this version of My Favorite Things is my favorite song of all time, bar none. It has been ever since I heard it two years ago. Mesmerizing, heavenly, sad, happy, all at the same time. Makes you feel everything at once, like music should...
@Kasseur2fass & @Easleytee Seriously, give me a break you obnoxious pricks - implying someone is less intelligent because they prefer Mehldau to Tyner? Please, regale us on how that sip of wine harkens to black currants and Edam cheese. No, on second thought, the next time you feel like pontificating from on high about an art as subjective as jazz, spare us the sniveling - nobody digs it, it doesn't make you cool, get fucked.
@Kasseur2fass You can't really say one version is better than the other. They have such a different feel. Turner's version is much more aggressive while Mehldau's version is more soft and contemplative. They are both very unique in their own way.
Finally a blogger who has the intelligence and discernible sensibility to recognize the artistic difference between what Mehldau has failed to do with this tune compared to the legendary MT.
@Easleytee Well... Have you ever heard in your universe about CLASSICAL music? Or to? So, Mr. Musician (M is capital, your Majesty), Brad Mehldau has the most Chopinish and Scribinesque sound you've ever heard, and still, it's JAZZ. The man is a genius, he CREATES atmosphere like so little other jazz pianist, and (if you've ever dared to play the piano) IMPROVISATION!!!! FOR HEAVEN'S SHAKE, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT???
@Kasseur2fass first off Tyner played it with the quintet so there is NO comparing. second, kenny g is elevator music, or orchestrations of beatle or steely dan tunes. 3rd, it does him a while to get thru the george winston
soundalike section so you re partially right, sounds like he's doing a musical nod-off, compared to his solo opening on "alone together" (which i think, tyner could never match), 4th there is a much better, much more complex live version of this floating around somewhere.
when i heard this on mary poppins or the sound of music or whatever the heck movie it's in i thought it was kind of trite. Then Brad Mehldau got a hold of it...
@StanleyDonwood Perhaps he made it on prupose? It is a good tool if used correctly and not always. Like those 2 seconds. It gives the solo a nice and modern sound. But don't look for something wrong, for details and mistakes....enjoy the whole, the complex, the beautyful harmony that every note creates....even if it is "slightly out of tune"...
oh yea, and 5 people are not only deaf, but they're blind, dumb and lame. I feel so bad for those 5 peoplle. I'm sure they've all killed themselves by now...
@tpstrat14 I don't know why you feel the need to say such things while listening to such a wonderfull music. It's strange....These 5 people have perfectly good right to have their own likes and dislikes, haven't they? Actually your comment sounds dumb and lame to me, but it doesn't change the way that song sounds in my heart, see what I mean?
@expiculimagister nah, you don't go out of your way to listen to this song, and then go out of your way to "dislike" it if you don't have serious mental problems. You're a troll and you know it.
@tpstrat14 I'm just pissed off by the ever growing army of assholes who made every single music video on youtube contain a "XX justin bieber fans watched this/ XX people should kill themselves" type of comment. I find it useless and annoying, specially on awesome videos like this one. Anyway, I'm not much into arguing on internet, so no hard feelings an I'll keep my mouth shut from now on
@tpstrat14 --...those 5(now 6) were sooo effected by the song, that they didn't like what they were feeling. They pressed 'dislike' because of the PAIN!! Good music is supposed to make FEEL something. Oh well......
@63weezer I don't usually complain about dislikers, but this one is ridiculous. I don't understand how anyone could dislike this. Maybe someone that had something personal against Mehldau? Maybe someone who was expecting a video and then heard that french dude addressing a picture of Brad? No one could possibly listen to any good amount of this song and dislike it. I know people have their opinions, but come on...
@63weezer --[through my hands up to surrender]..."NO!!...it's not ME!!" I guess my earlier post was a bad joke. I am not one of those 5/6 dislikes-far from it! This interpretation was not only inventive, but smooth with style. The intro transported me to a sunny day when I was a teen...trying to figure out a way to kiss this girl. After I kissed her she said, "What took you so long?"....a favorite memory! :)
@63weezer I thank you for your note of the sunny day when you were a teen, and that girl's cute response ... memory, reminiscensce, recollection, remembrance, for others, the present times, ... I don't know which is the better word to define it, but it was a beautiful image, and a feeling which many, I guess, can share. :) - By the way: Mehldau's version of MFT is outstanding.
Great musician really, but several years ago I read one of his interviews in a Downbeat magazine and was very disappointed by his attitude towards Bill Evans.
