Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau

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Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau
Studio album by Chris Thile, Brad Mehldau

Publication
(s)

January 27, 2017

admission

December 20, 2015 January 2nd and 3rd, 2016

Label (s) Nonesuch Records

Format (s)

CD, digital, LP

Genre (s)

Jazz , Progressive Bluegrass

Title (number)

11 (12)

running time

01:03:25 (01:09:32)

occupation

production

Robert Hurwitz

Studio (s)

Avatar Studios

Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau is a joint music album by mandolist and singer Chris Thile and jazz pianist Brad Mehldau . It was released on January 27, 2017 on Nonesuch Records and contains new compositions and covers .

background

Mehldau and Thile had both dealt with new variants of their original genres in the past: Thile with his progressive bluegrass bands Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers , Mehldau with cover versions of Radiohead and Nirvana . Both were under contract with Nonesuch Records, whose boss Robert Hurwitz introduced them to each other.

In 2011 Thile and Mehldau first performed together at Wigmore Hall in London .

Track list

No. title Songwriter length
1. The Old Shade Tree Mehldau, Thile 6:26
2. Tallahassee Junction Mehldau 5:54
3. Scarlet Town Original by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch 6:03
4th I cover the waterfront Original by Johnny Green and Edward Heyman 7:00
5. Independence Day Original by Elliott Smith 3:10
6th Noise machine Thile 4:50
7th The watcher Mehldau 5:27
8th. Daughter of Eve Thile 8:58
9. Marcie Original by Joni Mitchell 4:50
10. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Original by Bob Dylan 6:02
11. Tabhair dom do Lámh Irish folk song by Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin 4:19
Overall length: 01:03:25

as well as on the vinyl version:

No. title Songwriter length
12. Almost as you can Original from Fiona Apple 6:07
Overall length: 01:09:32

reception

On Metacritic , the album achieved a Metascore of 78 out of a possible 100, based on 4 “positive” and one “mixed” ratings.

The Irish Times gave it 5 out of 5 stars. Cormac Larkin wrote that the "poignant album" digs "deep into the roots of American music". It touches on "the common ancestry of jazz and country" and yet comes back "fresh and courageously facing the post-genre future". Allmusic awarded 4.5 out of 5 stars and particularly highlighted the songs The Old Shade Tree , Scarlet Town , Noise Machine and Don't Think Twice, It's All Right .

MDR Kultur wrote that Thile found “a perfect partner” in Mehldau. Giuliano Benassi awarded laut.de with 4 out of 5 stars. It is "a high-quality album [...] that, despite its virtuosity, floats like a feather through the air". Werner Stiefele gave the same rating for Rondo . Like Benassi, he praised that "the difference in volume and presence of the instruments is a minor matter". This is achieved both with a “skilful mix” and by “Mehldau reducing the intensity of his playing [...]”. On the other hand, Welf Grombacher criticized in the Palatinate Merkur that “Thiles mandolin with Mehldau's piano does not produce a harmonious sound”, so the “great enthusiasm” does not “want to arise”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Matt Collar: Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau. In: Allmusic . Retrieved October 4, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Heidi Eichenberg and Bettina Volksdorf: The Diva and the Tenor without eroticism. (No longer available online.) MDR , January 30, 2017, archived from the original on April 7, 2017 ; accessed on October 4, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mdr.de
  3. ↑ Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau. In: Metacritic . Retrieved October 4, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Cormac Larkin: Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau album review: A meeting of masterly minds . In: The Irish Times . January 26, 2017 ( irishtimes.com [accessed October 4, 2017]).
  5. ^ Giuliano Benassi: Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau. In: laut.de . Retrieved October 4, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Werner Stiefele: Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau. In: Rondo . January 28, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017 .
  7. ^ Welf Grombacher: New CDs from Oldfield and Mehldau. In: Palatine Merkur . February 1, 2017, accessed October 4, 2017 .