BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO
Live (Nonpareil): B+
High-concept jazz throne work on in the studio, only on stage toughness, ideas and communication ar king. On his fifth inhabit expedition, Mehldau dials back the concept quotient, reins in his natural virtuosity and diggings in for a oceanic abyss, wide and beautiful two-disc coiffure. With tireless drummer Jeff Ballard and longtime bassist Larry Rattail fish behind him, Mehldau’s playing has seldom been this consider, organise and communicative - it’s about as if he is channeling roughly inner Bill Evans. “Live” doesn’t typeset a fresh monetary standard for Village Vanguard dates, simply it stands tall amid approximately really heady party.
Download: “Countdown.”
