Largo (Brad Mehldau album)

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Largo
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Studio album by
Brad Mehldau
ReleasedAugust 13, 2002
RecordedApril 2–8, 2001
Studio Capitol Studio B (Hollywood, California)
Genre Jazz
Length64:09
Label Warner Bros.
9362 48114-2
Producer Jon Brion
Brad Mehldau chronology
Progression: The Art of the Trio, Vol. 5
(2000)		Largo
(2002)		 Anything Goes
(2002)

Largo is an album by American pianist and composer Brad Mehldau released on the Warner Bros. label in 2002. [1] [2] The album is a departure for Mehldau's earlier straight-ahead jazz albums, instead featuring a more experimental pop-influenced sound and extensive use of session musicians.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
Sputnikmusic4.4/5 [5]

The Guardian's John Fordham gave it a 4-star rating and observed "Mehldau is framed quite differently on Largo – a setting that includes chamber-classical woodwind and brass and a percussion sound deploying hip-hop and drum'n'bass grooves. He also plays electric keyboards at times, and the influence of producer Jon Brion – Mehldau's principal collaborator on the project, though the pianist wrote all the arrangements - was clearly critical". [3]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars, and in its review by Robert L. Doerschuk stated "what intrigues most about Largo in the end is the perspective it offers on Mehldau, whose playing here is, as always, intelligent, perhaps a bit cerebral, and now open as well to sonic exotica". [1]

JazzTimes reviewer Russel Carlson noted "Even with the added musicians and sounds, Mehldau's piano is, as it should be, the focal point of Largo. His playing remains a little sinister and sad on the CD, but he has also lightened his touch and his melodies and harmonies are refreshingly simpler this time around". [6]

The album was issued on vinyl for the first time in 2023. [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brad Mehldau, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When It Rains" 6:36
2."You're Vibing Me" 3:28
3."Dusty McNugget" 5:43
4."Dropjes"Mehldau, Darek Oleszkiewicz, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Jon Brion, Matt Chamberlain, Victor Indrizzo 3:58
5."Paranoid Android" (Radiohead cover) Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood, Phil Selway 9:05
6."Franklin Avenue" 3:42
7."Sabbath" 4:42
8."Dear Prudence" (The Beatles cover) Lennon-McCartney 5:22
9."Free Willy"Mehldau, Chamberlain, Larry Grenadier, Jorge Rossy 5:05
10."Alvarado" 4:00
11."Wave/Mother Nature's Son" Antônio Carlos Jobim/Lennon-McCartney6:28
12."I do" 7:17

Personnel

Credits

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Doerschuk, Robert L. "Brad Mehldau Largo - Review". Allmusic . Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Discography of Brad Mehldau" . Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  3. 1 2 Fordham, John (September 6, 2002). "Brad Mehldau: Largo". The Guardian .
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 989. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ↑ "Brad Mehldau: Largo". Sputnikmusic. sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Carlson, Russel (September 2002). "Brad Mehldau Largo Review". JazzTimes.
  7. ↑ "Brad Mehldau's 'Largo' Now Available on Vinyl for First Time". Nonesuch Records . June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
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