''I don't quite understand why he's put on a pedestal... I'm not even crazy about his playing...''
When I read these words I couldn't believe my eyes.
Mehldau is great, but by putting down Bill Evans he did bad not to Bill Evans, but to himself.
Again, he's great, but I'm not among his fans anymore... sorry
I'm a huge fan of Bill Evans as well(Blue in Green is my favourite piece of music - out of all I've ever heard), but that Mehldau doesn't appreciate Evans is no reason not to like Mehldau.
@Ramaz1969 hmm yea that's no good. You can tell more about a person by what they say about others than what others say about him. But what I feel about this song doesn't change. This isn't even Brad Mehldau's music to me. Whatever flaws he has I don't care. This song is still absolute heavenly bliss beyond compare.
God, I feel like Brad just...mailed this....to my soul...Like I just downloaded pure love...like jesus gave me a back massage...this is one of my favorite things! LAWLZ! <3
I hadn't listened to this total masterpiece of a song in a while. The song started playing and I instantly felt goosebumps all over my body and tears streamed down my face... I don't know why. Something about this song hits me deep down somewhere. Brad, you are a genius. No other way to put it....
This version including the whole Marciac 2006 gig is being released on DVD in the UK on the 22nd February 2011 under the name " Brad Mehldau live in Marciac"
I love it when someone new suddenly comes out from nowhere and reinvents what a piano can sound like.
Those rare personalities who plays with a spirit of not caring about the fact that pianos have been around since the 1700´s - and that ALL possibles sounds / moods already have been played........personalities who still comes up with something completely new and fresh against all these odds.
I love it when someone new suddenly comes out from nowhere and reinvents what a piano can sound like.
Those rare personalities who plays with a spirit of not caring about the fact that pianos have been around since the 1700´s - and that ALL possibles sounds / moods already have been played........personalities who still comes up with something completely new and fresh against all these odds.
It's a wonderful track. Coming back to your question about Simcock, theres no doubting that Gwylim knows his theory and applies it well, but Mehldau innovates with his music in a way so seldom seen with modern jazz pianists. This alone would set him apart, but Mehldau's technical ability is breathtaking as well. Try playing one of his pieces - so many interweaving lines. To think the music makes my head hurt - to play it requires immense skill - to improvise it on the spot, that's the mark of a
I Love Mehldau...got hooked while listening to public jazz radio years ago when I heard his version of Moon River....Mesmerizing....with that said if we are talking about the greatest and the best of the best...it's Oscar Peterson for me....true legend and master. Mehldau is a master of taking a tune to another world, and you have no idea how he's gonna bring it back to a melody you recognize (or if it's even possible), but he does!
I Love Mehldau...got hooked while listening to public jazz radio years ago when I heard his version of Moon River....Mezmerizing....with that said if we are talking about the greatest and the best of the best...it's Oscar Peterson for me....true legend and master. Mehldau is a master of taking a tune to another world, and you have no idea how he's gonna bring it back to a melody you recognize (or if it's even possible), but he does!
dunno if you already heard it but FINALLY this masterpiece will be released: Live in Mariac 2 CD + DVD [track 2.05. "My favorite things" Rodgers/Hammerstein], can't wait till January 18, 2011! thank you thank you thank you Brad.
totally addicted, just can't stop listening to this masterpiece since yesterday... lying in my bed and pushing "replay", again and again and again. need to wake up from this hypnosis...No, not yet. Replay.
@pmsmorga i did the same thing a year ago when i first found this song. it is truly magical. that's all i can say about it. no other words will suffice.
@pmsmorga Im addicted too to this masterpiece. It will be released with the full Marciac concert on DVD in the UK on the 22nd February 2011 under the title " Brad Mehldau live in Marciac"
Every comment hear seems to be similar. An entrancing masterpiece of heart and soul for the ages. This rendition of My Favorite Things will live on forever and ever. It hasn't been properly recognized yet, but give it time. A truly GENIUS masterpiece...
@pmsmorga Excelent comment. No need to say that the Brad's recreation of the masterpiece of Coltrane is better than the original, in my not humble opinioin.
I don't mean to piss on anybody's parade here, but for large parts of this Mehldau's timing seems off. This kind of hypnotic ostinato is very fragile when it comes to this kind of inaccuracy. At least to my ears.
