Album Review: Ride Into The Sun by Brad Mehldau

Brad Mehldau is a jazz icon who has never done things the usual way. While the gifted pianist has traveled more traditional routes with works like his acclaimed Art of the Trio series, and has released plenty of solo piano albums that certainly fall within expected parameters of the jazz genre (Live in Tokyo, Elegiac Cycles, 10 Years Solo Live), the pianist, composer, and song interpreter enjoys going off the beaten path. Mehldau dived headfirst into classical recordings (After Bach, After Faure, Love Sublime - the latter a collaboration with soprano Renee Fleming), worked with multifaceted drummer Mark Guiliana on the jazz/funk/prog project Mehliana, released one of the very first “pandemic albums” (Suite: April 2020) and even released an exquisite Beatles covers album (Your Mother Should Know).

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