Brad Mehldau - Suite: April 2020 (LP)
- LP
- 1 piece(s)
- 2020
- 15 tracks
- 40 min
- jazz
Suite: April 2020
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This is truly a delightful album. Solo jazz piano albums, or original compositions, are not so common nowadays. (Even Bill Evans's solo works were often standards.) It's likely one of the earliest musical responses to the pandemic, as it was recorded just a month after the shutdowns began here in the US. (I believe Mehldau was stranded in the Netherlands, or someplace.) Absolutely worth a listen. That being said, I've typically found that Nonesuch releases aren't the quietest albums out there. This one is indeed relatively quiet, so there are quite a few little pops throughout, despite my efforts to clean it up. But it's not too bad.
Just got mine today (number 650) and I totally see what Dramned meant. It's an amazing 'notion of a suite', perfectly portraying how life's been during these weird times.
Brad's work has captivated me for more than ten years. This specific series is absolutely phenomenal. I'm the proud owner of #590 out of 1,000.
A simple, unadorned grey sleeve made of raw cardboard, featuring printed thoughts and aspirations about this album, along with a signed print of a self-taken photo. It's pure, stripped-down, and minimalistic. The vinyl is substantial and flat, with absolutely no background noise—just the piano and the palpable atmosphere. It feels as if you're sitting right next to the piano. The music isn't as complex as you might expect from a remarkable artist like Mehldau. It's not a polished, intricately crafted suite. Rather, it's more of a suite concept, a snippet of self-reflection, an emotional response to the feelings that the lockdown, with all its fears and uncertainties, brought to each of us during these peculiar times. In my view, this is the perfect way to make these bewildering feelings tangible and understandable, and it's the most consistent and heartfelt approach from the heart to the piano keys and to the listener. I genuinely adore this rare piece of direct and deeply moving art, which will serve as a musical time capsule someday when we've all moved past this oppressive Covid-19 era.
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