Brad Mehldau - My Favorite Things @ Jazz a Vienne 2010

Brad Mehldau - My Favorite Things @ Jazz a Vienne 2010

[@kleinequietboykleinequietb7126]

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.

[@muxant_academy]

Legendary

[@terrystaxi4253]

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

[@Betterthantelly]

A humble recogniser was he.

[@갈매기-k3l]

Shut up plz...

[@fraidwoodcesco]

Wow. Thank you

[@Kathrynphilpott]

Adding this to my list of favorite things

[@Robert-dl6fq]

Well played to say the least

[@レイライン-s6o]

Kathryn Philpott … cool comment

[@freehat6894]

lolol

[@princequinton6770]

@Elijah Santiago definitely, I have been watching on instaflixxer for years myself :)

[@lucacompiani2290]

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.

[@itamar87]

Thanks for this comment. I like it's point of view...

[@quint555]

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

[@billharrison4943]

This guy is what is keeping Jazz alive in the world today! a Genius!

[@bingoandtoto]

Lucky for us.

[@sofianoiti]

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.

[@sirzebra]

@@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.

[@GarySchmidtPianist]

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.

[@moradshebli9562]

this is probably the best and most emotional thing I ever listened to in my entire life. This is my favoutire piece of everything!

[@normhall1622]

I have so many Jazz pieces that I love: this just joined them. Mehldau is a true star shining down on us.

[@durianhead]

a beautifully abstract and kaleidoscopic journey through the world of my favourite things.

[@brunopascaud5221]

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

[@willplaysproductions]

I have a eargasm this ridiculous never heard it played this way till now awesome job

[@billcharliebrown3135]

Eargasm, nice word indeed for this piece, thank you for the word I ignored

[@Itadakiman]

Well, one of my favorite things is this rendition of this song by Brad

[@attiliofisher1094]

interpretazione dal sapore cosmico, senza contorni o confini, sospesa nell'aere, delicata e profonda, per me semplicemente magistrale, bravo brad...

[@PearlDrumsAllDay94]

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.

[@fredericpiters2804]

La seule chose possible de faire, en entendant cela est pleurer.

[@fredericpiters2804]

oui

[@christopheemanuelli]

Je ne sais pas à qui tu écris

[@alessandraborettini4777]

Impazzisco tutte le volte dalla bellezza di questa esecuzione ♥️

[@andecko]

THESE BEAUTIFUL THINGS!

[@Montanacellist]

My favorite version!

[@tobhard]

swallows flying by and singing along to mehldau just made it on my list of favorite things

[@pinguente]

It's so beautiful to hear the swallows in the recording

[@jinwoo517]

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.

[@yandrak10]

always i comeback to this song...october 2020, here i'm again

[@klaustholken274]

me too

[@НикитаМорозов-т7у]

Hello from 2021

[@paulinhocorrea8705]

Hello from 2024

[@helgar791]

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.

[@albertolorusso]

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"

[@helgar791]

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.

[@leninies4286]

Hel Gar ..love your comment.

[@UkuleleAversion]

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?

[@longhaulblue1145]

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.

[@ilansmith]

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!!!

[@peterhacik1967]

Brad if you read these, your Jazz is my favorite. Your take on music is sad joy.

[@jinchanghye4605]

My favourite interpretation on the score .. What a genius he is !!

[@XxBobpicklexX]

Thanks for re-posting this. Such an awe-inspiring interpretation

[@miguelupv1087]

You are welcome! I love this piece so much and it's sad it got deleted form KZbin. 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 :-(

[@jean-louismorhange5553]

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...

[@076657]

Miguel upv transcribe it yourself. this way you will understand everything that's happening

[@stephwines5446]

+Jean-Louis Morhange inspired by Georges Shearing a little...

[@ernestcoudur]

@@miguelupv1087 Where did you find this version ?

[@dimitriskaraganis]

Probably one of the best pianists on the planet !!outstanding!

[@albertolorusso]

After Evans :)

[@julienjolly6849]

Alberto Lorusso which Evans ? i also like eldar djangirov very much

[@albertolorusso]

julien jolly Bill evans

[@bazdesh]

T I G R A N

[@UkuleleAversion]

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.

[@pieterfannes8600]

The swifts are so perfect on this tune. Definitely part of what makes this such a great version.

[@88tasti-kc2fx]

Grandissimo pianista!!

[@yodservant]

Speechless...🦁💖😘❤️

[@AfokeAbel]

This is so good.

[@ingomerold5605]

Was für eine abgefahrene geile Version von My Favorite Things. I love it !!!

[@evgmin2454]

It's a masterpiece.

[@amaliobelmonte582]

Excelente, suave e intenso. Una de las mejores versiones en solitario . Bravo Brad

[@jeslee2527]

It's amazing! same as the title, this is my favorite Mehldau's playing

[@mattvincent6814]

Another nice piece of music.

[@gustafsterne343]

My god! This is one of my favorite things!

[@leesuyong_p]

This video inspired me to start jazz

[@tatianasamoloukova5019]

thanks for sharing such a wonderful thing like that !!! Deep!

[@peterhacik1967]

Thank you Brad. This is awsome.

[@shairosenfeld5646]

Just close your eyes and ride those overtones.

[@fithrantyo74]

Celestial Jazz

[@katotetuji]

この人は天才です

[@PabloZuazo]

He is awesome. A great influence for me

[@eranimongelos5749]

Great !!!!

[@paulinhocorrea8705]

Brad came from Mars! No one Play like him.

[@Capajazz]

Love love love Mehldau!

[@sigitswijanarko]

absolutely one of best rendition of my fav song besides joey alexander version

[@lilugoart]

mi ipnotizza ogni volta che lo ascolto

[@petergasser9309]

Wow, I love it, what a wonderful feeling

[@musicaoceanica1]

Incredible!

[@歌人みっくんチャンネル]

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！

[@chibuezengozi]

thanks so much!

[@billharrison4943]

This is the "Sound of Music"

[@lucacompiani2290]

Apart from giving the impression of 4-hand playing, the real thing is mehldau's ability to transform a nice tune (and nothing more) into a piece showing the listeners the saddest side of melancholy.

[@jean-louismorhange5553]

Very true. Another remark that has been made about Mehldau is that he plays as if he had two right hands. There is something very unusual about the way he plays multiple simultaneous lines, as well as about his ability to express depth of emotion. "My Favorite Things" may be nothing more than a nice tune, but there must something in it that elicited some of the most beautiful recordings in jazz (Coltrane's version, besides Mehldau's). Its modal quality, maybe.

[@bassheadjazz2708]

"I love the part of the Orpheus myth where he is allowed to take his wife out of Hades on the condition that he doesn't look back at her for the trip on the river Styx. When he can't help himself, he looks back, and she is pulled back downstream away from him, taken away forever. Music is that moment right when he looks at her: seeing something that you love for an instant being taken away forever. There's an element of folly to the whole thing - you look even though you know you shouldn't. Music kind of yokes together the feeling of attainment and the feeling of loss at the same time."

[@davidmayen3411]

Why is it that when an actual adult has something of true value today, some human turd has to open their mouth? Why not just stay silent and be a turd?

[@joshvigranmusic]

Was this a quote from Mehldau?

[@rotom223]

yes, it is a mehldau quote

[@radutudoranania]

Awsome comparison!! Now I'm Orphaeus peeking at his wife. I'm gazing at her in aw as I'm losing her forever...

[@MertSu66]

this gave head to my soul, thanks for sharing

[@wojciechciesla9899]

Amazing…..

[@amaliatrinity]

IM IN LOVE

[@rgeocomrade]

Hmm Great performance really great

[@moniquecavard745]

Je l'adore et j'adore ce morceau!

[@Gedomar]

On est d accord !!!

[@moniquecavard745]

Tant mieux !!! Vous avez bon goût !!! @@Gedomar

[@Bob-Karcher]

Ce titre m'a toujours accompagné dans mon combat contre le patronat!

[@cyrillemeslin7110]

Génial

[@銘老師]

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!

[@ElGrosNico7188]

My kingdom for this song sheet !

[@pietro3948]

mine too ;)

[@ivanandajazz]

Very good.

[@JustinAshley]

my buddy had this on facebook, michael stamm thanks for turing me on to this I like it.

[@RobPluta]

He only uses two hands? Wow:)

[@wendelllima5871]

beautiful..

[@TheSalvatore1969]

Stupendo

[@308atalay]

oh the soundscapes

[@noraazemog]

Anybody know where to find the original video? This is Mehldau at his finest!

[@renzomarzella9062]

😘fantastico

[@federicapiras6340]

it's me or there are swallows in the background? simply touching

[@StefaniaOriglia31color]

bellissima interpretazione =))

[@aze216]

love it!

[@lavecchiajazzeria8764]

I feel like i've heard these first 2:10 minutes for all my life, without knowing.

