In the most enigmatic project up to this point in his career, Brad Mehldau explores conflicting aesthetics, sometimes in tracks positioned next to each other, and occasionally within the confines of a single performance. A spare simplicity governs much of the album, emphasized by almost puritanical horn arrangements -- long notes, mournful triadic chords. After acknowledging these episodes with childlike figurations on the piano, Mehldau then builds his solos along more dissonant lines, which invariably end up enhancing the mood. But then there are tracks like "Dropjes," whose electronic effects gnash angrily at the piano, or "Free Willy," on which putty attached to the instrument's low strings allows Mehldau to unleash a feral improvisation, with lines that suggest scurrying rodents more than bebop blowing. Producer Jon Brion stimulated much of this adventurism, at times diving directly into the mix with his guitar synth or Chamberlin keyboard. But what intrigues most about Largo in the end is the perspective it offers on Mehldau, whose playing here is, as always, intelligent, perhaps a bit cerebral, and now open as well to sonic exotica. by Robert L. Doerschuk
Tracklist:
1 When It Rains 6:36
Bassoon – Peter Mandell, Rose Corrigan
Clarinet – Emile Bernstein, Gary Gray
Drums – Matt Chamberlain
Flute – David Shostac, Steve Kujala
Oboe – Earle Dumler, Jon Clark
Piano – Brad Mehldau
Acoustic Bass – Larry Grenadier
2 You're Vibing Me 3:28
Acoustic Bass [Left] – Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz
Acoustic Bass [Right] – Larry Grenadier
Drums – Jim Keltner, Jorge Rossy
Piano, Vibraphone – Brad Mehldau
Shaker – Matt Chamberlain
3 Dusty Mcnugget 5:43
Acoustic Bass – Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz
Bass Trombone – George B. Thatcher
Drums – Matt Chamberlain
French Horn – Daniel Kelley, Philip Yao
Piano – Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau
Snare [Brush] – Jim Keltner
Trombone – William Reichenbach
4 Dropjes 3:58
Jon Brion / Matt Chamberlain / Brad Mehldau / Justin Meldal-Johnsen / Darek Oleszkiewicz
Acoustic Bass – Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz
Drums, Percussion – Matt Chamberlain, Victor Indrizzo
Electric Bass – Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Guitar [Treatments] – Jon Brion
Piano – Brad Mehldau
5 Paranoid Android 9:05
Colin Greenwood / Phil Selway / Thom Yorke
Acoustic Bass – Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz
Bass Trombone – Kenneth Kugler
Drums – Jim Keltner, Matt Chamberlain
French Horn – Jerry Folsom, Joseph Meyer
Percussion [Piano Prepared] – Jon Brion
Piano [With Putty Treatment In Lower Two Octaves] – Brad Mehldau
Trombone – William Reichenbach
6 Franklin Avenue 3:42
Acoustic Bass – Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz
Bass Trombone – George B. Thatcher
Drums – Matt Chamberlain
French Horn – Daniel Kelley, Philip Yao
Piano – Brad Mehldau
Trombone – William Reichenbach
Vibraphone – Jim Keltner
7 Sabbath 4:42
Piano [Distorto Piano Through Leslie With Whammy Pedal] – Brad Mehldau
8 Dear Prudence 5:22
John Lennon / Paul McCartney
Acoustic Bass – Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz
Drums – Jim Keltner
Piano – Brad Mehldau
Shaker, Percussion – Matt Chamberlain
9 Free Willy 5:05
Matt Chamberlain / Larry Grenadier / Brad Mehldau / Jorge Rossy
Bass [Treated] – Larry Grenadier
Drums, Percussion – Jorge Rossy, Matt Chamberlain
Piano [With Putty Treatment In Lower Two Octaves] – Brad Mehldau
10 Alvarado 4:00
Acoustic Bass – Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz
Drums, Percussion – Victor Indrizzo
Electric Bass – Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Percussion [Piano Prepared] – Jim Keltner
Piano – Brad Mehldau
Tabla – Matt Chamberlain
11 Medley 6:28
Antônio Carlos Jobim / John Lennon / Paul McCartney
Acoustic Bass – Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz
Drums – Matt Chamberlain, Victor Indrizzo
Electric Bass – Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Guitar [Synthesizer] – Jon Brion
Vibraphone – Brad Mehldau
12 I Do 7:17
Bassoon – Peter Mandell, Rose Corrigan
Clarinet – Emile Bernstein, Gary Gray
Flute – David Shostac, Steve Kujala
Oboe – Earle Dumler, Jon Clark
Piano – Brad Mehldau
Credits:
Written-By, Arranged By [Woodwind And Brass Arrangements] – Brad Mehldau
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