Mehldau Brad: Suite: April 2020 - CD

While sheltering at home with his family in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic, Brad Mehldau wrote twelve new songs about what he was experiencing. He then recorded them along with melodies by Neil Young, Billy Joel and Jerome Kern in a studio in Amsterdam, and they are now being released under the title Suite: April 2020.

The American jazz pianist, composer and arranger is an icon of the genre. He is one of the most respected jazz musicians of our time. Originally from Florida, he also has an interest in classical music.

Tracklist

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I. waking up / II. stepping outside / III. keeping distance / IV. stopping, listening: hearing / V. remembering before all this / VI. uncertainty / VII. - the day moves by - / VIII. yearning / IX. waiting / X. in the kitchen / XI. family harmony / XII. lullaby / Don't Let It Bring You Down / New York State of Mind / Look for the Silver Lining