Name: Largo by Brad Mehldau
Brand: Brad Mehldau
SKU: 093624811466
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (84 reviews)

ALBUM

In the most enigmatic project up to this point in his career, Brad Mehldau explores conflicting aesthetics, sometimes in tracks positioned next to each other, and occasionally within the confines of a single performance. A spare simplicity governs much of the album, emphasized by almost puritanical horn arrangements -- long notes, mournful triadic chords. After acknowledging these episodes with childlike figurations on the piano, Mehldau then builds his solos along more dissonant lines, which invariably end up enhancing the mood. But then there are tracks like "Dropjes," whose electronic effects gnash angrily at the piano, or "Free Willy," on which putty attached to the instrument's low strings allows Mehldau to unleash a feral improvisation, with lines that suggest scurrying rodents more than bebop blowing. Producer Jon Brion stimulated much of this adventurism, at times diving directly into the mix with his guitar synth or Chamberlin keyboard. But what intrigues most about Largo in the end is the perspective it offers on Mehldau, whose playing here is, as always, intelligent, perhaps a bit cerebral, and now open as well to sonic exotica.
© Robert L. Doerschuk /TiVo

1. When It Rains

by Brad Mehldau

Primary Artist: Brad Mehldau; Main Performer
Author: Brad Mehldau; Production
Acoustic Bass: Larry Grenadier; Performer
Bassoon: Rose Corrigan
Peter Mandell; Performer
Mastering: Doug Sax
Robert Hadley; Production
Clarinet: Gary Gray
Emile Bernstein; Performer
Drums: Matt Chamberlain; Performer
Brass Arrangement: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Composer: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Additional Arrangement By: Brad Mehldau; Other
Flute: Steve Kujala
David Shostac; Performer
Oboe: Jon Clark
Earle Dumler; Performer
Piano: Brad Mehldau; Performer
Orchestration: Thomas Pasatieri; Composer
Assistant Engineer: Steve Genewick; Production
Mixing: Jon Brion; Production
Mixing Assistant: Steve Mixdorf; Production
Producer: Jon Brion; Production
Recording: Thomas Biller; Production

2. You're Vibing Me

by Brad Mehldau

Primary Artist: Brad Mehldau; Main Performer
Author: Brad Mehldau; Production
Acoustic Bass: Larry Grenadier
Darek "oles" Oleszkiewicz; Performer
Drums: Jim Keltner
Jorge Rossy; Performer
Piano: Brad Mehldau; Performer
Shaker: Matt Chamberlain; Performer
Vibraphone: Brad Mehldau; Performer
Brass Arrangement: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Mastering: Doug Sax
Robert Hadley; Production
Additional Arrangement By: Brad Mehldau; Other
Composer: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Orchestration: Thomas Pasatieri; Composer
Assistant Engineer: Steve Genewick; Production
Mixing: Jon Brion; Production
Mixing Assistant: Steve Mixdorf; Production
Producer: Jon Brion; Production
Recording: Thomas Biller; Production

3. Dusty McNugget

by Brad Mehldau

Primary Artist: Brad Mehldau; Main Performer
Author: Brad Mehldau; Production
Acoustic Bass: Darek "oles" Oleszkiewicz; Performer
Drums: Matt Chamberlain; Performer
French Horn: Daniel Kelley
Phillip Yao; Performer
Piano: Brad Mehldau; Performer
Snare Drum: Jim Keltner; Performer
Brass Arrangement: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Composer: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Orchestration: Thomas Pasatieri; Composer
Mastering: Doug Sax
Robert Hadley; Production
Mixing: Jon Brion; Production
Mixing Assistant: Steve Mixdorf; Production
Producer: Jon Brion; Production
Recording: Thomas Biller; Production
Additional Arrangement By: Brad Mehldau; Other
Trombone: George B. Thatcher
William Frank Reichenbach Jr.; Performer
Assistant Engineer: Steve Genewick; Production

