Highway Rider

Description

2010 two CD release from the Jazz pianist. Eight years ago, Mehldau and Los Angeles-based producer Jon Brion collaborated on the groundbreaking Largo album. Highway Rider reunites Mehldau with Brion in an even more ambitious setting, with a broader instrumental palette. This two-disc, 15-track song cycle was written, orchestrated, and arranged by Mehldau and features his long-time rhythm section of drummer Jeff Ballard and bassist Larry Grenadier, along with old friends drummer Matt Chamberlain and saxophonist Joshua Redman as well as a chamber orchestra conducted by Dan Coleman. Highway Rider reflects Mehldau's recent experience writing long-form pieces, including the Carnegie Hall-commissioned Love Songs for mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter.

Disk 1

1. John Boy
2. Don't Be Sad
3. At the Tollbooth
4. Highway Rider
5. The Falcon Will Fly Again
6. Now You Must Climb Alone
7. Walking the Peak

Disk 2

1. We'll Cross the River Together
2. Capriccio
3. Sky Turning Grey [For Elliot Smith]
4. Into the City
5. Old West
6. Come with Me
7. Always Departing
8. Always Returning

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UPC Number: 07559798270

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