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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
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Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Matt Chamberlain, Drums - Brad Mehldau, Piano, Writer, MainArtist - Larry Grenadier, Upright Bass - Steve Kujala, Flute - Gary Gray, Clarinet - Steve Genewick, AssistantEngineer - Thomas Pasatieri, Orchestration - David Shostac, Flute - JON BRION, Producer, MixingEngineer - Rose Corrigan, Bassoon - Jon Clark, Oboe - Robert Hadley, MasteringEngineer - Earle Dumler, Oboe - Emile Bernstein, Clarinet - Peter Mandell, Bassoon - Steve Mixdorf, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Thomas Biller, RecordingEngineer
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Jim Keltner, Drums - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Matt Chamberlain, Shaker - Brad Mehldau, Piano, Vibraphone, Writer, MainArtist - Jorge Rossy, Drums - Larry Grenadier, Upright Bass - Steve Genewick, AssistantEngineer - Thomas Pasatieri, Orchestration - JON BRION, Producer, MixingEngineer - Robert Hadley, MasteringEngineer - Steve Mixdorf, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Thomas Biller, RecordingEngineer - Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz, Upright Bass
© 2002 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Jim Keltner, Snare Drums - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Matt Chamberlain, Drums - Brad Mehldau, Piano, Writer, MainArtist - Steve Genewick, AssistantEngineer - Thomas Pasatieri, Orchestration - Daniel Kelley, French Horn - JON BRION, Producer, MixingEngineer - Robert Hadley, MasteringEngineer - Phillip Yao, French Horn - Steve Mixdorf, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Thomas Biller, RecordingEngineer - Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz, Upright Bass - George B. Thatcher, Bass Trombone - William Frank Reichenbach Jr., Trombone
© 2002 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Bass Guitar, Writer - Victor Indrizzo, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Matt Chamberlain, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Brad Mehldau, Piano, Writer, MainArtist - Steve Genewick, AssistantEngineer - Thomas Pasatieri, Orchestration - JON BRION, Producer, Writer, MixingEngineer, Treatment Guitar - Robert Hadley, MasteringEngineer - Steve Mixdorf, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Thomas Biller, RecordingEngineer - Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz, Upright Bass - Darek Oleszkiewicz, Writer
© 2002 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Philip Selway, Writer - Edward O'Brien, Writer - Colin Greenwood, Writer - Thomas Yorke, Writer - Jim Keltner, Drums - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Matt Chamberlain, Drums - Brad Mehldau, Additional Arrangement by, Piano, MainArtist - Steve Genewick, AssistantEngineer - Joseph Meyer, French Horn - Thomas Pasatieri, Orchestration - JON BRION, Producer, Prepared Piano, MixingEngineer - Robert Hadley, MasteringEngineer - Steve Mixdorf, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Thomas Biller, RecordingEngineer - Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz, Upright Bass - Jerry Folsom, French Horn - Kenneth Kugler, Bass Trombone - William Frank Reichenbach Jr., Trombone
© 2002 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Jim Keltner, Vibraphone - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Matt Chamberlain, Drums - Brad Mehldau, Piano, Writer, MainArtist - Steve Genewick, AssistantEngineer - Thomas Pasatieri, Orchestration - Daniel Kelley, French Horn - JON BRION, Producer, MixingEngineer - Robert Hadley, MasteringEngineer - Phillip Yao, French Horn - Steve Mixdorf, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Thomas Biller, RecordingEngineer - Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz, Upright Bass - George B. Thatcher, Bass Trombone - William Frank Reichenbach Jr., Trombone
© 2002 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Matt Chamberlain, Drums - Brad Mehldau, Piano, Writer, MainArtist - Steve Genewick, AssistantEngineer - Thomas Pasatieri, Orchestration - JON BRION, Producer, MixingEngineer - Robert Hadley, MasteringEngineer - Steve Mixdorf, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Thomas Biller, RecordingEngineer
© 2002 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Jim Keltner, Drums - John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Matt Chamberlain, Percussion, Shaker - Brad Mehldau, Piano, MainArtist - Steve Genewick, AssistantEngineer - Thomas Pasatieri, Orchestration - JON BRION, Producer, MixingEngineer - Robert Hadley, MasteringEngineer - Steve Mixdorf, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Thomas Biller, RecordingEngineer - Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz, Upright Bass
© 2002 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Matt Chamberlain, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Brad Mehldau, Piano, Writer, MainArtist - Jorge Rossy, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Larry Grenadier, Writer, Upright Bass - Steve Genewick, AssistantEngineer - Thomas Pasatieri, Orchestration - JON BRION, Producer, MixingEngineer - Robert Hadley, MasteringEngineer - Steve Mixdorf, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Thomas Biller, RecordingEngineer
© 2002 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Bass Guitar - Victor Indrizzo, Drums, Percussion - Jim Keltner, Additional Percussion - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Matt Chamberlain, Percussion - Brad Mehldau, Piano, Writer, MainArtist - Steve Genewick, AssistantEngineer - Thomas Pasatieri, Orchestration - JON BRION, Producer, MixingEngineer - Robert Hadley, MasteringEngineer - Steve Mixdorf, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Thomas Biller, RecordingEngineer - Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz, Upright Bass
© 2002 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Bass Guitar, Programmer - Victor Indrizzo, Drums - John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - António Carlos Jobim, Writer - Matt Chamberlain, Drums - Brad Mehldau, Additional Arrangement by, Brass Arranger, Vibraphone, MainArtist - Steve Genewick, AssistantEngineer - Thomas Pasatieri, Orchestration - JON BRION, Producer, Contributor, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer - Robert Hadley, MasteringEngineer - Steve Mixdorf, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Thomas Biller, RecordingEngineer - Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz, Upright Bass
© 2002 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Brad Mehldau, Piano, Writer, MainArtist - Steve Kujala, Flute - Gary Gray, Clarinet - Steve Genewick, AssistantEngineer - Thomas Pasatieri, Orchestration - David Shostac, Flute - JON BRION, Producer, MixingEngineer - Rose Corrigan, Bassoon - Jon Clark, Oboe - Robert Hadley, MasteringEngineer - Earle Dumler, Oboe - Emile Bernstein, Clarinet - Peter Mandell, Bassoon - Steve Mixdorf, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Thomas Biller, RecordingEngineer
© 2002 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
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
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:26
- Main artists: Brad Mehldau
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Nonesuch
- Genre: Jazz
© 2002 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
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