Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Brad Mehldau | ||||
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Released | 2007 | |||
Recorded | September 1996 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 56:03 | |||
Label | Concord/ Jazz Alliance | |||
Producer | Shari Hutchinson | |||
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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Brad Mehldau is an album by jazz pianists Marian McPartland and Brad Mehldau. The recording was released as a CD in 2007. [4]
The contents of the album were first recorded for NPR broadcast in September 1996. [1] The radio broadcast was one in a long series of Piano Jazz programs that featured jazz pianist Marian McPartland in conversation and playing with another musician. [5] The material played is a combination of Mehldau originals and standards. [2]
The two pianists play both individually and together. [2] On "From This Moment On", Mehldau "utilizes multiple lines simultaneously rather than simply soloing against standard chord changes." He uses imaginative voicings on "When I Fall in Love". [6] "McPartland's solos include moving renditions of 'I Get Along Without You Very Well' and the less frequently performed 'I See Your Face Before Me'". [6] They duet on "Stella By Starlight" and "Our Love Is Here to Stay", and "a lively improvised blues to wrap up the date." [6] During the conversations, "McPartland gets him to talk about some of his core concepts: the 'voice lead' (with 'several voices going at one time'), the implicit rather than stated beat (which requires 'keeping the pulse in my head'), and 'compositionally compact' thematic development." [5]