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Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles Image
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  • Summary: The live solo release from composer/pianist Brad Mehldau features nine songs by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, one by George Harrison and one by David Bowie.
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  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Genre(s): Jazz, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative, Post-Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz
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  1. Mar 1, 2023
    90
    Your Mother Should Know is an artist at the peak of his powers, interpreting the songwriting of a group of musicians whose music will last long after we’re all gone.
  2. Mar 1, 2023
    80
    This will be too much of a standards-like set for some, maybe – but even if Mehldau the solo pianist has had to trade rock’s muscularity for a chamber-musical delicacy, his power isn’t far beneath the surface.
  3. Mojo
    Mar 1, 2023
    80
    This is an inspired set that reveals new ways of hearing pop classics. [Mar 2023, p.84]
  4. Mar 1, 2023
    80
    What's particularly enjoyable about Mehldau's approach is how he keeps each song recognizable while making it his own.
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