Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Brad Mehldau
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Brad Mehldau | ||||
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Released | 2007 | |||
Recorded | September 1996 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 56:03 | |||
Label | Concord/ Jazz Alliance | |||
Producer | Shari Hutchinson | |||
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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Brad Mehldau is an album by jazz pianists Marian McPartland and Brad Mehldau. The recording was released as a CD in 2007.[4]
Music and recording
[edit]The contents of the album were first recorded for NPR broadcast in September 1996.[1] The radio broadcast was one in a long series of Piano Jazz programs that featured jazz pianist Marian McPartland in conversation and playing with another musician.[5] The material played is a combination of Mehldau originals and standards.[2]
The two pianists play both individually and together.[2] On "From This Moment On", Mehldau "utilizes multiple lines simultaneously rather than simply soloing against standard chord changes." He uses imaginative voicings on "When I Fall in Love".[6] "McPartland's solos include moving renditions of 'I Get Along Without You Very Well' and the less frequently performed 'I See Your Face Before Me'".[6] They duet on "Stella By Starlight" and "Our Love Is Here to Stay", and "a lively improvised blues to wrap up the date."[6] During the conversations, "McPartland gets him to talk about some of his core concepts: the 'voice lead' (with 'several voices going at one time'), the implicit rather than stated beat (which requires 'keeping the pulse in my head'), and 'compositionally compact' thematic development."[5]
Track listing
[edit]- "Conversation" – 3:35
- "From This Moment On" (Cole Porter) – 4:44
- "Conversation" – 4:19
- "Ron's Place" (Brad Mehldau) – 4:30
- "Conversation" – 1:22
- "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 4:23
- "Conversation" – 1:55
- "I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 4:02
- "Conversation" – 2:23
- "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 4:35
- "Conversation" – 2:59
- "(Our) Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:28
- "Conversation" – 0:58
- "I See Your Face Before Me" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:54
- "Conversation" – 3:34
- "No Particular Blues" (Marian McPartland, Mehldau) – 3:16
- "Conversation" – 0:06
Personnel
[edit]- Marian McPartland – piano, speech
- Brad Mehldau – piano, speech
References
[edit]- ^ a b Collar, Matt "Brad Mehldau – Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz (Radio Broadcast)". AllMusic. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
- ^ a b c Butler, Stephanie (July 22, 2007) "Marian McPartlands Piano Jazz: Brad Mehldau". PopMatters.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 990. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Conrad, Thomas (June 2007) "Marian McPartland/Brad Mehldau: Piano Jazz" Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. JazzTimes.
- ^ a b Conrad, Thomas (June 2007) "Marian McPartland/Brad Mehldau – Piano Jazz" Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. JazzTimes.
- ^ a b c Dryden, Ken (June 11, 2007) "Brad Mehldau: Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Brad Mehldau". AllAboutJazz.