@Superphilipp I think it's part of his style/interpretation. If you listen to his version of "River Man" by Nick Drake, he does a similar thing. Part of his genius is that his left hand is like a metronome whilst his right hand has an incredible rubato. It sounds very free to me
You're right, Brad Mehldau is a rare and precious genius. Of course there's Brubeck here...he was a great teacher and influenced all piansts who had ears. so did keith and evans. brad takes it all to the next level. keith's trio work can get boring where brad takes a simple tune as such or "things behind the sun" and creates a new universe. god bless him. need this issued on a CD asap! please, brad ! ! !
Brad Mehldau es un pianista de jazz norteamericano que levanta pasiones y al que muchos consideran el heredero de Keith Jarrett, aunque hay momentos en que recuerda a Bill Evans. Aquí nos regala una brillante versión en directo del clásico "My favorite things", de Rodgers y Hammerstein.
@Paradiseforeverlost there's no price to put on this kind of ecstasy. i sure hope brad is a billionaire JUST for this one performance. truly priceless art here.
brad melted this beautiful song into my heart from the first time i heard it 2 months ago. now i come to this page from time to time to remind myself just how important my favorite things are to me. way to make a classic into an complete masterpiece, brad.
The way Mehldau starts really makes you shift to the tip of your chair, but then ... it just doesn't take off. It's definitely no contest, but Brubecks 's the word on this one. Don't take it personal Brad, you just can't have e'm all:-)
PEOPLE, please listen to jon schmidt and confirm that his compositions are SHIT compared to this!!! i mean, some people even make comments like "jon schmidt is a better composer than mozart".... AHHHHHH PLEASE SHOOT ME NOW!!!
I think Paul Smith is better than Gruisin, Guaraldi, Winston, and pretty much every well known pianist (besides classical). No pianist deserves more views than Paul Smith...I imagine all pianists would be the first to agree. (Check out Paul's "Fly me to the Moon" on youtube) But I think this injustice can be acknowledged without needlessly punishing Guaraldi, Winston, and Gruisin.
I went to go listen to Jon Schmidt because of this post. He really sucks. I guess that would be cool if you listened to it at youth group every night, but that sucked. He sucks. Brad is good. Does not suck. Jon sucks.
i'm responsible for nearly 1% of those 31479 views. mehldau is the albert einstein/steven hocking/alfred nobel/thomas edison etc etc.. of piano. (he's a genius)
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while this is really nice, i definitely dug mcCoys feels on it more. Just a matter of taste
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Thoughts by bright scientists like Richard Dawkins
Brown paper packages bearing such things
These are a few of my favourite things [ repeat ]
When the priest calls
When the preacher screams
When their Thoth make me feel sad
I simply remember my favourite books
And then I don't feel so bad
zytigon 1 month ago
violent !
MisterThomasOBrien 1 month ago
sublime.
lagathy 2 months ago
How do you can not like this, this is a masterwork , grazie
536767676533766 2 months ago
whooo superb ^^ :)♪♫
00NINIE00 2 months ago
this version of My Favorite Things is my favorite song of all time, bar none. It has been ever since I heard it two years ago. Mesmerizing, heavenly, sad, happy, all at the same time. Makes you feel everything at once, like music should...
tpstrat14 3 months ago 2
Well, right this moment it's rainin' out there...
8JustGoodMusic8 3 months ago
I got a little teary eyed..:)
anomalisnewmuzicdiva 4 months ago
I'm not a fan of the current jazz scene >.>, But i really cant believe people can dislike this. The old Jazz Masters would be proud :D
chucknorrisfanclub 4 months ago 4
@Kasseur2fass & @Easleytee Seriously, give me a break you obnoxious pricks - implying someone is less intelligent because they prefer Mehldau to Tyner? Please, regale us on how that sip of wine harkens to black currants and Edam cheese. No, on second thought, the next time you feel like pontificating from on high about an art as subjective as jazz, spare us the sniveling - nobody digs it, it doesn't make you cool, get fucked.
acknowledgment 5 months ago 4
pure emotion
MrBozuni 5 months ago
Modern jazz from germany /watch?v=jH2epiD5Dhk
FischliundWeiss 6 months ago
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Nice try, Brad, still a few millions miles from Mc Coy Tyner. Say good enough for elevator music.
Kasseur2fass 6 months ago
@Kasseur2fass You can't really say one version is better than the other. They have such a different feel. Turner's version is much more aggressive while Mehldau's version is more soft and contemplative. They are both very unique in their own way.
