Kurt Rosenwinkel , Jesse Davis , David Sánchez (musician)|David Sánchez and the other members of his own trio as influences.cite web |author=Brannon, Mike |url= http://www.jazzreview.com/articledetails.cfm? ID=2318 |title=Brad Mehldau's Opening, Middle and Endgame |publisher= |accessdate=2009-07-02 He implements his classical training by often playing a separate melody with each hand in unusual Metre (music)|rhythmic meters . For example, he plays his arrangement of Jerome Kern 's standard " All the Things You Are " on Art of the Trio, Vol. IV in A major (a half-step up from the original key, A-flat major ) played in 7/4 time. On Day Is Done , he also plays Paul Simon's "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" in 7/4. Another of Mehldau's signature techniques is to create an ostinato in his right hand whilst developing a motivic idea in his left hand (e.g. on "Live in Tokyo", during the last three minutes of "Someone to Watch Over Me", where he keeps a constant A pedal).
Mehldau is married to Netherlands|Dutch jazz vocalist Fleurine , with whom he has recorded and toured extensively. He speaks (more or less) fluent Dutch language|Dutch .
Music Sheets
in 2003, the American publisher Hal Leonard released a collection of 6 titles (Bewitched, I Didn't Know What Time It Was, Nobody Else but Me, Prelude to a Kiss, Sehnsucht, Unrequited) transcribing the piano part of pieces played in trio.
in 2011, the French publisher Outre Mesure released in both English and French the complete transcription note for note of Elegiac Cycle , his first solo album, and some musical commentaries by Philippe André, the original manuscript “lead sheets” of Brad Mehldau and a long and recent interview by Ludovic Florin about the genesis of the record and where the musician stands with it now.
Discography
As leader
Introducing Brad Mehldau (1995, Warner Bros. Records|Warner )
The Art of the Trio, Vol. I (1997, Warner)
The Art of the Trio, Vol. II & mdash; Live at the Village Vanguard (1997, Warner)
The Art of the Trio, Vol. III & mdash; Songs (1998, Warner)
Elegiac Cycle (1999, Warner)
The Art of the Trio, Vol. IV & mdash; Back at the Vanguard (1999, Warner)
Places (2000, Warner)
The Art of the Trio, Vol. V & mdash; Progression (2001, Warner)
Solo Piano & mdash; Live in Tokyo (2004, Nonesuch)
Day Is Done (trio) (2005, Nonesuch)
House on Hill (trio) (2006, Nonesuch)
Live (trio) (2008, Nonesuch)
Highway Rider (2010, Nonesuch)
Live in Marciac (solo) (2011, 2CD+DVD, Nonesuch)
Ode (trio) (2012, Nonesuch)
As co-leader
with Jordi Rossy, Mario Rossy, Perico Sambeat: New York-Barcelona Crossing, Volumen 1 (1993, Fresh Sound|FSNT )
with Rossy, Rossy, Sambeat: New York-Barcelona Crossing, Volumen 2 (1993, FSNT)
with Rossy Trio: When I Fall in Love (1993, FSNT)
with MTB ( Mark Turner (musician)|Mark Turner , Peter Bernstein (guitarist)|Peter Bernstein , Larry Grenadier , Leon Parker ): Consenting Adults (1994, Criss Cross Jazz )
with Lee Konitz and Charlie Haden : Alone Together (1997, Blue Note Records|Blue Note )
with Konitz and Haden: Another Shade of Blue (1999, Blue Note)
with Fleurine: Close Enough for Love (1999, EmArcy Records|EmArcy )
with Joel Frahm: ''Don't Explain (2004, Palmetto Records|Palmetto )
with Renée Fleming : Love Sublime (2006, Nonesuch)
with Pat Metheny : Metheny/Mehldau (2006, Nonesuch)
with Metheny, Grenadier, Ballard: Metheny/Mehldau Quartet (2007, Nonesuch)
My Wife Is an Actress|Ma femme est une actrice (2001)
Unfaithful (2002 film)|Unfaithful (2002)
The Lake House (film)|The Lake House (2006) "When It Rains" and "Young at Heart"
'' Happily Ever After (2004 film)|Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants (2004)
TV Appearances as performer
SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions http://www.solosjazz.com/a_brad.php (2004)
See also
List of jazz pianists
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.bradmehldau.com Official Brad Mehldau Web Site
http://www.bradmehldau.de/ Official German Homepage, Warner Music Group
http://www.praguepost.com/articles/2006/11/08/around-town.php Review of Brad Mehldau's concert in Prague
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=4834547 Interview about Nick Drake with performance
http://www.jazz.com/dozens/the-dozens-twelve-essential-brad-mehldau-performances "Twelve Essential Brad Mehldau Performances" by Ted Gioia from http://www.jazz.com www.jazz.com
http://sovmag.com/2008/04/18/brad-mehldau-trio-live-2008/ Review of the Brad Mehldau Trio's 2008 album, "Live"
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