MOON RIVER/DEAR PRUDENCE - BradMehldau （solo piano）

[AieshaB01]

Keith Jarrett invented the art of piano playing (and "singing" to put it mildly)?! Read what MCalixte89 has to say.

[0ooMICKoo0]

There's being able to play & getting a feeling across. I can hear lots of notes. I wish I could do all those in a hurry but I think I'll stick to feeling :)

[maidoodesu]

nice !...

[wyattmilton07]

what i find extermely facinating bout Brad's performances is that no matter which song you listen to,he envelopes you in a harmonious labirinth of freshness and mastery.

[Convisis]

a friend of mine is really good friends with someone who knows brad, and he reckons that brad's hand doesn't smoke or sell crack, that's just a bullshit rumour, but it does auto-erotic ashpyxiate

[jamorains]

OH NO...it's gasbag time!

[vizion24]

Can someone please send me a music sheet of this composition or something similiar? I have Moon River music sheets but they are so simplified.

[LePaProductions]

i would suggest you get a copy of the real book or somthing similar, it strips the song down to the bone so that you can recreate it

[ivanhorvath]

if you could describe this in words you wouldn't need music.

[Pleepleus]

It's a sad story, really. His left hand just couldn't get on the straight and narrow path.

[Pleepleus]

I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that his left hand even sometimes sells crack to make ends meet.

[Pleepleus]

Brad Mehldau's left hand smokes crack. It's been documented.

[nmvdvjr]

HAHAHAAA!! Sad but true.

[shnagabad]

at 3:00 - 3:40 I had a music orgasm.

[axischild70]

mugasm dude

[MDkid1]

@shnagabad haha...you're so horny :)

[101eastbound]

Behldau uses aug5th intervals sound on his bass line in this tune and a lot of his tunes. He's influenced under Bloque music or John Lewis not Bill Evans or Keith Jarrett; also they sometimes uses the intervals on their bass line.

[axischild70]

mehldau was all over jarrett i guarantee you

[Justino111]

thanx yep789. It's not a problem when people don't agree with what we say. The problem is when they don't really bother to know what's out there and what has been done by others throughout history. I just saw a video of Mehldau playing Autumn Leaves with Metheny that's really great. Doing something new in a tune like that is not easy!!!But Mehldau did it.

[Justino111]

I hear you yep789 and I happen to agree with you for the most part. But I wouldn't go too far in what concerns this video. It would be very helpful in this kind of discussion if people could get more informed about other musicians around the planet. Statements such as "this is genius" because of Mehldau's left hand (no,you didn't say that, I know) are pointless.For instance, Ebgerto Gismonti has done that for the last 30 years.He has several albums on ECM. FORTUNATELY, he doesn't play standards.

[toddsquad650]

Justino, I know that Lee Konitz Charlie Haden CD, great version of "The Song is You"

[Justino111]

yes, I am glad you know it. When I first heard that CD, I immediately liked Brad Mehldau. I thought he was bringing something quite fresh to the ULTRA-CLICHE that's today's jazz world. That album is great and Mehldau's solos are a statement of creativity. NOW, when he starts copying Keith Jarrett...oh boy...that's frustrating...

[Justino111]

As I replied below, if you make comments about the music, about the chronology of this art called Jazz, about what's creative and what's essentially good but not so creative, you will get comments attacking you. If you criticize KENNY G here on youtube, you will be comments such as "Enjoy the spirit. Hate the musical meathead comments". It's hopeless...this is youtube.

[pirazydrzwi]

Justino! There's no Jarrett in Mehldau's playing! Stop talking things like this, because it's just ridicoulus.. Ok, they both play piano, and they both play ballads, but in other things like harmony, melody, rhythm and sorts of musical expression they are totally diffrent! Open your ears, because if you can't hear it you're probably a tone deaf.. :-/

[Justino111]

hahaha..."there's no Jarrett in Mehldau's playing". Man, maybe I am tone deaf, but then you are a brain dead. No Jarrett's in Mehldau's playing....what a joke!!!!!!hahahahah

[Sandemose]

Hey, if you take any contemporary piano player, he probably was affected by the great pianoplayers before him. Its impossible not to be, cus, lets say you dont even know Evans music, but love Lyle Mays (Methenys pianoplayer) you will be affected by Evans since Mayes spent hours listening to him. Its like a cluster of musical expressions were everybody (at least to some point) affect each other. I hear similaries (yes I do) between Keith and Brad. But I lack of words to describe it. Best.