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markmarktarmann 3 months ago
@Kasseur2fass
Finally a blogger who has the intelligence and discernible sensibility to recognize the artistic difference between what Mehldau has failed to do with this tune compared to the legendary MT.
Check out Pilc.
Nice work.
Easleytee 5 months ago
@Easleytee Well... Have you ever heard in your universe about CLASSICAL music? Or to? So, Mr. Musician (M is capital, your Majesty), Brad Mehldau has the most Chopinish and Scribinesque sound you've ever heard, and still, it's JAZZ. The man is a genius, he CREATES atmosphere like so little other jazz pianist, and (if you've ever dared to play the piano) IMPROVISATION!!!! FOR HEAVEN'S SHAKE, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT???
8JustGoodMusic8 3 months ago
@Kasseur2fass first off Tyner played it with the quintet so there is NO comparing. second, kenny g is elevator music, or orchestrations of beatle or steely dan tunes. 3rd, it does him a while to get thru the george winston
soundalike section so you re partially right, sounds like he's doing a musical nod-off, compared to his solo opening on "alone together" (which i think, tyner could never match), 4th there is a much better, much more complex live version of this floating around somewhere.
markmarktarmann 3 months ago
@Kasseur2fass live in vienna
markmarktarmann 3 months ago
Album?
iams34 6 months ago
Awsome. Have no words... Epik...
SaiidNuff 6 months ago
@carpetmuncher3234 Yea.. it's alright. It's nothing compared to this though. Sorry...
tpstrat14 7 months ago
that guy knows how to play a piano man...
henrix1989 7 months ago 3
when i heard this on mary poppins or the sound of music or whatever the heck movie it's in i thought it was kind of trite. Then Brad Mehldau got a hold of it...
tpstrat14 7 months ago
If I am ever alone at Christmas time... I cannot possibly think of anything better to keep me company. Thank you Brad.
coffeesherpa 7 months ago
and it f ing live
tromboneman10 7 months ago
@tromboneman10 好!
roger55321 7 months ago
I love melancholy Christmas music. I must remember this one in December.
kisslena 7 months ago
Man, is it a blessing or a curse to carry a burden of such talent? Best, Sandemose
Sandemose 8 months ago
can i get the sheets for this?
ellopoppet54 8 months ago
Is it me or there is a raining sound in this song that completes the whole melody?
IVandelayIndsutriesI 8 months ago 18
@IVandelayIndsutriesI or just a really shit quality recording...
Franciscanplaypiano 7 months ago
@IVandelayIndsutriesI It harmonizes* with it. :)
JavilikesMetal 5 months ago
Folks grooving on this really owe it to themselves to check out what Coltrane and McCoy Tyner did with "My Favorite Things."
bellinghamster 8 months ago 5
Catturata da questa esecuzione...
mariagrazianuzzo63 8 months ago
Melancholichally great. When I hear this, i imagine a raindrop sliding from a window, in the night of New York....
IVandelayIndsutriesI 8 months ago
@antoine20555 mix of both,he kinda starts it the same then goes to la la land tonaly
sweetchildonline 9 months ago
Excellent!!! It's my man!!!!! Mehldau is cool!
Juliocal33 9 months ago
Great..the unique bill evans's heiress
billevanstime 9 months ago 2
Pilc is a superior pianist...period.
Easleytee 9 months ago
@Easleytee haha almost got me going there.. should put in a smiley or somehting to point out the irony ;)
scribibastos 9 months ago
Having listened to this track for many months, I have finally found something wrong with it. 1:03-1:05 - it's slightly out of tune.
StanleyDonwood 9 months ago
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@StanleyDonwood Perhaps he made it on prupose? It is a good tool if used correctly and not always. Like those 2 seconds. It gives the solo a nice and modern sound. But don't look for something wrong, for details and mistakes....enjoy the whole, the complex, the beautyful harmony that every note creates....even if it is "slightly out of tune"...
