Brad Mehldau discography

Brad Mehldau is an American jazz pianist. He first recorded in 1991, for saxophonist Christopher Hollyday's The Natural Moment.[1] Mehldau has recorded more than forty albums as leader or co-leader, many more as a sideman, and for several soundtracks.

Discography

An asterisk (*) after the year indicates that it is the year of release.

As leader/co-leader

Mehldau plays piano on all albums, unless otherwise indicated.

Year recorded	Title	Label	Notes
1993	New York-Barcelona Crossing, Volumen 1	Fresh Sound	Quartet, co-led with Perico Sambeat (alto sax), Mario Rossy (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums); in concert
1993	New York-Barcelona Crossing, Volumen 2	Fresh Sound	Quartet, co-led with Perico Sambeat (alto sax), Mario Rossy (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums); in concert
1993	When I Fall in Love	Fresh Sound	Trio, as "Mehldau & Rossy Trio", with Mario Rossy (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums); in concert
1994	Consenting Adults	Criss Cross	Quintet, as "MTB", with Mark Turner (tenor sax), Peter Bernstein (guitar), Larry Grenadier (bass), Leon Parker (drums); released 2000
1995	Introducing Brad Mehldau	Warner Bros.	Trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums) on most tracks; Christian McBride (bass), Brian Blade (drums) on some
1996	The Art of the Trio Volume One	Warner Bros.	Trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums)
1996	Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz	Jazz Alliance	Solo piano; duo with Marian McPartland (piano); conversation; radio broadcast, released on CD in 2007[2]
1997	Live at the Village Vanguard: The Art of the Trio Volume Two	Warner Bros.	Trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums); in concert
1998	Songs: The Art of the Trio Volume Three	Warner Bros.	Trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums)
1999	Elegiac Cycle	Warner Bros.	Solo piano
1999	Art of the Trio 4: Back at the Vanguard	Warner Bros.	Trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums); in concert
2000	Places	Warner Bros.	Some solo piano; some trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums)
2000	Progression: The Art of the Trio, Vol. 5	Warner Bros.	Trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums); in concert
2002	Largo	Warner Bros.	With Larry Grenadier, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Darek Oleszkiewicz (bass), Matt Chamberlain, Jim Keltner, Jorge Rossy (drums), Victor Indrizzo (drums, percussion), Jon Brion (guitar, guitar synth, piano percussion), various others (horn instruments); Mehldau also plays vibraphone
2002	Anything Goes	Warner Bros.	Trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums)
2003	Live in Tokyo	Nonesuch	Solo piano; in concert
2002–05	House on Hill	Nonesuch	Trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums)
2005	Day Is Done	Nonesuch	Trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums)
2005	Metheny Mehldau	Nonesuch	Duo, co-led with Pat Metheny (guitars, guitar synth); some quartet tracks, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums) added
2005	Metheny Mehldau Quartet	Nonesuch	Quartet, co-led with Pat Metheny (guitars, guitar synth), Larry Grenadier (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums); some duo tracks, with Metheny
2006	Brad Mehldau Trio Live	Nonesuch	Trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums)
2006	Love Sublime	Nonesuch	Duo, co-led with Renée Fleming (vocals)
2006	Live in Marciac	Nonesuch	Solo piano, in concert
2007	Long Ago and Far Away	Impulse!	Duo, co-led with Charlie Haden (bass); in concert; released 2018
2009	Highway Rider	Nonesuch	With Joshua Redman (soprano sax, tenor sax), Larry Grenadier (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums, percussion), Matt Chamberlain (drums), The Fleurettes (vocals), orchestra; Mehldau also plays various other instruments
2010	Love Songs	Naïve	Duo, co-led with Anne Sofie von Otter (vocals)
2010	Modern Music	Nonesuch	Duo, co-led with Kevin Hays (piano)
2008–11	Ode	Nonesuch	Trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums)
2008–11	Where Do You Start	Nonesuch	Trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums)
2011	Nearness	Nonesuch	Duo, with Joshua Redman (saxophones)
2013	Variations on a Melancholy Theme	Nonesuch	With Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; released 2021[3]
2014*	Mehliana: Taming the Dragon	Nonesuch	Duo, as "Mehliana", co-led with Mark Guiliana (drums, electronics); Mehldau also plays synthesizers, Fender Rhodes
2004–14	10 Years Solo Live	Nonesuch	Solo piano; in concert
2012–14	Blues and Ballads	Nonesuch	Trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums)
2012–14	Seymour Reads the Constitution!	Nonesuch	Trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums)
2015–16	Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau	Nonesuch	Duo, with Chris Thile (mandolin, vocals)
2017	After Bach	Nonesuch	Solo piano
2017–18	Finding Gabriel	Nonesuch	With Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Chris Cheek (baritone sax, tenor sax), Charles Pillow (baritone sax, alto sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet), Joel Frahm (tenor sax), Michael Thomas (alto sax, flute), Sara Caswell (violin), Lois Martin (viola), Noah Hoffeld (cello), Mark Guiliana (drums), Aaron Nevezie (effects), Kurt Elling, Gabriel Kahane, "Snorts" Malibu and Becca Stevens (vocals)
2020	Suite: April 2020	Nonesuch	Solo piano
2020	Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles	Nonesuch	Solo piano; in concert
2020–21	Jacob's Ladder	Nonesuch	With various; Mehldau plays multiple instruments
2022	The Folly of Desire	Pentatone	Duo, with Ian Bostridge (vocals)
2017–23	After Bach II	Nonesuch	Solo piano[4]
2023	Après Fauré	Nonesuch	Solo piano[5]

