Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | Knives Out (C. Greenwood / J. Greenwood / E. O’Brien / P. Selway / T. Yorke) | 8:29 |
| 2 | Alfie (Burt Bacharach) | 3:46 |
| 3 | Martha My Dear (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) | 4:38 |
| 4 | Day Is Done (Nick Drake) | 9:27 |
| 5 | Artis (Brad Mehldau) | 6:22 |
| 6 | Turtle Town (Brad Mehldau) | 6:18 |
| 7 | She's Leaving Home (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) | 9:08 |
| 8 | Granada (Chris Cheek) | 7:30 |
| 9 | 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (Paul Simon) | 8:32 |
| 10 | No Moon at All (listen to full-length track) (Red Evans / David Mann) | 5:50 |
News & Reviews
- Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Brad Mehldau Trio Returns March 13 with "Ode," Featuring 11 Original Mehldau Compositions; Pre-Order Now
Nonesuch releases an album of original songs from the Brad Mehldau Trio—Ode—on March 13; it is available to pre-order in the Nonesuch Store now with an instant download of the title track. The record, which is the first from the trio since 2008’s live Village Vanguard disc and the first studio trio recording since 2005’s Day Is Done, features 11 previously unreleased songs composed by Mehldau. Many of the songs on the new album were written as tributes, or “odes,” to real and fictional people.
- Friday, January 27, 2012
Brad Mehldau Trio Box Set Shows Why Mehldau Is Among "True Masters of the Jazz Piano" (Jambands)
Brad Mehldau is set to perform an intimate solo set in Washington, DC, this weekend. The Washington City Paper says: "His performances are wondrous, and this one promises to be no different." The Washington Post, reviewing the new Brad Mehldau Trio box set The Art of the Trio Recordings: 1996-2001, cites "an intuitive and highly interactive level of performance" in the set. JazzTimes says the retrospective offers "a fresh vantage point on a body of music by enabling the listener to experience it whole. The best art requires time to release all of its revelations." Jambands calls it "a solid reminder why Brad Mehldau has earned his place amongst the true masters of the jazz piano."
About this Album
The Brad Mehldau Trio's Day Is Done marks the Trio debut of drummer Jeff Ballard, who joins Mehldau on piano and Larry Grenadier on bass. For his second album on Nonesuch, Mehldau continues his Anglophile bent with an interpretation of English singer/songwriter Nick Drake's "Day Is Done," a unique take on the Beatles' quirky gem "Martha My Dear," and the British band Radiohead's "Knives Out." Also on the record are tunes by Burt Bacharach and Paul Simon, as well as two of Mehldau's own compositions, among others.
Mehldau calls Day Is Done, which was recorded mostly over an exhilarating six or seven hour period, a "high-octane record, with a few moments of respite here and there."
Credits
MUSICIANS
Brad Mehldau, piano
Larry Grenadier, bass
Jeff Ballard, drums
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Brad Mehldau
All tracks except track 3 recorded on March 13, 2005
Track three recorded on March 14, 2005
Recorded and Mixed by James Farber at Avatar Studios, New York, NY
Assistant Engineer: Aya Takemura
Mastered by Mark Wilder at Sony Music Studios, New York, NY
Assistant: Maria Triana
Design by Doyle Partners
Cover Photography by Diane Cook & Len Jenshel
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz
