Brad Mehldau
Piano Solo on
London Blues

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Brad Mehldau's piano solo is the opening of 3 solos on this recording, followed by Christian McBride on acoustic bass. Spanning eight choruses of the 12-Bar form at a medium-up 162 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 2:20. Mehldau opens with eight ambitious choruses of piano, demonstrating that his sophisticated harmonic and rhythmic approach can be applied to the most fundamental structure in jazz without losing the blues' essential emotional directness. Brad Mehldau was 24 to 25 years old at the time of this 1995 recording.

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