IVandelayIndsutriesI 8 months ago
c'mon guys , we all know they mistyped the Like button, it's so close anyway.. :)
alexjrmarino 9 months ago
Wonderful stuff man.
harikays1992 10 months ago
oh yea, and 5 people are not only deaf, but they're blind, dumb and lame. I feel so bad for those 5 peoplle. I'm sure they've all killed themselves by now...
tpstrat14 10 months ago
@tpstrat14 I don't know why you feel the need to say such things while listening to such a wonderfull music. It's strange....These 5 people have perfectly good right to have their own likes and dislikes, haven't they? Actually your comment sounds dumb and lame to me, but it doesn't change the way that song sounds in my heart, see what I mean?
expiculimagister 10 months ago
@expiculimagister nah, you don't go out of your way to listen to this song, and then go out of your way to "dislike" it if you don't have serious mental problems. You're a troll and you know it.
tpstrat14 10 months ago
@tpstrat14 I'm just pissed off by the ever growing army of assholes who made every single music video on youtube contain a "XX justin bieber fans watched this/ XX people should kill themselves" type of comment. I find it useless and annoying, specially on awesome videos like this one. Anyway, I'm not much into arguing on internet, so no hard feelings an I'll keep my mouth shut from now on
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tpstrat14 10 months ago
@tpstrat14 --...those 5(now 6) were sooo effected by the song, that they didn't like what they were feeling. They pressed 'dislike' because of the PAIN!! Good music is supposed to make FEEL something. Oh well......
63weezer 9 months ago
@63weezer I don't usually complain about dislikers, but this one is ridiculous. I don't understand how anyone could dislike this. Maybe someone that had something personal against Mehldau? Maybe someone who was expecting a video and then heard that french dude addressing a picture of Brad? No one could possibly listen to any good amount of this song and dislike it. I know people have their opinions, but come on...
tpstrat14 9 months ago
@63weezer --[through my hands up to surrender]..."NO!!...it's not ME!!" I guess my earlier post was a bad joke. I am not one of those 5/6 dislikes-far from it! This interpretation was not only inventive, but smooth with style. The intro transported me to a sunny day when I was a teen...trying to figure out a way to kiss this girl. After I kissed her she said, "What took you so long?"....a favorite memory! :)
63weezer 9 months ago 27
@63weezer I thank you for your note of the sunny day when you were a teen, and that girl's cute response ... memory, reminiscensce, recollection, remembrance, for others, the present times, ... I don't know which is the better word to define it, but it was a beautiful image, and a feeling which many, I guess, can share. :) - By the way: Mehldau's version of MFT is outstanding.
4500924 9 months ago
this version of my favorite things truly is one of my favorite things. No joke, no pun intended.
tpstrat14 10 months ago
@Safardi "This is one of MY FAVORITE THINGS" is clearly a 'My Favorite Things' pun...
laxdude1995 10 months ago
Bellissima!
mariagrazianuzzo63 10 months ago
Great musician really, but several years ago I read one of his interviews in a Downbeat magazine and was very disappointed by his attitude towards Bill Evans.
''I don't quite understand why he's put on a pedestal... I'm not even crazy about his playing...''
When I read these words I couldn't believe my eyes.
Mehldau is great, but by putting down Bill Evans he did bad not to Bill Evans, but to himself.
Again, he's great, but I'm not among his fans anymore... sorry
Ramaz1969 10 months ago
@Ramaz1969
I'm a huge fan of Bill Evans as well(Blue in Green is my favourite piece of music - out of all I've ever heard), but that Mehldau doesn't appreciate Evans is no reason not to like Mehldau.
StanleyDonwood 10 months ago
@Ramaz1969 hmm yea that's no good. You can tell more about a person by what they say about others than what others say about him. But what I feel about this song doesn't change. This isn't even Brad Mehldau's music to me. Whatever flaws he has I don't care. This song is still absolute heavenly bliss beyond compare.
tpstrat14 10 months ago
This is really amazing, but my heart remains with Coltrane's rendition of this piece
cars8907 10 months ago
This is one of my favorite things... Perfect voicing, perfect tempo, perfect everything. Makes me jealous of his superior skill :)
laxdude1995 10 months ago
@laxdude1995 Also I'm hoping at least someone gets my pun ;)
laxdude1995 10 months ago
@laxdude1995
That is not a pun.
Safardi1 10 months ago
amazing....not other words....
TheStormFinder 10 months ago
There should NOT be a dislike button for this.
27elt 10 months ago
God, I feel like Brad just...mailed this....to my soul...Like I just downloaded pure love...like jesus gave me a back massage...this is one of my favorite things! LAWLZ! <3
KGlesald 10 months ago
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This song is one of my favorite things!!
taylor110ce 10 months ago
2:34- 2:41
StanleyDonwood 11 months ago
Je ne me lasse pas d'écouter cette musique
Bealisa5 11 months ago
truly a masterpiece.
i hope this is the one on the DVD.
horvathivan 11 months ago
@horvathivan Hi horvathivan, please can you tell me the name of this DVD?? I absolutely have to have it!!!
