Brad Mehldau’s Largo
August 13, 2022
The pianist Brad Mehldau put out his Largo album 20 years ago today, in 2002. It deviated from the more traditional piano/bass/drums lineup of his series of five Art of the Trio albums he had put out from 1996 to 2000.
The first song on Largo, “When It Rains,” is a transcendent exploration:
The album includes covers of two songs on the Beatles’ White Album (“Dear Prudence” and “Mother Nature’s Son”) and Radiohead’s “Paranoid Android.” Here’s the Radiohead song:
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