4. Dropjes

by Brad Mehldau

Primary Artist: Brad Mehldau; Main Performer
Acoustic Bass: Darek "oles" Oleszkiewicz; Performer
Author: Brad Mehldau
Darek Oleszkiewicz
Jon Brion
Justin Meldal-johnsen
Matt Chamberlain
Victor Indrizzo; Production
Bass Guitar: Justin Meldal-johnsen; Performer
Drums: Victor Indrizzo
Matt Chamberlain; Performer
Guitar: Jon Brion; Performer
Percussion: Victor Indrizzo
Matt Chamberlain; Performer
Piano: Brad Mehldau; Performer
Brass Arrangement: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Composer: Justin Meldal-johnsen
Victor Indrizzo
Matt Chamberlain
Brad Mehldau
Jon Brion
Darek Oleszkiewicz; Composer
Orchestration: Thomas Pasatieri; Composer
Assistant Engineer: Steve Genewick; Production
Mastering: Doug Sax
Robert Hadley; Production
Mixing: Jon Brion; Production
Mixing Assistant: Steve Mixdorf; Production
Producer: Jon Brion; Production
Recording: Thomas Biller; Production
Additional Arrangement By: Brad Mehldau; Other

5. Paranoid Android

by Brad Mehldau

Primary Artist: Brad Mehldau; Main Performer
Acoustic Bass: Darek "oles" Oleszkiewicz; Performer
Drums: Jim Keltner
Matt Chamberlain; Performer
French Horn: Joseph Meyer
Jerry Folsom; Performer
Percussion: Jon Brion; Performer
Piano: Brad Mehldau; Performer
Composer: Philip Selway
Edward O'brien
Colin Greenwood
Thomas Yorke; Composer
Assistant Engineer: Steve Genewick; Production
Mastering: Doug Sax
Robert Hadley; Production
Mixing: Jon Brion; Production
Mixing Assistant: Steve Mixdorf; Production
Producer: Jon Brion; Production
Recording: Thomas Biller; Production
Author: Colin Greenwood
Edward O'brien
Philip Selway
Thomas Yorke; Production
Additional Arrangement By: Brad Mehldau; Other
Additional Trombone: Kenneth Kugler; Other
Trombone: William Frank Reichenbach Jr.; Performer
Orchestration: Thomas Pasatieri; Composer

6. Franklin Avenue

by Brad Mehldau

Primary Artist: Brad Mehldau; Main Performer
Mastering: Doug Sax
Robert Hadley; Production
Acoustic Bass: Darek "oles" Oleszkiewicz; Performer
Drums: Matt Chamberlain; Performer
French Horn: Daniel Kelley
Phillip Yao; Performer
Piano: Brad Mehldau; Performer
Brass Arrangement: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Composer: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Orchestration: Thomas Pasatieri; Composer
Mixing: Jon Brion; Production
Mixing Assistant: Steve Mixdorf; Production
Producer: Jon Brion; Production
Additional Arrangement By: Brad Mehldau; Other
Recording: Thomas Biller; Production
Author: Brad Mehldau; Production
Trombone: William Frank Reichenbach Jr.; Performer
Vibraphone: Jim Keltner; Performer
Assistant Engineer: Steve Genewick; Production
Additional Trombone: George B. Thatcher; Other

7. Sabbath

by Brad Mehldau

Primary Artist: Brad Mehldau; Main Performer
Drums: Matt Chamberlain; Performer
Piano: Brad Mehldau; Performer
Brass Arrangement: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Composer: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Orchestration: Thomas Pasatieri; Composer
Assistant Engineer: Steve Genewick; Production
Mastering: Doug Sax
Robert Hadley; Production
Mixing: Jon Brion; Production
Mixing Assistant: Steve Mixdorf; Production
Producer: Jon Brion; Production
Recording: Thomas Biller; Production
Author: Brad Mehldau; Production
Additional Arrangement By: Brad Mehldau; Other

8. Dear Prudence

by Brad Mehldau

Primary Artist: Brad Mehldau; Main Performer
Acoustic Bass: Darek "oles" Oleszkiewicz; Performer
Drums: Jim Keltner; Performer
Percussion: Matt Chamberlain; Performer
Piano: Brad Mehldau; Performer
Shaker: Matt Chamberlain; Performer
Composer: John Lennon
Paul Mccartney; Composer
Orchestration: Thomas Pasatieri; Composer
Assistant Engineer: Steve Genewick; Production
Mastering: Doug Sax
Robert Hadley; Production
Mixing: Jon Brion; Production
Mixing Assistant: Steve Mixdorf; Production
Producer: Jon Brion; Production
Recording: Thomas Biller; Production
Author: John Lennon
Paul Mccartney; Production

9. Free Willy

by Brad Mehldau

Primary Artist: Brad Mehldau; Main Performer
Bass: Larry Grenadier; Performer
Drums: Matt Chamberlain
Jorge Rossy; Performer
Percussion: Matt Chamberlain
Jorge Rossy; Performer
Piano: Brad Mehldau; Performer
Brass Arrangement: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Composer: Matt Chamberlain
Brad Mehldau
Jorge Rossy
Larry Grenadier; Composer
Orchestration: Thomas Pasatieri; Composer
Assistant Engineer: Steve Genewick; Production
Mastering: Doug Sax
Robert Hadley; Production
Mixing: Jon Brion; Production
Mixing Assistant: Steve Mixdorf; Production
Producer: Jon Brion; Production
Recording: Thomas Biller; Production
Author: Brad Mehldau
Jorge Rossy
Larry Grenadier
Matt Chamberlain; Production
Additional Arrangement By: Brad Mehldau; Other

10. Alvarado

by Brad Mehldau

Primary Artist: Brad Mehldau; Main Performer
Acoustic Bass: Darek "oles" Oleszkiewicz; Performer
Bass Guitar: Justin Meldal-johnsen; Performer
Drums: Victor Indrizzo; Performer
Percussion: Victor Indrizzo
Matt Chamberlain; Performer
Piano: Brad Mehldau; Performer
Brass Arrangement: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Composer: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Orchestration: Thomas Pasatieri; Composer
Assistant Engineer: Steve Genewick; Production
Mastering: Doug Sax
Robert Hadley; Production
Mixing: Jon Brion; Production
Mixing Assistant: Steve Mixdorf; Production
Producer: Jon Brion; Production
Recording: Thomas Biller; Production
Author: Brad Mehldau; Production
Additional Arrangement By: Brad Mehldau; Other
Additional Percussion: Jim Keltner; Other

11. Wave / Mother Nature's Son

by Brad Mehldau

Primary Artist: Brad Mehldau; Main Performer
Acoustic Bass: Darek "oles" Oleszkiewicz; Performer
Bass Guitar: Justin Meldal-johnsen; Performer
Programmer: Justin Meldal-johnsen; Production
Drums: Victor Indrizzo
Matt Chamberlain; Performer
Brass Arrangement: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Composer: John Lennon
Paul Mccartney
António Carlos Jobim; Composer
Mastering: Doug Sax
Robert Hadley; Production
Author: Antônio Carlos Jobim
John Lennon
Paul Mccartney; Production
Additional Arrangement By: Brad Mehldau; Other
Synthesizer: Jon Brion; Performer
Vibraphone: Brad Mehldau; Performer
Orchestration: Thomas Pasatieri; Composer
Assistant Engineer: Steve Genewick; Production
Mixing: Jon Brion; Production
Mixing Assistant: Steve Mixdorf; Production
Producer: Jon Brion; Production
Recording: Thomas Biller; Production
Unknown Contributor Role: Jon Brion; Other

12. I Do

by Brad Mehldau

Primary Artist: Brad Mehldau; Main Performer
Bassoon: Rose Corrigan
Peter Mandell; Performer
Brass Arrangement: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Mastering: Doug Sax
Robert Hadley; Production
Additional Arrangement By: Brad Mehldau; Other
Composer: Brad Mehldau; Composer
Clarinet: Gary Gray
Emile Bernstein; Performer
Oboe: Jon Clark
Earle Dumler; Performer
Author: Brad Mehldau; Production
Flute: Steve Kujala
David Shostac; Performer
Piano: Brad Mehldau; Performer
Orchestration: Thomas Pasatieri; Composer
Assistant Engineer: Steve Genewick; Production
Mixing: Jon Brion; Production
Mixing Assistant: Steve Mixdorf; Production
Producer: Jon Brion; Production
Recording: Thomas Biller; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

12 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

1 hour, 5 minutes and 26 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1425x1425 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

2/12 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

No synced lyrics found

Genres

Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Post Bop

Label

Nonesuch

Music Distribution Service

WMG Mora

Country

United States

Language

No linguistic content

Popularity

Release Date

Aug 12, 2002

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

93624811466

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Notification

Largo

1. When It Rains

2. You're Vibing Me

3. Dusty McNugget

4. Dropjes

5. Paranoid Android

6. Franklin Avenue

7. Sabbath

8. Dear Prudence

9. Free Willy

10. Alvarado

11. Wave / Mother Nature's Son

12. I Do

Technical Specifications

Largo

Product information

Release options

1. When It Rains

2. You're Vibing Me

3. Dusty McNugget

4. Dropjes

5. Paranoid Android

6. Franklin Avenue

7. Sabbath

8. Dear Prudence

9. Free Willy

10. Alvarado

11. Wave / Mother Nature's Son

12. I Do

Technical Specifications