Elan Mehler
b. New York, USA. Pianist Mehler’s early influences included some rock groups and many jazz musicians. Among the latter were Paul Bley, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Bill Frisell, Charles Mingus, Steve Reich and Kenny Wheeler. In addition to his work in the USA, Mehler has also appeared in Europe, including a year’s spell in Paris as musical director at a small club. He also played piano in a hotel bar in the Alps where he was heard by British DJ and record producer Gilles Peterson who encouraged him with a recording contract with his Brownswood Recordings label. His 2007 debut Scheme For Thought included ‘Muse Suite’, ‘Christina’s Song’ and a riveting version of Gillian Welch’s ‘Elvis Presley Blues’. Often deeply introspective, Mehler’s pieces, which artfully blend jazz emotion with classical stylization, draw in his audience through their intelligent and unsentimental romanticism. Members of Mehler’s quartet in the mid-00s included bass players Paul DeFiglia and Tod Hendrick, Fender Rhodes players David Moore and Scott Spivak, and tenor saxophonist Andrew Zimmerman.
A subtle and persuasive pianist with original concepts and style of execution, among the honours bestowed upon Mehler is the International Association of Jazz Educators’ New England composition award.
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Discographie
13 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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If There Are Mountains
Pop - Paru chez Greenleaf Music le 24 mars 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
There is a Dance
Jazz - Paru chez Newvelle Records le 15 sept. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Being There, Here
Jazz - Paru chez Challenge Records le 10 mai 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
East Side Blues
Jazz - Paru chez Newvelle Records le 26 août 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Early Sunday Morning
Jazz - Paru chez Challenge Records le 16 mai 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Scheme for Thought
Jazz - Paru chez Brownswood Recordings le 6 août 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
There is a Dance
Jazz - Paru chez Newvelle Records le 12 août 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Scheme for Thought (Daisuke Remixes)
Dance - Paru chez Brownswood Recordings le 14 mai 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The After Suite
Jazz - Paru chez Brownswood Recordings le 16 mars 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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