fyi Brad was highly influenced by Bill Evans when he first studied jazz with my (then) husband, Lee Callahan. Brad was still in high school. He started by learning and improvising off Bill Evan's voicings, around the cycle of fourths. Lee and I were blown away by Brad's improvisations. When he was still in high school, Lee got Brad a gig, with a jazz trio, at the 880 Club in Hartford. His parents had to accompany him, because he was so young. Brad came for lessons with Lee week after week, and month after month, and Lee finally said, "I've taught you everything I know. Take your genius and enjoy making music." The rest is history.
Isn't that such a charm things like this make me feel like I need to get my ass up it's inspiring to say the least love the background thank you for that honestly
Quoting the theme, deconstructing the theme, losing the way, finding the way back. This piece of music is an allegory of life. This is how the great Art is.
Certainly never been a greater jazz improv than this. Stunning. Actually it is almost like has a genre all of his own. A fusion of of the most insane modulations, rhythms, harmonies, counterpoint you will ever hear.
Quel digne fils spirituel de Bille Evans, respectueux de la ligne et la tordant avec audace et grâce pour mieux la caresser de nouveau !... Que nous surfions ainsi sur la vague du Covid, porté par une confiance inébranlable soufflée par une fraternité sans limite !... prenez soin de vous et des autres ! ...Take care oneanother and yourself in the same time...Bien à vous. B
Jazz has lost the passion and the heart, today. Everybody think too much, and feel less. It's all coming from head. But Brad is in another dimension. So deep and emotional music. His dynamics flow. He is a poet. He plays classical music in a jazz approach.
@@sofianoiti Such a wrong statement, please, for the respect of your own intellect, dont beleive in such false pretenses. Jazz and music is wider and healtier as it's ever been, and if you can't see it, then you're at fault, the new generations are transcending jazz for ever more, making it more accessible yet no less interesting and still pionneering. Brad is one of many, and there's kids half his age already taking the banner up to the universal front, open your eyes, open your ears, jazz is too beautifull and immortal for the "its was better before" routine.
Je l'ai découvert hier 16 septembre en écoutant TSF Jazz sur le 90.8 FM à Hyères Les Palmiers.... Du miel pour les oreilles... Un pur bonheur avant d'aller dîner chez des amis...
I haven't heard a piece of music this incredibly beautiful in a long time. Truly a work of art. If i were a dance teacher I would have my most advanced students dance a routine to this arrangement.
They did a duet together recently and Brad has said that he has become a fan of Tigran's music which is really cool considering they're the two most innovative jazz pianists (and musical geniuses) on the planet.
Brad, you bring a different level purity to this world. Thank you. Your ad-lib just comforted two men in their 30's hanging on the rough edges of a March Friday.
An absolute genius rendition. Have been listening to it in a loop for a few days now and continue to discover more and more! Thanks so much for sharing!!!
When I listen to this, I can't help but hear James Brown's "It's a Man's World" in those sweet melodic parts. Mehldau's a virtuoso, and I know he can explore the hell out of a piece, but I love when he brings out the sweet. The buildup from the search he begins at 6:00 comes to a beautiful culmination at 6:50 and in comes that wonderful melody again. Loving the fact he sticks with the sweet and guides us home. A beautiful work of art.
After listening to the Marciac version, can definitely state that this is the superior version IMO. There's something about the dissonance and delayed gratification that just makes this one hit harder.
Brad's intellectual approach isn't for everyone. Everything seems so well thought out. Here once again like the old be-boppers he deconstructs the song inside out, upside down, forwards and backwards. Unlike the be-boppers he really never loses sight of the melody while taking an orchestral approach. Always interesting, sometimes exciting, sometimes exhausting. Perhaps the preeminent pianist today.
What an amazing comment/explanation! I Couldn't agree more, actually thanks for putting all this into words. Mehldau really tells stories within stories based on different variations of the same melody, from different angles, corners, perspectives and flavours... You can see he was trained as a classical pianist though, always in control, a modern version of Evans, with less melodical approach but at harmonic level still outstanding..........this is one of the nicest versions of his version of "My faviourte things"
I agree 100% What's funny though is how he has been quoted as saying he doesn't like Evans' playing and how he thinks perhaps Bill is overrated. I don't see how since Bill's use of alternating waltz with other time signatures combined with original harmonic choices changed jazz pianism. Listening to Brad one hears a direct lineage, and clearly he has listened intently to Bill over the years.
Excellent points Hel Gar. From my transcriptions of Brad I think he's mostly influenced by Evans in how he uses harmonically ambiguous voicings, besides that I usually hear McCoy Tyner, the great classical & romantic period composers, Brecker, Trane and Herbie Hancock. Personally, I love Mehldau's deconstructive approach to improvisation which you identified, I've been trying to bring his concept into my playing recently. Do you play an instrument?
