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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Discography
13 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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If There Are Mountains
Pop - Released by Greenleaf Music on 24 mrt. 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
There is a Dance
Jazz - Released by Newvelle Records on 15 sep. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Being There, Here
Jazz - Released by Challenge Records on 10 mei 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
East Side Blues
Jazz - Released by Newvelle Records on 26 aug. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Early Sunday Morning
Jazz - Released by Challenge Records on 16 mei 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Scheme for Thought
Jazz - Released by Brownswood Recordings on 6 aug. 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
There is a Dance
Jazz - Released by Newvelle Records on 12 aug. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Scheme for Thought (Daisuke Remixes)
Dance - Released by Brownswood Recordings on 14 mei 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The After Suite
Jazz - Released by Brownswood Recordings on 16 mrt. 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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