TheStormFinder 10 months ago
I hadn't listened to this total masterpiece of a song in a while. The song started playing and I instantly felt goosebumps all over my body and tears streamed down my face... I don't know why. Something about this song hits me deep down somewhere. Brad, you are a genius. No other way to put it....
tpstrat14 11 months ago
This version including the whole Marciac 2006 gig is being released on DVD in the UK on the 22nd February 2011 under the name " Brad Mehldau live in Marciac"
iaincounsel69 11 months ago
This version including the whole Marciac 2006 gig is being released on DVD on the 22nd February 2011 under the name " Brad Mehldau live in Marciac"
iaincounsel69 11 months ago
shit i forgot to say how much i loved this video, thank you so very much aparxa !
expiculimagister 11 months ago
so good
jnapp1818 11 months ago
I am so juzzed!
MrCirvy1989 11 months ago
Naprawdę bardzo bardzo fajne.... Mistrz
oberek 11 months ago
Anyone know what key this is in? So great
bourgious 1 year ago
@bourgious Em (or Gmaj) , and in my opinion E harmonic minor, Cmaj and D dorian are great to play over this tune
expiculimagister 11 months ago
@bourgious Em ;)
Metallicaman75 11 months ago
brad meldau's 'my favourite things' are definetely one of my favourite things!
kevtopkin 1 year ago
thats just awesome.
rasmus00666 1 year ago
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I love it when someone new suddenly comes out from nowhere and reinvents what a piano can sound like.
Those rare personalities who plays with a spirit of not caring about the fact that pianos have been around since the 1700´s - and that ALL possibles sounds / moods already have been played........personalities who still comes up with something completely new and fresh against all these odds.
Brad Mehldau is one of these rare personalities.
A true genius if you ask me...
perchst 1 year ago
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I love it when someone new suddenly comes out from nowhere and reinvents what a piano can sound like.
Those rare personalities who plays with a spirit of not caring about the fact that pianos have been around since the 1700´s - and that ALL possibles sounds / moods already have been played........personalities who still comes up with something completely new and fresh against all these odds.
Brad Mehldau is one of these rare personalities.
A true genius if you ask me...
perchst 1 year ago
I really enjoy listening to it, so soft and full of details.
gWillheim 1 year ago
mesmerising!
proust1960 1 year ago
Incidentally, there is a transcription of this track available at jazznote.co.uk
chickle77 1 year ago
It's a wonderful track. Coming back to your question about Simcock, theres no doubting that Gwylim knows his theory and applies it well, but Mehldau innovates with his music in a way so seldom seen with modern jazz pianists. This alone would set him apart, but Mehldau's technical ability is breathtaking as well. Try playing one of his pieces - so many interweaving lines. To think the music makes my head hurt - to play it requires immense skill - to improvise it on the spot, that's the mark of a
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I Love Mehldau...got hooked while listening to public jazz radio years ago when I heard his version of Moon River....Mesmerizing....with that said if we are talking about the greatest and the best of the best...it's Oscar Peterson for me....true legend and master. Mehldau is a master of taking a tune to another world, and you have no idea how he's gonna bring it back to a melody you recognize (or if it's even possible), but he does!
MikeySaysJazz 1 year ago
I Love Mehldau...got hooked while listening to public jazz radio years ago when I heard his version of Moon River....Mezmerizing....with that said if we are talking about the greatest and the best of the best...it's Oscar Peterson for me....true legend and master. Mehldau is a master of taking a tune to another world, and you have no idea how he's gonna bring it back to a melody you recognize (or if it's even possible), but he does!
MikeySaysJazz 1 year ago
@MikeySaysJazz
well said!!
Andreeeiiii 1 year ago
how about Gwilym Simcock? i'm relatively inexperienced with jazz pianists - someone tell me what makes mehldau better than simcock :)
Dreva 1 year ago
dunno if you already heard it but FINALLY this masterpiece will be released: Live in Mariac 2 CD + DVD [track 2.05. "My favorite things" Rodgers/Hammerstein], can't wait till January 18, 2011! thank you thank you thank you Brad.
pmsmorga 1 year ago
makes me think of watching rain on a rose bush through a window. beautifully depressing.
tpstrat14 1 year ago
genius
jeffsjeffsjeffs 1 year ago
Hes killing me!
loren1283 1 year ago
Ive never heard of this artist, but I think Ive just became a new fan.