Promotional album (not for sale): Deregulating Jazz (trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums)) (Warner Bros., released 2000)[6][7]

Compilation with other tracks by Eliane Elias, Dave Grusin, Herbie Hancock, and Bob James: Portrait of Bill Evans (JVC, around 2002)[8]

Compilation containing some additional material: The Art of the Trio: Recordings 1996–2001 (Nonesuch)[9]

As sideman

Year recorded	Leader	Title	Label
1991	Christopher Hollyday	The Natural Moment	Novus
1992	Peter Bernstein	Somethin's Burnin'	Criss Cross
1992	Allen Mezquida	A Good Thing	Koch Jazz
1992	Grant Stewart	Downtown Sounds	Criss Cross
1993	Jesse Davis	Young at Art	Concord
1994	Peter Bernstein	Signs of Life	Criss Cross
1994	Joshua Redman	Moodswing	Warner Bros.
1994	Mark Turner	Yam Yam	Criss Cross
1995	Perico Sambeat	Ademuz	Fresh Sound
1996	Chris Potter	Moving In	Concord
1996	Lee Konitz	Alone Together	Blue Note
1997	Anthony Wilson	Anthony Wilson	MAMA
1997	Lee Konitz	Another Shade of Blue	Blue Note
1997	Avishai Cohen	Adama	Stretch
1998*	Willie Nelson	Teatro	Island
1998*	Joshua Redman	Timeless Tales (For Changing Times)	Warner Bros.
1998	Mark Turner	In This World	Warner Bros.
1998*	Scott Weiland	12 Bar Blues	Atlantic
1999	Ruth Cameron	Roadhouse	Verve
1999	Chris Cheek	Vine	Fresh Sound
1999	Fleurine	Close Enough for Love	EmArcy
1999	Charles Lloyd	The Water Is Wide	ECM
1999	Charles Lloyd	Hyperion with Higgins	ECM
2000	Steve Davis	Portrait in Sound	Stretch
2000	John Scofield	Works for Me	Verve
2001*	Lea DeLaria	Play It Cool	Warner Bros.
2001	Joe Henry	Scar	Mammoth
2001	John Patitucci	Communion	Concord
2001	Walt Weiskopf	Man of Many Colors	Criss Cross
2001	Joel Frahm	Don't Explain	Palmetto
2002*	Vinicius Cantuária	Vinicius	Transparent Music
2002	Peter Bernstein	Heart's Content	Criss Cross
2002	Charlie Haden	American Dreams	Verve
2003*	Fleurine	Fire	Coast to Coast
2003	Perico Sambeat	Friendship	ACT
2003*	Wayne Shorter	Alegría	Verve
2003	Peter Bernstein	Stranger in Paradise	Venus
2004*	Harvey Mason	With All My Heart	Bluebird
2004*	Darek Oleszkiewicz	Like a Dream	Cryptogramophone
2005*	Daniel Lanois	Belladonna	ANTI-
2005*	Kurt Rosenwinkel	Deep Song	Verve
2005	Chris Cheek	Blues Cruise	Fresh Sound
2005	Fleurine	San Francisco	Sunnyside
2006	Michael Brecker	Pilgrimage	Telarc
2007	Vinicius Cantuária	Cymbals	Naïve
2008	Allen Toussaint	The Bright Mississippi	Nonesuch
2009	Lee Konitz	Live at Birdland	ECM
2009	Joe Martin	Not by Chance	Anzic
2009	Eli Degibri	Israeli Song	Anzic
2009	Vinicius Cantuária	Samba Carioca	Naïve
2009*	Robert Sadin	Art of Love: Music of Machaut	Deutsche Grammophon
2012	Joshua Redman	Walking Shadows	Nonesuch
2012	Petra Haden	Petra Goes to the Movies	ANTI-
2013	Antonio Sánchez	Three Times Three	CAM Jazz
2014*	Jimmy Cobb	The Original Mob	Smoke Sessions
2014*	Renée Fleming	Christmas in New York	Decca
2014*	Dayna Stephens	Peace	Sunnyside
2016*	Warren Wolf	Convergence	Mack Avenue
2016	Wolfgang Muthspiel	Rising Grace	ECM
2017*	Dayna Stephens	Gratitude	Contagious Music
2017*	Peter Bernstein	Signs Live!	Smoke Sessions
2018*	Fleurine	Brazilian Dream	Sunnyside
2018	Wolfgang Muthspiel	Where the River Goes	ECM
2019*	Kyle Crane	Crane Like the Bird	Crane Like the Bird
2019*	Pedro Martins	Vox	Heartcore[10]
2019*	Chase Baird	A Life Between	Soundsabound[11]
2007–2019	Joshua Redman	LongGone	Nonesuch[12]
2019	Joshua Redman	RoundAgain	Nonesuch[13]
2024	Peter Bernstein	Better Angels	Smoke Sessions

