Highway Rider Explained
Highway Rider is an album by Brad Mehldau, released in 2010 by Nonesuch Records.
Background
It was Mehldau's second collaboration with producer Jon Brion (after Largo),[3] 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.
Personnel
Band
- Brad Mehldau – Piano (Disc 1: 1–5, 7; Disc 2: 1–6, 8), Pump Organ (Disc 1: 2; Disc 2: 3), Yamaha CS-80 Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer (Disc 1: 4), Orchestral Bells (Disc 1: 7; Disc 2: 1, 8), Handclaps (Disc 2: 2)
- Jeff Ballard – Percussion (Disc 1: 1, 5; Disc 2: 2), snare brush (Disc 1: 2), Drums (Disc 1: 7; Disc 2: 1, 4, 6, 8); Handclaps (Disc 2: 2)
- Joshua Redman – Soprano Saxophone (Disc 1: 1, 5; Disc 2: 2, 8), Tenor Saxophone (Disc 1: 2, 7; Disc 2: 1, 3, 5), Handclaps (Disc 2: 2)
- Larry Grenadier – Bass (Disc 1: 2, 4, 7; Disc 2: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8), Handclaps (Disc 2: 2)
- Matt Chamberlain – drums (Disc 1: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8; Disc 2: 2, 3), Handclaps (Disc 2: 2)
- Orchestra, Dan Coleman, Conductor (Disc 1: 1, 2, 6, 7; Disc 2: 1, 7, 8)
- The Fleurettes – Vocals (Disc 1: 5)
Production
Further reading
Notes and References
- Web site: Nonesuch . 2010-03-16 . Brad Mehldau: Highway Rider . 2010-03-16.
- Web site: Brad Mehldau . 2010-11-11 . Brad Mehldau official site . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101105225001/http://bradmehldau.com/music/highway_rider/index.html . 2010-11-05 . 2010-11-11.
- Book: Mehldau, Brad . Formation: Building a Personal Canon, Part One . 2023 . Equinox . 978-1-80050-313-7 . 218.