[TheHubbell]

Enjoy the spirit. Hate the musical meathead comments.

[Justino111]

the entire concept comes directly, totally, 100% from Keith Jarrett's playing. But of course, kids don't bother listening to what's been done before. It's all about TODAY. So, keep ignoring the facts.

[khadath]

yes keith jarrett invented the idea of playing a piano. there were pianos before KJ but they weren't used for anything, since no one had thought to try playing them. also, keith jarrett invented table salt and chuck norris jokes and ping-pong and breakfast and the question mark, and kids would know that if they weren't all fat and lazy and ignorant

[Justino111]

if you are incapable of commenting on the music, where the style comes from, influences, etc, no problem. enjoy your pathetic sense of stupid humor.

[epjennings]

your comments were dismissive of the music and wholly about style (jarretts).If no one had influence music would not develop and we would still be listening to neanderthals banging sticks together .I suggest you listen to the artists other work where you will hear the influences of evans and debussy or is that not allowed either?

[Justino111]

you don't get it. Music is about creativity. Mehdau is a great pianist and some of his playing is indeed highly creative. It is not the case here, though. Actually, he himself should recognize that Keith Jarrett is his main influence and not Bill Evans and much less Debussy.

[ZachRhea]

Um...Hello. We all know that Jarrett CO-invented ping-pong with Herbie Hancock. Get your facts straight buddy. Give credit where credit is due.

[2duko]

@khadath Keith Jarret. The koln concert was the Idea. Yes!!!

[MDkid1]

@khadath lol...hilarious comment!

[MCalixte89]

@khadath lol what? you just insulted many jazz pianiests. I love Keith but hes def not better than Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck or Chick Corea. Oh please, even Oscar Peterson, and def Art Tatum. These names i just mentioned are great musicians. Keith Jarrett is good but dont say people prior to him werent really playing the piano. I sure hope i misinterpreted what you meant

[godswiph]

wow... i always thought i was the only one who noticed how strongly influenced by keith, mehldau is. its nice to hear that someone else noticed it. Less from the standards trio and more from the solo recordings and scandanavian quartet recordings. wow. now all you need to do is give credit to mehldau as a true innovator and an artist with his own voice and means of expression, then you'll REALLY get it.

[Justino111]

if you tell me precisely where/how Mehldau is truly innovating, I will be the first one to applaud. His solo performances are extremely influenced by Jarrett. If there is one performance that really sticks out in terms of creativity and originality is the recording with Lee Konitz and Charlie Haden. I wonder HOW MANY PEOPLE here knows this CD...I give up, if you criticize KENNY G, youtube kids will say things like "Enjoy the spirit. Hate the musical meathead comments".

[danfit83]

amazing performance

[ChasLeeViolet]

Wonderfull

[sysphus13]

jesus fucking christ in heaven..I love brads playing so much that it makes say jesus fucking christ in heaven!! That is a lot folks. He makes me a believer !!

[DarenSirboughMusic]

no need for profanities.

[milaggie]

though admit, we all could relate to sysphus13's feelings... :-)

[RobbGBoy]

this guy is Great

[DarenSirboughMusic]

Great solo piano playing. This is the first time I've seen him play a solo piano piece live. Wow that was great.

[Face202]

unbelievable

[paulowil11]

metamorfoses !!!

[DarenSirboughMusic]

it's spelled 'metamorphosis'

[Vayabobo]

I love how he keeps even his own arragements fresh by shaking them up with every live performance. He might prove to be the greatest jazz pianist of our generation...if not all time. And that's coming from an Oscar fanatic.

[GAKU0109]

Thank you for your comment.

I love his arrangement, too.

[MCalixte89]

@Vayabobo hes terrific, but that statement is a little too much, isnt it? there's Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Red Garland, McCoy Tyner, Ahmad Jamal, Hiromi Uehara, Keith Jarrett. In my opinion that statement about him being the best of all time is wrong. But i would agree and say he's one of the best out today. But Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Marian McPartland, Chick Corea, Ahmad Jamal and many other greats such as Dave Brubeck is still active today. So I wouldnt say hes the best out

[Convisis]

can't ask for more than brad's end of moon river. thanks :)

[GAKU0109]

I'm so sorry.There are not more than this.

[lslewis]

Thank you for posting.

[GAKU0109]

You're welcome.