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Engl - Brad Mehldau Trio at the Ntfi 8 july 2009, Naples
Mehldau's musical personality forms a dichotomy. He is first and foremost an improviser, and greatly cherishes the surprise and wonder that can occur form a spontaneous musical idea that is expressed directly, in real time. But he also has a deep fascination for the formal architecture of music, and it informs everything he plays. In his most inspired playing, the actual structure of his musical thought serves as an expressive device. As he plays, he listens to how ideas unwind, and the order in which they reveal themselves. Each tune has a stongly felt narrative arch, whether it expresses itself in a beginning, and end, or something left intentionally open-ended. The two sides of Mehldau's personality play off each other, and the effect is often something like controlled chaos. Beyond Mehldau, the trio is made up of Larry Granadier on bass, and Jeff Ballard on percussion.
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