by
Brad Mehldau
- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Release Date: Feb 10, 2023
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Mar 1, 2023Your Mother Should Know is an artist at the peak of his powers, interpreting the songwriting of a group of musicians whose music will last long after we’re all gone.
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MojoMar 1, 2023This is an inspired set that reveals new ways of hearing pop classics. [Mar 2023, p.84]
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Mar 1, 2023What's particularly enjoyable about Mehldau's approach is how he keeps each song recognizable while making it his own.
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Mar 1, 2023This will be too much of a standards-like set for some, maybe – but even if Mehldau the solo pianist has had to trade rock’s muscularity for a chamber-musical delicacy, his power isn’t far beneath the surface.