Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Brad Mehldau

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.[3]

Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Brad Mehldau
Studio album by
Marian McPartland, Brad Mehldau
Released2007
RecordedSeptember 1996
GenreJazz
Length56:03
LabelConcord/ Jazz Alliance
ProducerShari Hutchinson
Brad Mehldau chronology
The Art of the Trio Volume One
(1996)		 Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Brad Mehldau
(1996)		 Live at the Village Vanguard: The Art of the Trio Volume Two
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
PopMatters[2]

Music and recording

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.[4] 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".[5] "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'".[5] They duet on "Stella By Starlight" and "Our Love Is Here to Stay", and "a lively improvised blues to wrap up the date."[5] 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."[4]

Track listing
  1. "Conversation" – 3:35
  2. "From This Moment On" (Cole Porter) – 4:44
  3. "Conversation" – 4:19
  4. "Ron's Place" (Brad Mehldau) – 4:30
  5. "Conversation" – 1:22
  6. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 4:23
  7. "Conversation" – 1:55
  8. "I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 4:02
  9. "Conversation" – 2:23
  10. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 4:35
  11. "Conversation" – 2:59
  12. "(Our) Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:28
  13. "Conversation" – 0:58
  14. "I See Your Face Before Me" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:54
  15. "Conversation" – 3:34
  16. "No Particular Blues" (Marian McPartland, Mehldau) – 3:16
  17. "Conversation" – 0:06

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References
  1. Collar, Matt "Brad Mehldau – Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz (Radio Broadcast)". AllMusic. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  2. Butler, Stephanie (July 22, 2007) "Marian McPartlands Piano Jazz: Brad Mehldau". PopMatters.
  3. Conrad, Thomas (June 2007) "Marian McPartland/Brad Mehldau: Piano Jazz" Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. JazzTimes.
  4. Conrad, Thomas (June 2007) "Marian McPartland/Brad Mehldau – Piano Jazz" Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. JazzTimes.
  5. Dryden, Ken (June 11, 2007) "Brad Mehldau: Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Brad Mehldau". AllAboutJazz.
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