Live at the Village Vanguard: The Art of the Trio Volume Two

Live at the Village Vanguard: The Art of the Trio Volume Two
Live album by
Brad Mehldau
ReleasedMarch 10, 1998
RecordedJuly 29–August 3, 1997
VenueVillage Vanguard (New York City)
GenreJazz
Length73:00
LabelWarner Bros.
9362-46848-2
ProducerMatt Pierson
Brad Mehldau chronology
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Brad Mehldau
(1996) 		Live at the Village Vanguard: The Art of the Trio Volume Two
(1997) 		Songs: The Art of the Trio Volume Three
(1998)

Live at the Village Vanguard: The Art of the Trio Volume Two is a live album by American pianist and composer Brad Mehldau released on the Warner Bros. label in 1998.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and in its review by Joel Roberts, states "It takes a certain nerve for a young jazz artist to subtitle an album Live at the Village Vanguard. The title evokes some mighty powerful spirits from the jazz pantheon. John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins. Bill Evans. Joe Henderson. But pianist Brad Mehldau is more than up to this daunting challenge... he has made a stunning album of exploratory jazz that holds its own with the great "Live at the Village Vanguard" recordings of the past".[1]

Track listing

  1. "It's All Right with Me" (Cole Porter) - 12:39
  2. "Young and Foolish" (Albert Hague, Arnold B. Horwitt) - 13:07
  3. "Monk's Dream" (Thelonious Monk) - 11:09
  4. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 12:33
  5. "Moon River" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 10:52
  6. "Countdown" (John Coltrane) - 12:40

Personnel

Musicians

Production

  • Matt Pierson – producer
  • James Farber – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – engineer (mastering)
  • Dana Watson – production coordination
  • Rey International – art direction, design
  • Larry Fink – photography

References

  1. ^ a b c Roberts, Joel. "Brad Mehldau The Art of the Trio, Vol, 2: Live at the Village Vanguard - Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  2. ^ "Discography of Brad Mehldau". Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 989. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. Retrieved 23 September 2019. Brad Mehldau