Brad Mehldau

The Art of the Trio, Vol. 3

Brad Mehldau · 1998

The late-90s Mehldau trio inherited the conversational model of the Bill EvansBill Evansビル・エヴァンス trio while treating rock and pop songs as raw material for improvisation. His contrapuntal right-hand lines became a signature.

MoodSwing

Joshua Redman · 1994

MoodSwing (1994) captured these four in the middle of their separate ascents. MehldauBrad Mehldauブラッド・メルドー, McBrideChristian McBrideクリスチャン・マクブライド, and BladeBrian Bladeブライアン・ブレイド each went on to build defining careers of their own. In 2020 the same band reunited as RoundAgain.

MoodSwing

Joshua Redman · 1994

Deep Song

Kurt Rosenwinkel · 2005

The Art of the Trio, Vol. 3

Brad Mehldau · 1998

Day Is Done

Brad Mehldau · 2005

In 1994, a 24-year-old and still largely unknown Brad Mehldau appeared on Joshua Redman's MoodSwing — two years before his own Art of the Trio series began the career that made him one of the most acclaimed pianists in jazz.

Deep Song

Kurt Rosenwinkel · 2005

MehldauBrad Mehldauブラッド・メルドー joined the Deep SongDeep SongKurt Rosenwinkel · 2005 sessions right after a European tour. His intimate improvisational dialogue with Rosenwinkel forms the album's core.

Tales from the Hudson

Michael Brecker · 1996

80/81

Pat Metheny · 1980

Michael Brecker

Michael Brecker · 1987

Pilgrimage

Michael Brecker · 2007

Pat Metheny first heard Michael Brecker's tenor not on a jazz record but on a pop hit pouring out of a car radio at a big intersection. The two would later become close collaborators — but the introduction came over the airwaves, through pop.

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