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Mar 18, 2022Whether Jacob’s Ladder successfully reaches listeners, however, will ultimately depend on an open-minded response to the various instrumental and vocal components.
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MojoMar 18, 2022Mehldau takes the listener on a memorable musical journey. [May 2022, p.92]
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Mar 18, 2022Although Jacob's Ladder is one of the more idiosyncratic albums in Mehldau's discography, there's enough sophisticated and delicately rendered piano work here to appeal to his longtime fans.
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Mar 18, 2022Hardcore proggers may be a shade perplexed by Mehldau’s use of their heroes’ hits, and though preacherly Christianity is discreet, it’s certainly in earshot. But it’s possible just to relish a unique contemporary musician’s ingenious mingling of a traditional and contemporary sound palette, with plenty of characteristically freewheeling jazz detours on the way.
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Mar 27, 2022Nearly Perfect!! , I give it a 9.9 for two places it was off. Thank You for the brain candy.