Brad Mehldau: Live in Marciac – review

(Nonesuch, DVD & two CDs)Not only has Brad Mehldau given sustenance to his more traditionally jazz-rooted fans with this live solo-piano album (after an eclectic 2010 that saw the classical-strings collaboration Highway Rider and the Love Songs duet with mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter), he's countered the objection that he can be too preciously ruminative as well. The American star charges through this 100-minutes-plus gig with such an emphasis on repeat notes, brusque segues and thundering ...

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