℗ 2015 Nonesuch Records Inc.
Released | November 19, 2015 |
Duration | 5h 05m 22s |
Record Label | Nonesuch |
Genre | Jazz |
1.1
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Dream Brother (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
13:34 | |||
1.2
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Blackbird (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
6:30 | |||
1.3
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Jigsaw Falling into Place (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
11:52 | |||
1.4
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Meditation I - Lord Watch over Me (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
8:45 | |||
1.5
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And I Love Her (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
15:58 | |||
1.6
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My Favorite Things (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
12:14 | |||
1.7
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This Here (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
8:15 | |||
2.1
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Smells Like Teen Spirit (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
9:37 | |||
2.2
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Waltz for J. B. (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
6:04 | |||
2.3
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Get Happy (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
12:30 | |||
2.4
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I'm Old Fashioned (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
5:20 | |||
2.5
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Teardrop (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
14:13 | |||
2.6
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Holland (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
11:06 | |||
2.7
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Meditation II - Love Meditation (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
6:03 | |||
2.8
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Knives Out (Version 1; Live)
Brad Mehldau |
11:34 | |||
3.1
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Lost Chords (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
9:28 | |||
3.2
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Countdown (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
10:42 | |||
3.3
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On the Street Where You Live (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
7:08 | |||
3.4
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Think of One (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
7:46 | |||
Medley
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3.5
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Zingaro / Paris (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
10:41 | |||
3.6
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John Boy (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
3:34 | |||
Intermezzo in B-flat major, Op. 76
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3.7
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No. 4 (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
2:39 | |||
3.8
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Junk (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
5:06 | |||
3.9
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Los Angeles II (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
5:16 | |||
3.10
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Monk's Mood (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
4:45 | |||
3.11
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Knives Out (Version 2; Live)
Brad Mehldau |
7:22 | |||
4.1
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Le Mémoire et la Mer (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
10:37 | |||
4.2
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Bittersweet Symphony / Waterloo Sunset (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
15:50 | |||
Intermezzo in E minor, Op. 119
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4.3
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No. 2 (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
5:06 | |||
4.4
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Interstate Love Song (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
17:57 | |||
4.5
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Hey You (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
11:06 | |||
4.6
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God Only Knows (Live)
Brad Mehldau |
16:44 | |||
Digital Booklet
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"Brad Mehldau is the doyen of contemporary jazz pianists, an improviser whose instinctive, emotional command of the instrument is complemented by a formidable intellect. Without visible effort, he turns Broadway show tunes into pastoral rhapsodies and blues vamps into meditations on the meaning of life."
- The Guardian
Nonesuch Records releases Brad Mehldau's 10 Years Solo Live. The set is culled from 19 live recordings made over a decade of the pianist's European solo concerts and is divided into four thematic subsets of four sides each: Dark/Light, The Concert, Intermezzo/Rückblick, and E Minor/E Major.
"Although it totals around 300 minutes, the order of songs is not arbitrary, and I have tried to tell a story from beginning to end in the way I've sequenced it." He continues, "There is a theme and character given to each four-side set."
Of the Dark/Light theme, he says, "In concerts, I find that I contrast dark and light emotional energies and highlight the way they depend on each other. Sides 1–4 focus on this dichotomy in pairs, beginning with the dark energy of Jeff Buckley's 'Dream Brother,' which is followed by the grace of Lennon/McCartney's 'Blackbird.'" He further says, "Although the songs on Sides 5–8 (The Concert) come from different concerts, on this set, I arranged them in a sequence similar to that I would perform in a single concert in 2010–11," he continues.
"The third set could be thought of as Intermezzo and Rückblick–like in character. I'm thinking of the penultimate movement of Brahms's Third Piano Sonata with that title. Rückblick means a look backward, perhaps a reappraisal. Brahms's Intermezzo movement was a look back at what had taken place in his Sonata before moving to the final movement. Here, the listener is invited to look back to music that was recorded 10 or more years ago, in 2004 and 2005." Mehldau explains that his approach to the sequence of the fourth set "is to focus on the rub between the keys of E minor and E major. I return to the theme of dark and light from the first set, now allowing the listener to focus on how 'dark' and 'light' might manifest in tonality."
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Nonesuch Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.20 -2.49 to -0.41 | -17.38 -22.15 to -13.62 | -14.25 -18.90 to -11.00 | 11 8 to 15 | |
1.1 | Dream Brother (Live) | 0.00 | -15.50 | -12.1 | 9 |
1.2 | Blackbird (Live) | -0.41 | -21.02 | -17.6 | 13 |
1.3 | Jigsaw Falling into Place (Live) | 0.00 | -16.95 | -14.2 | 10 |
1.4 | Meditation I - Lord Watch over Me (Live) | -2.49 | -20.54 | -16.7 | 11 |
1.5 | And I Love Her (Live) | 0.00 | -16.64 | -13.1 | 10 |
1.6 | My Favorite Things (Live) | 0.00 | -15.79 | -13.0 | 8 |
1.7 | This Here (Live) | 0.00 | -17.40 | -14.5 | 10 |
2.1 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (Live) | 0.00 | -14.87 | -12.0 | 8 |
2.2 | Waltz for J. B. (Live) | 0.00 | -17.90 | -14.8 | 10 |
2.3 | Get Happy (Live) | 0.00 | -17.26 | -14.6 | 11 |
2.4 | I'm Old Fashioned (Live) | 0.00 | -20.14 | -16.3 | 12 |
2.5 | Teardrop (Live) | 0.00 | -18.18 | -14.7 | 11 |
2.6 | Holland (Live) | 0.00 | -18.39 | -14.9 | 11 |
2.7 | Meditation II - Love Meditation (Live) | 0.00 | -18.23 | -14.7 | 11 |
2.8 | Knives Out (Version 1; Live) | 0.00 | -13.62 | -11.0 | 8 |
3.1 | Lost Chords (Live) | 0.00 | -15.05 | -12.4 | 10 |
3.2 | Countdown (Live) | 0.00 | -17.13 | -14.1 | 12 |
3.3 | On the Street Where You Live (Live) | 0.00 | -22.15 | -18.9 | 15 |
3.4 | Think of One (Live) | 0.00 | -15.28 | -12.4 | 10 |
3.5 | Zingaro / Paris (Live) | 0.00 | -17.89 | -14.8 | 11 |
3.6 | John Boy (Live) | -2.17 | -18.38 | -15.6 | 9 |
3.7 | No. 4 (Live) | 0.00 | -19.44 | -16.5 | 13 |
3.8 | Junk (Live) | 0.00 | -16.71 | -13.5 | 11 |
3.9 | Los Angeles II (Live) | 0.00 | -16.28 | -13.7 | 11 |
3.10 | Monk's Mood (Live) | 0.00 | -16.87 | -14.0 | 11 |
3.11 | Knives Out (Version 2; Live) | 0.00 | -17.19 | -14.6 | 11 |
4.1 | Le Mémoire et la Mer (Live) | 0.00 | -17.71 | -14.4 | 10 |
4.2 | Bittersweet Symphony / Waterloo Sunset (Live) | -0.50 | -15.85 | -12.8 | 9 |
4.3 | No. 2 (Live) | 0.00 | -18.18 | -14.5 | 11 |
4.4 | Interstate Love Song (Live) | -0.43 | -17.31 | -14.4 | 11 |
4.5 | Hey You (Live) | 0.00 | -16.19 | -12.6 | 9 |
4.6 | God Only Knows (Live) | 0.00 | -16.09 | -12.5 | 9 |