Brad Mehldau
Piano Solo on
Prelude To A Kiss

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Brad Mehldau's piano solo is the sole improvisation on this recording. Spanning one chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a ballad tempo of 53 BPM in C, the solo runs approximately 2:24. Within the album's program, this ballad provides a moment of quiet beauty and contemplation, demonstrating that Mehldau's artistry encompasses intimacy and restraint as well as the rhythmic intensity and intellectual rigor displayed elsewhere on Introducing Brad Mehldau. Brad Mehldau was 24 to 25 years old at the time of this 1995 recording. "Prelude to a Kiss" was composed by Duke Ellington in 1938, with lyrics by Irving Gordon and Irving Mills.

Brad Mehldau was 24 to 25 years old at the time.