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これは，染み入る.
nadjaismus 1 year ago
これは，染み入る.
nadjaismus 1 year ago
anybody know how to download this track?
acknowledgment 1 year ago
To those who do not think God exists:
You're listening to him.
ivanhorvath 1 year ago
@ivanhorvath unacceptable, everybody knows Thom Yorke is god.... but really, no
itsachickenwiththing 1 year ago
@ivanhorvath Yeah, he's got a nice tone, but we're really not in the top 20 or even 50 I don't think.
Stoneyridger 1 year ago
god damn mehldau..how on earth does he do it.
lagathy 1 year ago
which arrangement is this? i wanna find the actual music for it!!!
kyrakiwiblair 1 year ago
@kyrakiwiblair Mehldau writes his own arrangements. I very much doubt there's sheet music available for it.
MrTr0y 1 year ago
@MrTr0y in my opinion, if you can't learn this by ear, then you don't deserve to play it
itsachickenwiththing 1 year ago 2
who is a wicked chess player?
Mehldau or Jarrett? somebody made a comment
I am a huge chess fan myself
any reply?
1gombro 1 year ago
He is also a wicked chess player.
midnightroamer 1 year ago
not keith jarrett
JayIvory87 1 year ago
i dont know how to pronounce his name!!
aljanabification 1 year ago
OMG, how wonderful. It's like listening to Schumann resurrected as a jazz muso. I love this to bits! So much romanticism. Love it.
interaliasse 1 year ago
great...he's tallented!
ciprian25 1 year ago
totally addicted, just can't stop listening to this masterpiece since yesterday... lying in my bed and pushing "replay", again and again and again. need to wake up from this hypnosis...No, not yet. Replay.
pmsmorga 1 year ago 88
@pmsmorga i did the same thing a year ago when i first found this song. it is truly magical. that's all i can say about it. no other words will suffice.
tpstrat14 1 year ago
@pmsmorga Im addicted too to this masterpiece. It will be released with the full Marciac concert on DVD in the UK on the 22nd February 2011 under the title " Brad Mehldau live in Marciac"
iaincounsel69 11 months ago
@iaincounsel69 Thanks for the info.
Every comment hear seems to be similar. An entrancing masterpiece of heart and soul for the ages. This rendition of My Favorite Things will live on forever and ever. It hasn't been properly recognized yet, but give it time. A truly GENIUS masterpiece...
tpstrat14 11 months ago
@pmsmorga Excelent comment. No need to say that the Brad's recreation of the masterpiece of Coltrane is better than the original, in my not humble opinioin.
vanea99 11 months ago
god, this is bjutiful. simply amazing. im spechless.
pmsmorga 1 year ago 2
There are no words to describe beauty of this Coltrane interpretation
lofix7 1 year ago 2
perfect, just perfect...
bygota 1 year ago
Can't stop, can't stop melting away while listening...
thatgreenpistachio 1 year ago 2
Gorgeous.
thatgreenpistachio 1 year ago
brad mehldau might just be one of the most talented musicians i've ever heard.. this is real music.. damn.
Frede081192 1 year ago
It has a "50 ways" feel - incredible...
kmbackid 1 year ago
incredibly beautiful
earthchild100 1 year ago
You think how can this song be interpreted again in a way that speaks to me? And then Brad Mehldau does it.
acknowledgment 1 year ago 9
Просто великолепно! amayzing!
artezikk 1 year ago
Sublime
StanleyDonwood 1 year ago
Astonishing.
NiikkiiCrawford 1 year ago
so nice.gj
ericream2000 1 year ago
Just wonderfull..
TrulikasLT 1 year ago
I don't mean to piss on anybody's parade here, but for large parts of this Mehldau's timing seems off. This kind of hypnotic ostinato is very fragile when it comes to this kind of inaccuracy. At least to my ears.
Still, it's a beautiful interpretation.
Superphilipp 1 year ago
@Superphilipp syncopation I believe!
1klavierspieler 1 year ago
@Superphilipp I think it's part of his style/interpretation. If you listen to his version of "River Man" by Nick Drake, he does a similar thing. Part of his genius is that his left hand is like a metronome whilst his right hand has an incredible rubato. It sounds very free to me
willywoo112 1 year ago 2
@Superphilipp
Mehldau does these floating lines/comping all the time. If the trio were behind him you'd hear that he has perfect time.
jepige1 1 year ago
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You're right, Brad Mehldau is a rare and precious genius. Of course there's Brubeck here...he was a great teacher and influenced all piansts who had ears. so did keith and evans. brad takes it all to the next level. keith's trio work can get boring where brad takes a simple tune as such or "things behind the sun" and creates a new universe. god bless him. need this issued on a CD asap! please, brad ! ! !
horvathivan 1 year ago
MARAVILLOSO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
carmen78473 1 year ago
is this on any album?
