Brad Mehldau - Highway Rider (2010)
MP3 CBR 320Kbps | 2 CD | Time 41:13/1:02:47 | 248 MB
Jazz/Piano

The Highway Rider is pianist and composer Brad Mehldau's second collaboration with enigmatic pop producer Jon Brion. The first was 2002's ambitious but tentative Largo. As a collaboration, The Highway Rider is much more confident by contrast. Mehldau's most ambitious work to date, its 15 compositions are spread over two discs and 100 minutes. His trio --bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard -- is augmented by saxophonist Joshua Redman, drummer Matt Chamberlain, and a chamber orchestra conducted by Dan Coleman. The album is a narrative jazz suite, orchestrated and arranged by Mehldau, though it has much in common with classical and pop music, as well.

Tracks

CD 1:
*01.- John Boy
*02.- Don't Be Sad
*03.- At The Tollbooth
*04.- Highway Rider
*05.- The Falcon Will Fly Again
*06.- Now You Must Climb Alone
*07.- Walking The Peak


CD 2:
*01.- We'll Cross The River Together
*02.- Capriccio
*03.- Sky Turning Grey (For Elliot Smith)
*04.- Into The City
*05.- Old West
*06.- Come With Me
*07.- Always Departing
*08.- Always Returning