Although known for his intimate and finely rendered jazz, Brad Mehldau has long showcased his interest in digging deep into songs by pop and rock bands. It's a concept he puts on full display with 2023's Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles. Recorded in a live solo session at Philharmonie de Paris, the album finds Mehldau investigating a handful of his favorite tunes by the iconic British rock group. While jazz became his life's calling, the pianist was initially drawn to play music listening to rock ...
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Although known for his intimate and finely rendered jazz, Brad Mehldau has long showcased his interest in digging deep into songs by pop and rock bands. It's a concept he puts on full display with 2023's Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles. Recorded in a live solo session at Philharmonie de Paris, the album finds Mehldau investigating a handful of his favorite tunes by the iconic British rock group. While jazz became his life's calling, the pianist was initially drawn to play music listening to rock artists like Billy Joel, Supertramp, Led Zeppelin, and Steely Dan. He has built upon these early inspirations throughout his career, offering distinctive takes on songs by Radiohead, Nick Drake, and yes, the Beatles, as on his 2005 trio album Day Is Done. He has also pushed the envelope of his own jazz compositions towards more maverick rock and classical sounds, as on his ambitious 2022 album Jacob's Ladder. Your Mother Should Know is closer in vibe to the former, with Mehldau treating each Beatles tune as he might a jazz standard, reconsidering the harmony of the song and using the melody as jumping-off point for his own bold, endlessly lyrical improvisations. What's particularly enjoyable about Mehldau's approach is how he keeps each song recognizable while making it his own, as on "I Am the Walrus," where he implies John Lennon's throaty psychedelia with tiny moments of dissonance. Similarly, the already lullaby-like "For No One" is given a delicate, dancerly quality in the swinging Paul McCartney style. Perhaps most compelling is his bittersweet reading of "Here, There and Everywhere," transforming the song into a softly moving ballad that evokes the classic '60s style of Bill Evans. ~ Matt Collar, Rovi
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