Track Listing

1. Unrequited
2. Ahmid 6
3. Summer Day
4. Ring Of Life
5. Legend
6. Find Me In Your Dreams
7. Say The Brother's Name
8. Bachelors III
9. Annie's Bittersweet Cake
10. Make Peace

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14758 in Music
• Released on: 2006-10-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

CD Description
This collaboration between guitarist Pat Metheny and pianist Brad Mehldau echoes the 1962 minor masterpiece UNDERCURRENT, a set of improvised duets between guitarist Jim Hall and pianist Bill Evans. Like Hall and Evans, Mehldau and Methenyrarely stray too far from a standard approach, sticking mostly to post bop and ballad frameworks. But the magic of the album comes from the warm, intricate webs the two weave, especially on the quiet, meditative pieces. The pair are joinedby a rhythm section on a few tracks, but for the most part,METHENY/MEHLDAU features the musicians unaccompanied, luxuriating in the delicate, sophisticated, and gorgeous interplay they share.

Customer Reviews

Good stuff
I wonder if the folks who give this album less than five stars are listening to the same ablum as I have for the past week commuting to work and back... Obviously not. I've lost count of the number of times I've listened to this and there's still plenty to discover and get the juices flowing. One thing seems clear; both guys bring their own superb musicianship and individuality to the album and the whole is without doubt greater than the sum of the parts - and minus any gratuitous noodling or empty virtuosity (perish the thought). Just great jazz from two of the best. One of my albums for the desert island. Very highly recommended. More, please...

overly fidgety
both play well but these are not the best tunes either of the players have come up with...a great combination on paper but.....
Mehldau is too fidgety throughout the cd and cannot let the spaces smile ~ if metheny plays the tune, Mehldau goes into double time; if Mehldau slows down, Metheny goes into double time ! Both are cautious with their obvious genius for melodic rambling. There are some beautiful moments and impeccable playing
but it never quite gets to the levels that both are capable of..... to sum up: tentative, skilful, expected.

slow burn
maybe overlong and at times tentative but some moments of magic

not all tracks work and the cd gets off to slow start - the highlight for me is track 10 - here they both open up and meldhau's playing is superb in the middle few minutes

if you like metheny definitely worth a go - if you are a meldhau acolyte then maybe you will find the playing a bit restrained at times

ive seen both players live, meldhau very recently and would still recommend to the piano types out there