Review of Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau

Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau

Brad Mehldau | Chris Thile

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

The first recorded fruits of this initially unexpected and seemingly improbable but by now well-established collaboration arrive over five years...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2017

Review of Brad Mehldau: Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles

Brad Mehldau: Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles

Brad Mehldau

Editor's Choice

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

Twenty-first century jazz piano icon Brad Mehldau has been investigating the best ways to interpret his own selection of cults...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2023

Review of Brad Mehldau: After Bach

Brad Mehldau: After Bach

Brad Mehldau

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

“As a professional organist, much of Bach's work took the form of improvisation, and during his lifetime it was the...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2018

Review of Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau: Nearness

Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau: Nearness

Brad Mehldau | Joshua Redman

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

The influential contemporary pianist and saxophonist's musical relationship goes back to the early 1990s. It was then that a fledgling...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

Review of Brad Mehldau: Variations on a Melancholy Theme

Brad Mehldau: Variations on a Melancholy Theme

Brad Mehldau

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★

Brad Mehldau and the Grammy Award-winning, New York-based Orpheus Chamber Orchestra toured Europe, Russia, and the US with Variations on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2021

Review of Brad Mehldau Trio: Where Do You Start

Brad Mehldau Trio: Where Do You Start

Brad Mehldau | Jeff Ballard | Larry Grenadier

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

As the Keith Jarrett of his generation, the acme of jazz piano for Generation X-ers just as the savant from...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: October/2012

Review of Brad Mehldau Trio: Ode

Brad Mehldau Trio: Ode

Brad Mehldau | Jeff Ballard | Larry Grenadier

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★

Nothing if not prolific and following quickly on from last year's superlative solo Live In Marciac set this trio studio...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: April/2012

Review of Brad Mehldau, Kevin Hays: Modern Music

Brad Mehldau, Kevin Hays: Modern Music

Brad Mehldau | Kevin Hays

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★

There has been no shortage of Brad Mehldau albums in recent times – the solo Live in Marciac, Highway Rider...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2011

Review of Brad Mehldau: 10 Years Solo Live

Brad Mehldau: 10 Years Solo Live

Brad Mehldau

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★★

Every so often a set of discs comes along that defines an artist or their place in jazz. Unusually, Brad...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2015

Review of Brad Mehldau Trio: Blues and Ballads

Brad Mehldau Trio: Blues and Ballads

Brad Mehldau | Jeff Ballard | Larry Grenadier

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

Following the epic, turbo-charged one man showcase on the retrospective 10 Years Solo Live and the exhilarating contemporary prog electronica...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016

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