Orpheus chamber orchestra brad mehldau biography

American talk pianist, composer and musician (born )

Musical artist

Bradford Vanquisher Mehldau (; born Lordly 23, ) is characteristic American talking pianist, composer, and organiser.

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About Brad

His first record for Nonesuch, Brad Mehldau Live in Tokyo, was released in September After ten rewarding years with Rossy playing in Mehldau’s regular trio, drummer Jeff Ballard joined the band in The label released its first album from the Brad Mehldau Trio—Day is Done—on September 27, An exciting double live trio recording entitled Brad Mehldau TrioLive was released on March 25th, (Nonesuch). On March 16, , Nonesuch released a double-disc of original work entitled Highway Rider, the highly anticipated follow up to Largo. The album was Mehldau’s second collaboration with renowned producer Jon Brion and featured performances by Mehldau’s trio—drummer Jeff Ballard and bassist Larry Grenadier—as well as percussionist Matt Chamberlain, saxophonist Joshua Redman, and a chamber orchestra led by Dan Coleman. In Nonesuch released Live in Marciac—a two CD release with a companion DVD of the performance, and Modern Music, a collaboration between pianists Brad Mehldau and Kevin Hays and composer/arranger Patrick Zimmerli.

In Nonesuch released an album of original songs from the Brad Mehldau Trio—Ode—the first from the trio since ’s live Village Vanguard disc and the first studio trio recording since ’s Day is Done. Ode went on to garner a Grammy

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Variations on a Melancholy Theme

album by Brad Mehldau with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Variations on a Melancholy Theme is an album by American jazz pianist Brad Mehldau with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. It was recorded in and released only on June 11, , by Nonesuch.^[7]

Reception

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RJ Lambert of AllMusic stated, "Mehldau’s use of modern compositional techniques brings forth some unexpected tonalities, far beyond those of melancholy. The first few variations introduce odd meters, and a spacious “American” sound reminiscent of Copland and Gershwin. The orchestration constantly shifts between smaller ensembles within the orchestra, never settling in any one texture for too long."^[1] Nigel Jarrett of Jazz Journal commented, "Mehldau’s ambitious work is a theme and variations in which the neo-classicism of Stravinsky is sometimes invoked as well as the lush and sometimes wild sonorities of a full orchestra. When composers have an orchestra to write for as a rare event it’s tempting for them to get their moneysworth. Not that Mehldau over-indulges himself; in fact, he is often sparing in treating the two-part, three-to-the-bar theme to 11 variants – more if a cadenza and postlude are included and, on the album, an encore of two more variations."^&