Highway Rider by Brad Mehldau (CD, 2010)

Nonesuch, Nns

0075597982701

23046068748

CD

2010

Jazz

Brad Mehldau

Highway Rider

0.40in

0.18lb.

5.60in

4.90in

15

2

1.1 John Boy 1.2 Don't Be Sad 1.3 At the Tollbooth 1.4 Highway Rider 1.5 The Falcon Will Fly Again 1.6 Now You Must Climb Alone 1.7 Walking the Peak 2.1 We'll Cross the River Together 2.2 Capriccio 2.3 Sky Turning Grey [For Elliot Smith] 2.4 Into the City 2.5 Old West 2.6 Come with Me 2.7 Always Departing 2.8 Always Returning

2010 two CD release from the Jazz pianist. Eight years ago, Mehldau and Los Angeles-based producer Jon Brion collaborated on the groundbreaking Largo album. Highway Rider reunites Mehldau with Brion in an even more ambitious setting, with a broader instrumental palette. This two-disc, 15-track song cycle was written, orchestrated, and arranged by Mehldau and features his long-time rhythm section of drummer Jeff Ballard and bassist Larry Grenadier, along with old friends drummer Matt Chamberlain and saxophonist Joshua Redman as well as a chamber orchestra conducted by Dan Coleman. Highway Rider reflects Mehldau's recent experience writing long-form pieces, including the Carnegie Hall-commissioned Love Songs for mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter.