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: #52423 in Music
• Released on: 2006-10-23
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

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.

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...

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