[@stephwines5446]

+La Vecchia Jazzeria keith jarrett in the koln concert

[@ogdTo]

wtf ? nothing to do with the Köln Concert... Maybe the 5 first note but it's even not in the same key and the style is completly different, metric, etc ... everything is completly different !! Man, what's wrong with your ears ?!!!

[@MrSadaoe]

ogdTo he's alluding to the same sort of musical creativity and innovation taking place, both artists feeling the music talking to them, showing a side of them that they know is most attuned to the higher plane of existence where all music is from

[@ogdTo]

Ok i understand

[@HartmutHaberland]

You have. He follows Coltrane quite closely.

[@beatricemusso7973]

Emozione pura!

[@axeldeeker5644]

0:24 - 0:36 those progressions were crazy

[@barakshencar9962]

I just can't get enough of these Ariana Grande's cover songs!

[@ineselmoumni]

This is not an Ariana Grande song :)

[@barakshencar9962]

@@ineselmoumni thanks boomer

[@ineselmoumni]

@@barakshencar9962 Get tf over yourself

[@BleedYT]

Fucking awesome, been listening to the intro for a couple hours...

[@normanhall8435]

Hated the movie, loved the song. Especially when played by Mehldau or Coltrane. Very moving.

[@willslaterbass2807]

wow

[@CamelOnDirtBike]

Anyone getting the "america - horse with no name" vibe like i am? :)

[@UkuleleAversion]

It's because of the underlying pulse (dotted quarter syncopation) and overall tonality.

[@peterhaslund]

Where, oh where can I buy this? Please help, I'm at wit's end... For some strange reason it's not on the DVD Jazz at Viennes 2010?????? Why, oh why, dear Lord?

[@VictorHernandez-ko9nd]

productive sound!

[@xingui1231]

it's not about whether he has only two hands....it's about whether he has two brains .orz

[@gilbertwilliams7256]

People suffering from depression or mental illness should avoid this version of my favorite things. He is clearly expressing his inner depth of personal disturbance. It's not genius, it's not unique, it megahertz that can compel darkness and imbalance. Beware

[@gilbertwilliams7256]

@Giosuè Mazzei Enjoy...

[@ginguenga]

wowowowowowowo

[@sujaulkhan9633]

this implies that 'it cannot be read by itself, but maybe felt'.

[@ShermanKyle]

Wow this is so beautiful. Where did you get the recording?! I can't find it no matter where I look

[@TheStormFinder]

nice version, but the greatest remains the one from the live in marciac, in my opinion

[@QQawesome]

you should watch the video of his live in marciac if you haven't, its like a trance, he played a lot with his body it's very impressive

[@vartush]

[@hekuly]

coltrain would be proud of....

[@山田正春-v9p]

新鮮。ソロビアノで、トレーンのナンバーを聞けるとは。メルローのさえわたろ音色に、しばし時を忘れてもいいだろう。

[@ciousli]

haunting, this is true piano-fu

[@GreyWind]

Interstellar?

[@2ooMorrow]

Anyone know a CD that has this recording?

[@sullengirl71]

NotCras Live in Marciac

[@2ooMorrow]

It's actually a different recording actually :(, I have that one and its definitely different.

[@사해-x1l]

Can i know title of this music??

[@tikaal]

Kim Seoyong I'm pretty sure it's " My favourite things "

[@paulochaves278]

Mehldau que me perdõe, mas só o Coltrane entendeu o espírito da coisa...

[@arthurfranca5516]

how much of this is improvised and how much is and arrangement or a recomposition?

[@Zach_Routhier]

That's a tough question to answer as someone who doesn't know Brad personally but the answer is both with the emphasis on improvisation. Brad has been playing since he was a child and learned jazz at around 14. He probably learned this song shortly after that age. So brad has been playing for about 40 years. What you are hearing is the culmination of that amount of playing. He has the basic structure of the song and he probably has a basic outline of a recomposition but most of it is improv in the moment. As the great Bill Evans once said. "Jazz is process of making one minutes music in one minute's time." In other words Brad is making all the music on the spot, but he has 40 years of playing to draw upon. I hope that makes sense Arthur. Cheers

[@arthurfranca5516]

Zach hey thanks so much it helped a lot. Very intelligent and carinh comment. Yes clearly brad is a great improviser, and one of the few who improvises by developing motives ( something he evidently takes a lot of pride in). The thing is, he is also an arranger tipe of jazz man. For instance hes solo version of nick drake radiohead etc, are clearly arranged with improvisationg on top. So this crazy modulations and conterpoint could be thought of a priori, thats what i would guess. But hard to tell as he is such an improviser