Description
Brad Mehldau – Places / Larry Grenadier (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums) / Warner Bros. Records Audio CD 2000 / 093624769323
UPC 093624769323
Places is an album by American pianist and composer Brad Mehldau released on the Warner Bros. label in 2000.
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars and in its review by Richard S. Ginell, stated "the album is about the constancy of his personality and musical language, taking all of your personal mental baggage with you wherever you travel. This is an important album, one that anyone interested in piano jazz ought to check out". On All About Jazz, David Adler noted "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. For the most part, Mehldau holds his prodigious chops in check, preferring instead to conjure moods and memories with subtle nuances". JazzTimes reviewer, Bill Shoemaker commented "In addition to being a technically dazzling pianist, Mehldau has an arch sense of nuance; by changing the touch of a single note or introducing a single beat's rest in a long serpentine line, Mehldau can turn a smile or a frown upside down".
Tracklist:
| 1 | Los Angeles | 5:21 | |
| 2 | 29 Palms | 5:09 | |
| 3 | Madrid | 6:07 | |
| 4 | Amsterdam | 3:38 | |
| 5 | Los Angeles II | 5:18 | |
| 6 | West Hartford | 5:39 | |
| 7 | Airport Sadness | 4:48 | |
| 8 | Perugia | 3:52 | |
| 9 | A Walk In The Park | 5:59 | |
| 10 | Paris | 6:30 | |
| 11 |
Schloss Elmau | 6:32 | |
| 12 | Am Zuberberg | 7:07 | |
| 13 | Los Angeles (Reprise) |
3:28 |
- Art Direction, Design – Lawrence Azerrad
- Bass – Larry Grenadier (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13)
- Composed By – Brad Mehldau
- Drums – Jorge Rossy (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13)
- Engineer – Bernie Kirsch
- Engineer [Assistant] – Jordan D'Alessio
- Executive-Producer – Michael Davenport (2)
- Liner Notes – Brad Mehldau
- Management [Agency] – International Music Network
- Management [Personal] – The Merlin Company, Michael Davenport (2)
- Mastered By – Andrew Garver
- Photography By – Michael Lewis (11)
- Piano, Producer – Brad Mehldau
