The Brad Mehldau Trio's take on Oasis's "Wonderwall" is NPR's Song of the Day today. The track appears on the Trio's new Live album, on which the musicians "sound unusually lively and exploratory," says NPR. "Live is the finest live recording Mehldau has made. Collected from a series of 2006 concerts, these performances return to what Mehldau and his band do best: conversational improvisation, with idiosyncratic arrangements that rethink the popular songbook."
The Brad Mehldau Trio's take on "Wonderwall," written by Noel Gallagher and first made famous by Oasis, is NPR's Song of the Day today. The track appears on the new Live album from the Trio---Mehldau, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Jeff Ballard---which they recorded during a week's residency at New York's Village Vanguard.
NPR contributor Michael Katzif writes that the three musicians
sound unusually lively and exploratory on the two-disc collection Brad Mehdlau Trio Live, and they seem to play with a greater-than-ever sense of urgency ... Live is the finest live recording Mehldau has made. Collected from a series of 2006 concerts, these performances return to what Mehldau and his band do best: conversational improvisation, with idiosyncratic arrangements that rethink the popular songbook.
You can listen to the complete "Wonderwall" track off the two-CD set at npr.org. You can hear excerpts from three other songs off the album at nonesuch.com/bradmehldau.
Another live version of "Wonderwall" by the Trio, from the second of three sets they played at the Vanguard that Friday night, appears on the MP3 album The Complete Friday Night Sets, available exclusively at the Nonesuch Store.
