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Nonesuch Records releases pianist and composer Brad Mehldau's Ride into the Sun-a songbook recordof music by the late singer, songwriter, and guitarist Elliott Smith. Featured musicians include... more

Mehldau performs four preludes, from a thirty-seven-year span of Gabriel Fauré's career, as well as a reduction of an excerpt from the Adagio movement of his Piano Quartet in G Minor. Here Mehldau's... more

Brad Mehldau / AFTER BACH II - The album comprises four preludes and one fugue from J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, as well as the Allemande from Partita for Keyboard No. 4 in D Major,... more

2023 release. This live solo album features the pianist and composer's interpretations of nine songs by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and one by George Harrison. Although other Beatles songs have... more

Brad Mehldau / JACOB'S LADDER - The album features new music that reflects on scripture and the search for God through music inspired by the prog rock Mehldau loved as a young adolescent, which was... more

2021 release. The recording features the pianist/composer and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, who commissioned this orchestral version of the work, which comprises a theme and eleven variations plus a... more

The Grammy-winning jazz pianist aimed to evoke the feelings of living during a pandemic—the stark realities but also the moments filled with love and hope—when creating the pieces for this new album.... more

The members of the original Joshua Redman Quartet reunite for their first recording together since '94! Each member contributed new compositions to this album, which finds these forever-in-demand... more

The album comprises nine thematically related songs by Mehldau and features performances by him on piano, synthesizers, percussion, and Fender Rhodes, as well as vocals. Guest musicians include... more

Live archive recording from Charlie Haden and Brad Mehldau's performance at Enjoy Jazz Festival, Christuskirche Mannheim on 5 November 2007. "As a result, we have a dazzling testament to the... more

In 2016 and 2017, this fantastic jazz pianist earned raves for his recordings with Joshua Redman and Chris Thile. On this new album, Brad's trio introduces original compositions as well as inspired... more

2018 release. After Bach comprises Brad Mehldau's recordings of four preludes and one fugue from J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, each followed by an After Bach piece written by Mehldau and... more