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Suite: April 2020

by Brad Mehldau

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Vikrant Kumar Thomas Junk What a treat. I love Brad Mehldau Trio from day one but always considered his solo efforts even more intimate and precious. I believe that his Bach recordings somehow marked the beginning of a new area and the April Suite to me is a natural continuation of that path. So let’s pray for his return on stage as soon as possible and be grateful for his very kind spirit.
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Tony Armstrong I have followed Brad for many years and love his music. This is an opportunity to help others and get a unique album from Brad. Win-Win.
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todd steed This is a beautiful, sad, hopeful work. It’s a perfect soundtrack for this very moment. And maybe beyond if we get there. Favorite track: Suite: April 2020 - V. remembering before all this.
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jazzophileo It's balm for my soul.
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Advartian Thank you, Brad. This is what I would appreciate coming from an artist in this trying time for all. Stay well!
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Suite: April 2020 is a musical snapshot of life the last month in the world in which we’ve all found ourselves. I’ve tried to musically portray on the piano some experiences and feelings that are both new and common to many of us. In “keeping distance”, for instance, I traced the experience of two people social distancing, represented by the left and right hand – how they are unnaturally drawn apart, yet remain linked in some unexplainable, and perhaps illuminating way. As difficult as Covid-19 has been for many of us, there have been moments of revelation along the way. “Stopping, listening: hearing” highlights that moment as well.

I’ve pointed to some of the strong feelings that have arisen the past month or more: “remembering before all this” expresses a bittersweet gut-pain that has hit me several times out of the blue, when I think back on how things were even just a few months ago, and how long ago and far away that seems now; “Uncertainty” hits on the feeling that can follow right after that – a hollow fear of an unknown future.

There’s also been a welcome opportunity to connect more deeply with my family than we ever have, because of the abundant time and close proximity. The last three pieces hit on that connection – the harmony we find with each other, making meals together or just horsing around. “Lullaby” is for everyone who might find it hard to sleep now.

Neil Young’s words in “Don’t Let It Bring You Down” have always been council for me, now more than ever, when he instructs: “Don’t let it bring you down/It’s only castles burning/Find someone who’s turning/And you will come around.” Billy Joel’s “New York State of Mind”, a song I’ve loved since I was 8 years old, is a love letter to a city that I’ve called my home for years, and that I’m far away from now. I know lots of people there and miss them terribly, and I know how much that great city hurts right now. I also know that it too will come around.

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released June 12, 2020

Recorded at: April 23 and 24, 2020 at Power Sound Studios, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Brad Mehldau Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mehldau’s Nonesuch debut was the solo disc Live in Tokyo. His subsequent eighteen releases on the label include six records with his trio as well as collaborative and solo albums.

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