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Thursday, June 02, 2005
Letters, We Get Letters...
Hello...
Having been a Master piano technician in NYC for 25 years I have had the pleasure of working with many of the world's foremost pianists. On May 15 I heard 10 pieces composed by Brad Mehldau, performed together with Renee Fleming in Zankel Hall and was blown away by it.
Do yourself and your readers a favor and check him out. He is going places where no one has gone before.
Michael
Thanks, Michael. I stumbled across some Mehldau recordings several months ago and was blown away. He is easily the most influential jazz pianist since Bill Evans, combining formidable technique with an ear for stunning improvisation. He is also a terrific composer, as he demonstrates on his older albums like 'Places� and �Elegiac Cycle.� His ability to cross the border between jazz and classical is similar to the crossover talents of Keith Jarrett and Wynton Marsalis although he is more talented than both. All of which is a long way of saying, I agree with you.
posted by Jerry Bowles
6/02/2005
Thursday, June 02, 2005