Frede081192 1 year ago
...ongelooflijk
DB1815 1 year ago
Brad Mehldau es un pianista de jazz norteamericano que levanta pasiones y al que muchos consideran el heredero de Keith Jarrett, aunque hay momentos en que recuerda a Bill Evans. Aquí nos regala una brillante versión en directo del clásico "My favorite things", de Rodgers y Hammerstein.
twaintwai 1 year ago
thank you for sharing this...
shama2 1 year ago
Estilo, interpretación, sensibilidad... impresionante.
breizand 1 year ago
The best jazz piano player ever? There are many: Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Gonzalo Rubalcaba,...
Just listen!!
Best wishes from SPAIN!!!. The sound is perfect, though I searched "My romance".
carlos002nz 1 year ago 2
wow!!
rmorfinq 1 year ago
@Paradiseforeverlost there's no price to put on this kind of ecstasy. i sure hope brad is a billionaire JUST for this one performance. truly priceless art here.
tpstrat14 1 year ago
brad melted this beautiful song into my heart from the first time i heard it 2 months ago. now i come to this page from time to time to remind myself just how important my favorite things are to me. way to make a classic into an complete masterpiece, brad.
tpstrat14 1 year ago 12
you must be kidding! Brubeck is a nice player, but lacks the total renewing power of Mehldau. What a genius!
tamaar85 1 year ago
The way Mehldau starts really makes you shift to the tip of your chair, but then ... it just doesn't take off. It's definitely no contest, but Brubecks 's the word on this one. Don't take it personal Brad, you just can't have e'm all:-)
flonach 1 year ago
Brubeck.
flonach 1 year ago
unique...
wseaqyght34217 1 year ago
excellent...
wseaqyght34217 1 year ago
yeah, chill, it was a joke :)
Jazzboogaloo 1 year ago
was it that bad??
Jazzboogaloo 1 year ago
He can make any standard his own. A true genius.
thedeservingmany 1 year ago
a little taste of heaven, thanks brad
tpstrat14 1 year ago
This is nice, but Listen to Dave Brubeck's version.
octave7 1 year ago
Dude, Mehldau blows Brubeck out of the water
jepige1 1 year ago
@jepige1 easily
MicahGGG 1 year ago
Best version ever. I'm speechless.
clemensetz 1 year ago
actually he's the best
playermusicpiano90 1 year ago
i need this on a cd, please! brad! please! this is beyong greatness.
horvathivan 1 year ago
fan-bloody-tastic! thanks a million for uploading!
buergidunitz 1 year ago
PEOPLE, please listen to jon schmidt and confirm that his compositions are SHIT compared to this!!! i mean, some people even make comments like "jon schmidt is a better composer than mozart".... AHHHHHH PLEASE SHOOT ME NOW!!!
tpstrat14 1 year ago
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@tpstrat14 Tim.
I think Paul Smith is better than Gruisin, Guaraldi, Winston, and pretty much every well known pianist (besides classical). No pianist deserves more views than Paul Smith...I imagine all pianists would be the first to agree. (Check out Paul's "Fly me to the Moon" on youtube) But I think this injustice can be acknowledged without needlessly punishing Guaraldi, Winston, and Gruisin.
carlosian2 1 year ago
I went to go listen to Jon Schmidt because of this post. He really sucks. I guess that would be cool if you listened to it at youth group every night, but that sucked. He sucks. Brad is good. Does not suck. Jon sucks.
sleeepingpills 1 year ago
i'm responsible for nearly 1% of those 31479 views. mehldau is the albert einstein/steven hocking/alfred nobel/thomas edison etc etc.. of piano. (he's a genius)
tpstrat14 1 year ago
Nobel was not a greatest genius among scientists. But you're right, Brad Mehldau is a rare and precious genius!
fantabenz 1 year ago
beautiful
bobvanluijt 1 year ago
genius
BFL0W 1 year ago
mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhldau
myhanmei 2 years ago
this version is really different in that it's very sad to me... a brilliant take on a classic!
ThankGodImFunky 2 years ago