Brad Mehldau - Live In Tokyo (3LP)
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15th Anniversary edition with tracks previously only released in Japan (A2-3, B1-2, C2-3, D1)
Piano – Brad Mehldau
Written by Brad Mehldau (A1, B2, C2-3), Paul Simon (A2), Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers (A3), Joni Mitchell (B1), George & Ira Gershwin (B3, F1), Nick Drake (C1, F2), Cole Porter (C4), Burt Bacharach (D1), Hal David (D1), Thelonious Monk (D2), Colin Greenwood (E1), Edward O'Brien (E1), Jonathan Greenwood (E1), Philip Selway (E1), Thomas Yorke (E1)
3 LPs, tri-fold cover
Limited to 3,000 numbered copies
Original analog Master tape: YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Live
Record Press : Record Industry (Netherlands)
Label: Run Out Groove
Original Label : Nonesuch
Recorded live in concert on February 15, 2003 at Sumida Triphony Hall, Tokyo
Engineered by Yoshihito Saegusa
Produced by Brad Mehldau
Reissue produced by Matt Block
Remastered by Alex DeTurk at Sterling Sound
Lacquer cut by Alex DeTurk at Masterdisk
Photography by Michael Wilson (pictures of Brad Mehldau) and Ye Rin Mok (others)
Originally released in September 2004
Reissued in September 2019
Tracks :
Side A:
- Intro
- 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
- My Heart Stood Still
Side B:
- Roses Blue
- Intro II
- Someone To Watch Over Me
Side C:
- Things Behind The Sun
- C Tune
- Waltz Tune
- From This Moment
Side D:
- Alfie
- Monk’s Dream
Side E:
- Paranoid Android
Side F:
- How Long Has This Been Going On?
- River Man
Reviews :
“Moving ever closer to becoming his generation's Keith Jarrett, Live in Tokyo finds pianist Brad Mehldau delving into a solo piano performance in February of 2003 with a quiet intensity, mixing a kind of studied jazz formalism with a lyrical "train-of-thought" avant-gardism. Ever the iconoclast, Mehldau tackles such varied compositions as Nick Drake's "Things Behind the Sun," Thelonious Monk's "Monk's Dream," a couple Gershwin standards, and Radiohead's "Paranoid Android." Clocking in at almost 20 minutes, "Android" stands as the epic and expansive centerpiece of this intense, cerebral, and beautiful album.” AllMusic Review by Matt Collar
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.63 / 5