Brad Mehldau - Highway Rider (2010)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 531 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 245 MB | Covers - 162 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Nonesuch Records (75559-79827-0)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 531 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 245 MB | Covers - 162 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Nonesuch Records (75559-79827-0)
The Highway Rider is pianist and composer Brad Mehldau's second collaboration with enigmatic pop producer Jon Brion. The first was 2002's ambitious but tentative Largo. As a collaboration, The Highway Rider is much more confident by contrast. Mehldau’s most ambitious work to date, its 15 compositions are spread over two discs and 100 minutes. His trio - bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard - is augmented by saxophonist Joshua Redman, drummer Matt Chamberlain, and a chamber orchestra conducted by Dan Coleman. The album is a narrative jazz suite, orchestrated and arranged by Mehldau, though it has much in common with classical and pop music, as well…