While Art of the Trio featured material ranging from The Beatles, through folk singer-songwriter Nick Drake’s ‘River Man’, to Radiohead’s ‘Exit Music (For a Film)’, alongside more traditional jazz standards, Jacob’s Ladder sees Mehldau delving deep into his appreciation for one specific style, and unearths some incredibly diverse music along the way. ![]() $ īrad Mehldau is no stranger to incorporating music outside the realm of standard jazz – in fact, he’s quite well known for doing so, with series like the five-volume Art of the Trio being excellent examples of this – and for this most recent project he’s diving head-first into the heavy, oddly-timed sounds of progressive rock.
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