Introducing Brad Mehldau

Introducing Brad Mehldau
Studio album by Brad Mehldau
Released	1995
Recorded	March 13 and April 3, 1995
Studio	Power Station (New York City)
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:41
Label	Warner Bros. 9362-45997-2
Producer	Matt Pierson
Brad Mehldau chronology
Consenting Adults (1994) Introducing Brad Mehldau (1995) The Art of the Trio Volume One (1996)

Introducing Brad Mehldau is an album by pianist and composer Brad Mehldau, released on the Warner Bros. label in 1995. ^{[1] [2]}

Background and reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	[4]

Mehldau in 2023, reflecting on the existence of two of his trios on the release, wrote: "What you hear is two records in one – my voice, I think, but mediated by all those great musicians who, by my lights, already had their own sound as well." ^[5]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and in its review by Scott Yanow, called it "a fine start to what should be a productive career". ^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Brad Mehldau except as indicated

1. "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 7:46
2. "Countdown" (John Coltrane) - 4:12
3. "My Romance" (Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 6:23
4. "Angst" - 6:11
5. "Young Werther" - 7:11
6. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington) - 10:00
7. "London Blues" - 7:00
8. "From This Moment On" (Cole Porter) - 6:33
9. "Say Goodbye" - 9:25

Personnel

Band

• Brad Mehldau - piano
• Larry Grenadier (tracks 1-5), Christian McBride (tracks 6-9) - bass
• Jorge Rossy (tracks 1-5), Brian Blade (tracks 6-9) - drums

Production

• Produced by Matt Pierson
• Engineered by James Farber
• Mastering by Greg Calbi
• Design by Rey International
• Art Direction by Greg Ross
• Production Coordination by Dana Watson

References

1. Yanow, Scott. "Brad Mehldau Introducing Brad Mehldau - Review". Allmusic . Retrieved January 23, 2014.
2. "Discography of Brad Mehldau" . Retrieved January 23, 2014.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 988. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide . Random House. Retrieved September 23, 2019. Brad Mehldau
5. Mehldau, Brad (2023). Formation: Building a Personal Canon, Part One. Equinox. pp. 259–260. ISBN   978-1-80050-313-7.