Brad Mehldau

Aside from being his most directly personal statement to date, Places is also Brad Mehldau's second all-original album, the first being 1999's solo piano tour de force, Elegaic Cycle. The young piano sensation splits the program evenly between solo piano explorations and trio pieces with his regular cohorts, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy. Each piece is named for a particular place (hence the title), which Mehldau attempts to represent in musical terms. In short, Places is a concept album, and a particularly effective one. - David Adler, All About Jazz.

PERSONNEL:

BRAD MEHLDAU, piano
LARRY GRENADIER, bass
JORGE ROSSY, drums

Recorded in Los Angeles, March24 & 25, 2000.

Tracks:

01. Los Angeles
02. 29 Palms
03. Madrid
04. Amsterdam
05. Los Angeles II
06. West Hartford
07. Airport Sadness
08. Perugia
09. A Walk In The Park
10. Paris
11. Schloss Elmau
12. Am Zauberberg
13. Los Angeles (Reprise + Hidden Track "Perugia")