Soundtracks

• Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)[14]
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
• Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
• Space Cowboys (2000)
• The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
• Ma femme est une actrice (2001)
• Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants (2004)
• Mon chien stupide (2019)

Sources:[15][16][17]

References

1. Nicholson, Stuart (September 19, 1999) "Some Call It Plagiarism. In Brad Mehldau's Hands, It's Sheer Genius". The Observer. p. D8.
2. Conrad, Thomas (June 2007) "Marian McPartland/Brad Mehldau: Piano Jazz". JazzTimes.
3. "Variations on a Melancholy Theme by Brad Mehldau + Orpheus Chamber Orchestra". Nonesuch Records. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
4. "After Bach II by Brad Mehldau". Nonesuch Records. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
5. "Après Fauré by Brad Mehldau". Nonesuch Records. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
6. "Brad Mehldau – Deregulating Jazz". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
7. "Brad Mehldau – Deregulating Jazz". discogs.com Retrieved April 5, 2014.
8. Staudter, Thomas (January 12, 2003). "A Deliberate New Move in an Improvised Career". The New York Times. p. 8.
9. Kelman, John (November 28, 2011) "Brad Mehldau: The Art of the Trio – Recordings 1996–2001". All About Jazz.
10. O'Connell, Sean J. (May 2019). "Pedro Martins: Vox". DownBeat. Vol. 86, no. 5. p. 61.
11. "New Release: Chase Baird to Release 'A Life Between' with Antonio Sanchez, Brad Mehldau 8/9" (HMTL). Lydia Liebman Promotions. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
12. "LongGone by Joshua Redman + Brad Mehldau + Christian McBride + Brian Blade". Nonesuch Records. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
13. "RoundAgain by Joshua Redman + Brad Mehldau + Christian McBride + Brian Blade". Nonesuch Records. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
14. Strick, Philip (January 1, 1995) "Vanya on 42nd Street". Sight and Sound. Volume 5/1. p. 61.
15. "Discography of Brad Mehldau". linge.de Retrieved February 10, 2014.
16. "Brad Mehldau". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
17. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.) Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.