Stylistically, I think Evans and Mehldau are quite different. But I think what both these pianists achieve more than other jazz pianists is the emotional depth of their playing. Especially the melancholy aspect.
You are welcome! I love this piece so much and it's sad it got deleted form RUclips. I'm looking for a transcription or something to play it for piano, but it seems impossible, maybe i'll have to try make my own, but that's even harder :-(
Miguel upv "My Favorite Thing" is a standard written by Richard Rodgers for the 1959 musical "The Sound of Music." The score is easy to find, for instance in "The Real Book" Volume I. Of course what Mehldau does with it is something else entirely. In my opinion a transcription of his improvisation wouldn't make much sense. It would be very time-consuming to transcribe, would take up a lot of paper, and in the end would be too difficult to play for most pianists...
yea ty for reposting it, i listend to this vid last year non stop to make a cover of it (though it sucks totally compared to it of course) I started to having interest in Jazz piano cause of Brad Mehldau too!
Unquestionably a born talent for the art of improvising and taking it to stratospheric heights that only the best jazz players can attain, I was privileged to know Brad in the late 90's as his piano technician. A really nice guy, so modest and a great listener as I noticed in our occasional talks.
Wow! Amazing! I bought a couple of Mehldau's early CDs; they didn't grab me--too complex and rambling, no structure I could discern, at least in a few tries. (I like complex music--e.g. in classical, Bartok, Bach--if it hangs together.) But here! if Rodgers and Hammerstein made one piece of it, pretty good in a pretty good musical--and Coltrane made another, great piece from same material, Mehldau here has made of it a third, great piece. Thanks for this!
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fyi Brad was highly influenced by Bill Evans when he first studied jazz with my (then) husband, Lee Callahan. Brad was still in high school. He started by learning and improvising off Bill Evan's voicings, around the cycle of fourths. Lee and I were blown away by Brad's improvisations. When he was still in high school, Lee got Brad a gig, with a jazz trio, at the 880 Club in Hartford. His parents had to accompany him, because he was so young. Brad came for lessons with Lee week after week, and month after month, and Lee finally said, "I've taught you everything I know. Take your genius and enjoy making music." The rest is history.
Legendary
Isn't that such a charm things like this make me feel like I need to get my ass up it's inspiring to say the least love the background thank you for that honestly
A humble recogniser was he.
Shut up plz...
Wow. Thank you
Adding this to my list of favorite things
Well played to say the least
Kathryn Philpott … cool comment
lolol
@Elijah Santiago definitely, I have been watching on instaflixxer for years myself :)
Quoting the theme, deconstructing the theme, losing the way, finding the way back. This piece of music is an allegory of life. This is how the great Art is.
Thanks for this comment. I like it's point of view...
I agree with the comment except that I don’t think he loses the way! I think Brad knows very well what he’s doing
Certainly never been a greater jazz improv than this. Stunning. Actually it is almost like has a genre all of his own. A fusion of of the most insane modulations, rhythms, harmonies, counterpoint you will ever hear.
I have so many Jazz pieces that I love: this just joined them. Mehldau is a true star shining down on us.
Quel digne fils spirituel de Bille Evans, respectueux de la ligne et la tordant avec audace et grâce pour mieux la caresser de nouveau !... Que nous surfions ainsi sur la vague du Covid, porté par une confiance inébranlable soufflée par une fraternité sans limite !... prenez soin de vous et des autres ! ...Take care oneanother and yourself in the same time...Bien à vous. B
It's me again and again absorving such marvelous song played by Brad.
THESE BEAUTIFUL THINGS!
this is probably the best and most emotional thing I ever listened to in my entire life. This is my favoutire piece of everything!
La seule chose possible de faire, en entendant cela est pleurer.
oui
Je ne sais pas à qui tu écris
interpretazione dal sapore cosmico, senza contorni o confini, sospesa nell'aere, delicata e profonda, per me semplicemente magistrale, bravo brad...
The passage from 6:00 to 6:50 has to be one of the most insane modulating, build-up, climatic passages ever conceived. I get goosebumps every time
Insane, yes. I'm Speechless
I keep coming to this piece for years and everytime, without fault i do get goosebumbs at this interval. What an interpretation this is!
Impazzisco tutte le volte dalla bellezza di questa esecuzione ♥️
This guy is what is keeping Jazz alive in the world today! a Genius!
Lucky for us.
Jazz has lost the passion and the heart, today. Everybody think too much, and feel less. It's all coming from head. But Brad is in another dimension. So deep and emotional music. His dynamics flow. He is a poet. He plays classical music in a jazz approach.
@@sofianoiti Such a wrong statement, please, for the respect of your own intellect, dont beleive in such false pretenses.
Jazz and music is wider and healtier as it's ever been, and if you can't see it, then you're at fault, the new generations are transcending jazz for ever more, making it more accessible yet no less interesting and still pionneering.
Brad is one of many, and there's kids half his age already taking the banner up to the universal front, open your eyes, open your ears, jazz is too beautifull and immortal for the "its was better before" routine.
Well, one of my favorite things is this rendition of this song by Brad
Je l'ai découvert hier 16 septembre en écoutant TSF Jazz sur le 90.8 FM à Hyères Les Palmiers.... Du miel pour les oreilles... Un pur bonheur avant d'aller dîner chez des amis...
a beautifully abstract and kaleidoscopic journey through the world of my favourite things.
I have a eargasm this ridiculous never heard it played this way till now awesome job
Eargasm, nice word indeed for this piece, thank you for the word I ignored
swallows flying by and singing along to mehldau just made it on my list of favorite things
I can't tell you how many times I have listen to this and it still makes me cry...
Still listening... Many years. A living genius... Love your playing ❤
This is mindblowingly good. A fusion of classical and jazz sounds that I wish were more common (even at a fraction of the level of complexity here).
always i comeback to this song...october 2020, here i'm again
me too
Hello from 2021
Hello from 2024
Destructuration and emotion, by the 7th min, you just cry of pleasure. Thanks Sir
My favorite version!
This video inspired me to start jazz
Amo esta canción desde hace más de 6 años. Que bueno que hoy te volví a encontrar.❤️
Me alegro de que te guste! Yo también estoy obsesionado con ella jaja
Whauuuuuu bellissimo, pieno di gioia ed emozioni, grazie Cino
This is so good.
I haven't heard a piece of music this incredibly beautiful in a long time. Truly a work of art. If i were a dance teacher I would have my most advanced students dance a routine to this arrangement.
It's so beautiful to hear the swallows in the recording
Probably one of the best pianists on the planet !!outstanding!
After Evans :)
Alberto Lorusso which Evans ? i also like eldar djangirov very much
julien jolly Bill evans
T I G R A N
They did a duet together recently and Brad has said that he has become a fan of Tigran's music which is really cool considering they're the two most innovative jazz pianists (and musical geniuses) on the planet.
Another nice piece of music.
Superb.
Excelente, suave e intenso. Una de las mejores versiones en solitario . Bravo Brad
Brad, you bring a different level purity to this world. Thank you. Your ad-lib just comforted two men in their 30's hanging on the rough edges of a March Friday.
The swifts are so perfect on this tune. Definitely part of what makes this such a great version.
Yes, Brad is the best... no question, absolutely awesome.
My favourite interpretation on the score .. What a genius he is !!
몇년째 듣고있지만 여전히 내플레이리스트 안에있는곡
Was für eine abgefahrene geile Version von My Favorite Things.
I love it !!!
A real master, rare moment !
It's a masterpiece.
An absolute genius rendition. Have been listening to it in a loop for a few days now and continue to discover more and more!
Thanks so much for sharing!!!
My god! This is one of my favorite things!
When I listen to this, I can't help but hear James Brown's "It's a Man's World" in those sweet melodic parts. Mehldau's a virtuoso, and I know he can explore the hell out of a piece, but I love when he brings out the sweet. The buildup from the search he begins at 6:00 comes to a beautiful culmination at 6:50 and in comes that wonderful melody again. Loving the fact he sticks with the sweet and guides us home. A beautiful work of art.
After listening to the Marciac version, can definitely state that this is the superior version IMO. There's something about the dissonance and delayed gratification that just makes this one hit harder.
Great !!!!
Fantastic melody
Thank you Brad. This is awsome.
thanks for sharing such a wonderful thing like that !!! Deep!
mi ipnotizza ogni volta che lo ascolto
Grandissimo pianista!!
It's amazing! same as the title, this is my favorite Mehldau's playing
Mistrzostwo w każdym calu .👍
Zgadzam się w stu procentach!
He only uses two hands? Wow:)
He is awesome. A great influence for me
My Favorite piano player!!!
Awesome! Fresh and technically superb with Brad’s unique arrangement that makes it so unique..... Nice.
Celestial Jazz
Incredible!
Brad if you read these, your Jazz is my favorite.
Your take on music is sad joy.
Love love love Mehldau!
Brad's intellectual approach isn't for everyone. Everything seems so well thought out. Here once again like the old be-boppers he deconstructs the song inside out, upside down, forwards and backwards. Unlike the be-boppers he really never loses sight of the melody while taking an orchestral approach. Always interesting, sometimes exciting, sometimes exhausting. Perhaps the preeminent pianist today.
What an amazing comment/explanation! I Couldn't agree more, actually thanks for putting all this into words.
Mehldau really tells stories within stories based on different variations of the same melody, from different angles, corners, perspectives and flavours...
You can see he was trained as a classical pianist though, always in control, a modern version of Evans, with less melodical approach but at harmonic level still outstanding..........this is one of the nicest versions of his version of "My faviourte things"
I agree 100% What's funny though is how he has been quoted as saying he doesn't like Evans' playing and how he thinks perhaps Bill is overrated. I don't see how since Bill's use of alternating waltz with other time signatures combined with original harmonic choices changed jazz pianism. Listening to Brad one hears a direct lineage, and clearly he has listened intently to Bill over the years.
Hel Gar ..love your comment.
Excellent points Hel Gar. From my transcriptions of Brad I think he's mostly influenced by Evans in how he uses harmonically ambiguous voicings, besides that I usually hear McCoy Tyner, the great classical & romantic period composers, Brecker, Trane and Herbie Hancock. Personally, I love Mehldau's deconstructive approach to improvisation which you identified, I've been trying to bring his concept into my playing recently. Do you play an instrument?
Stylistically, I think Evans and Mehldau are quite different. But I think what both these pianists achieve more than other jazz pianists is the emotional depth of their playing. Especially the melancholy aspect.
If you are reading this, you've got great taste in music. Congrats!
no, I just have a friend with great tastes
Speechless...🦁💖😘❤️
Amoooo....
un vero capolavoro.
Wow nice song
thank you
Thanks for re-posting this. Such an awe-inspiring interpretation
You are welcome! I love this piece so much and it's sad it got deleted form RUclips.
I'm looking for a transcription or something to play it for piano, but it seems impossible, maybe i'll have to try make my own, but that's even harder :-(
Miguel upv "My Favorite Thing" is a standard written by Richard Rodgers for the 1959 musical "The Sound of Music." The score is easy to find, for instance in "The Real Book" Volume I.
Of course what Mehldau does with it is something else entirely. In my opinion a transcription of his improvisation wouldn't make much sense. It would be very time-consuming to transcribe, would take up a lot of paper, and in the end would be too difficult to play for most pianists...
Miguel upv transcribe it yourself. this way you will understand everything that's happening
+Jean-Louis Morhange inspired by Georges Shearing a little...
@@miguelupv1087 Where did you find this version ?
this gave head to my soul, thanks for sharing
Wow, I love it, what a wonderful feeling
Magical flight of fancy...
Favoloso!!!
Belíssimo. Adoro, cheio de nuances, musicalidade e mistério. Muito emocionante!
Fantastico!!!
Thanks!
BRILLIANT
yea ty for reposting it, i listend to this vid last year non stop to make a cover of it (though it sucks totally compared to it of course) I started to having interest in Jazz piano cause of Brad Mehldau too!
Gran Pianista! Muy buena version
yes beautiful!!
Je l'adore et j'adore ce morceau!
On est d accord !!!
Tant mieux !!! Vous avez bon goût !!! @@Gedomar
IM IN LOVE
Quel Talent !
absolutely one of best rendition of my fav song besides joey alexander version
この人は天才です
Amazing…..
Ce titre m'a toujours accompagné dans mon combat contre le patronat!
Unquestionably a born talent for the art of improvising and taking it to stratospheric heights that only the best jazz players can attain, I was privileged to know Brad in the late 90's as his piano technician. A really nice guy, so modest and a great listener as I noticed in our occasional talks.
Everyone has to find their own way to swing and this man swings like nobody’s business!
マジか！
こんなMy Favorite Things聞いたことない
激しくまた哀愁溢れる感じ
好きになってしまった
今までビル・エヴァンスのピアノが好きでビルしか聴いてこなかったけど
レコ屋に走り込みます！
thanks so much!
Hmm Great performance really great
Inarrivabile. Il 13 settembre lo vedrò suonare al Ravello Festival 2020
Brad came from Mars! No one Play like him.
This is the "Sound of Music"
A kind of perfection
joli!!!
Just close your eyes and ride those overtones.
Génial
Wow! Amazing! I bought a couple of Mehldau's early CDs; they didn't grab me--too complex and rambling, no structure I could discern, at least in a few tries. (I like complex music--e.g. in classical, Bartok, Bach--if it hangs together.) But here! if Rodgers and Hammerstein made one piece of it, pretty good in a pretty good musical--and Coltrane made another, great piece from same material, Mehldau here has made of it a third, great piece. Thanks for this!
I had the same experience, now he is my favourite musician and I have most of his recorded discography.