Another languid weekend at Moose towers. After last week’s Radiohead schmooz-fest I decided to dig through the MP3 collection at home as I know I have every record they’ve produced plus I have a collection of albums that feature ‘head covers. Jazz was on the agenda this a.m. and so I dug out Day is Done by the Brad Mehldau Trio. For a pianist steeped in jazz, Mehldau has quite an eclectic rock music taste; the title of this album alone is taken from a Nick Drake song from his classic album Five Leaves Left. And yes, he likes Radiohead too:
“Day is Done begins with Radiohead’s “Knives Outâ€. Mehldau explains, “This is one that we had never played together and it was a first take in the studio. It had a wild energy about it, yet I felt there was a real focus to the performance between the three of us. It’s always exciting when something clicks spontaneously like that in the studio. I liked the idea of opening the record on a very high energy level like we did with this track. I’ve hesitated to do that in the past, favoring more of a slow build up.” You can buy Day Is Done here.
Brad Mehldau Trio – Knives Out (Radiohead) [MP3]
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