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Highway Rider

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Highway Rider
Studio album by
Released16 March 2010[1]
RecordedFebruary 16–28 and May 12–19, 2009
StudioOcean Way (Hollywood, California)[2]
GenreJazz
Length104:00
LabelNonesuch Records
ProducerJon Brion
Brad Mehldau chronology
Long Ago and Far Away
(2007)
Highway Rider
(2009)
Love Songs
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [3]
DownBeat [4]
Sputnikmusic4/5[5]
Tom HullB+[6]

Highway Rider is an album by Brad Mehldau, released in 2010 by Nonesuch Records.

Background

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It was Mehldau's second collaboration with producer Jon Brion (after Largo),[7] and it features saxophonist Joshua Redman, drummer Matt Chamberlain, and a chamber orchestra led by Dan Coleman, as well as Mehldau's regular trio partners, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Brad Mehldau

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."John Boy"3:15
2."Don't Be Sad"8:40
3."At the Tollbooth"1:07
4."Highway Rider"7:45
5."The Falcon Will Fly Again"8:21
6."Now You Must Climb Alone"4:05
7."Walking the Peak"8:00
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."We'll Cross the River Together"12:28
2."Capriccio"5:20
3."Sky Turning Grey [for Elliott Smith]"6:24
4."Into the City"7:36
5."Old West"8:28
6."Come with Me"6:19
7."Always Departing"6:20
8."Always Returning"9:52

Personnel

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Band

Production

References

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  1. ^ Nonesuch (2010-03-16). "Brad Mehldau: Highway Rider". Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  2. ^ Brad Mehldau (2010-11-11). "Brad Mehldau official site". Archived from the original on 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
  3. ^ Jurek, Thom. Highway Rider at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  4. ^ Panken, Ted (June 2010) "Brad Mehldau: Highway Rider". Down Beat. p. 54.
  5. ^ "Brad Mehldau: Highway Rider". Sputnikmusic. sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Brad Mehldau". Tom Hull. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. ^ Mehldau, Brad (2023). Formation: Building a Personal Canon, Part One. Equinox. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-80050-313-7.

Further reading

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