Brad mehldau is the most admired jazz pianist of his generation. Chris thile is a singer and virtuoso of the mandolin whose roots lie in bluegrass music. Brad mehldau and chris thile first met in august 2006. A few short months later, he was back with another trio. Sterling sound nashville 805 meridian street nashville, tn 37207. The jeff healey band i think i love you too much 1990, cd.
For the best experience on please consider upgrading to one of the following. They were brought together by robert hurwitz, president of nonesuch records, who was at that point wooing thile a mandolinist, singer. Sheet music is available for purchase for many of brads compositions from modern works. Brad mehldau and chris thile photo by dylan singleton in a short introduction before chris thile and brad mehldaus performance on friday night at the clarice smith center, director of artistic initiatives paul brohan emphasized the centers. From jethro burns to vassar clements to david grisman, bluegrass musicians have demonstrated the strong links between indigenous southern hill music and jazz. We posted last week that the music video for chris thiles dead leaves and the dirty ground was available on. Mandolinistsinger chris thile and pianist brad mehldau.
Mehldau studied music at the new school, and toured and recorded while still. Chris thile is a renowned mandolin player and a founding member of the progressive bluegrass trio nickel creek with sara watkins and sean watkins. Thile began recording his first solo album in 1993, with most songs of his own composition. Mandolin virtuoso and composer chris thile, a multiplegrammy award winner and a macarthur fellow, has long been known as an audacious improviser and a tireless collaborator whose work has incorporate.
Following is a link to titles including full scores, lead sheets, vocalchoral and. Chris thile, dead leaves and the dirty ground by shrnhb. For two such restless collaborators, each occasional encounter was one more fleeting meetup among many othersa quick oneoff in 2011, a ninecity string of duo shows in 20 and another twonight live stand after a couple years more. Bradford alexander mehldau is an american jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile. Nonesuch records labelmates mandolinistsinger chris thile and pianist brad mehldau, longtime admirers of each others work, first toured as a duo in 20. Chris thile music video on youtube bluegrass today.
If you blinked at the wrong time, it was easy to miss the fact that chris thile and brad mehldau had played together at all. Chris thile s thank you, new york, with guest singer gaby moreno, from his album thanks for listening, due december 8, 2017. None of this could have been achieved by musicians of lesser talent and vision than thile and mehldau, and i desperately hope that this collaborative endeavour is the first of many. The vinyl edition includes a bonus performance of fiona apples fast as you can. It was released by nonesuch records on january 27, 2017. We also mentioned that mac users were out of luck when it came to accessing cmts video player, and that sugar hill was likely to post the video on its youtube page before long. Mandolinist and vocalist chris thile and pianist brad mehldau first played together in 2011. Chris thile is singer and mandolinist with the progressive bluegrass band punch brothers a genre yet to trouble most british ears. Read the latest chris thile and brad mehldau news and view chris thile and brad mehldau pictures and video from our team of local insiders on. The song was performed at bowery ballroom in nyc in december 2015. Bachs welltempered clavier fugues with 2018s after bach.
Brad mehldau is, of course, one of the finest and most adventurous jazz pianists around. Now hes teamed up with jazz giant brad mehldau and is promising to write a topical song every week. It was in london back in 2011 that mandolinistsinger chris thile nickle creek, punch brothers and pianist brad mehldau first performed together as part of mehldaus residency at wigmore hall. The seemingly disparate worlds of jazz piano and bluegrass mandolin come together in perfect harmony as thile and mehldau perform music from their recent collaborative record. Nonesuch records labelmates chris thile and brad mehldau play as a duet, with repertoire including classical transcriptions, pop covers, and original songs. Simply put, thile and mehldau deliver a set of deeply engaging, organically realized songs that perfectly balance their respective jazz and bluegrass skills. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live. Chris thile and brad mehldau tabhair dom do lamh by al zebra. Buddy i went down to scarlet town never been there before you slept on a feather bed i sle. For mehldau and thile, a shared passion for musical. Ads blocker, keymonitor, keylogger, christv pvr, christv online.
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