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Bittersweetness meets Beatlemania in Brad Mehldau's solo run at The Village Vanguard

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Sep 05, 2022
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Brad Mehldau at The Village Vanguard, in an undated/uncredited photo from his website.

The Brad Mehldau chapter of Playing Changes is titled “From This Moment On” — a nod to the Cole Porter standard found on Mehldau’s 1995 debut, in a suave trio arrangement that establishes both his rootedness in the songbook tradition and his intention to redraw it with…

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