Brad Mehldau - Seymour Reads the Constitution

Brad Mehldau - Seymour Reads the ConstitutionVinyl LP pressing. 2018 release from the jazz great. On Seymour Reads the Constitution!, Brad Mehldau Trio performs three Mehldau originals combined with interpretations of pop songs (Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson), jazz tunes (Elmo Hope, Sam Rivers), and one work from the American songbook (Frederick Loewe's "Almost Like Being in Love"). Brad Mehldau moved to New York City and first came to prominence as a member of current label mate Joshua Redman's

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comets and stars whizz through space on fluorescent ray trails - the Cosmic Couriers live up to their name

Ride waves with peaks that precede disquieting calms

Luci (after Lucifer: bringer of light)

antiquated electronic instruments abound-7 employs the Ondioline

Music sprung from messy brains

It is a release almost 30 years ago

before it became a genre

That must be love and isn't that the way it should be

a locomotive five-track album fueled by the bluesy title track that featured a dynamic six-piece band with Lee Morgan on trumpet

two available for the first time on vinyl

a solo multilayered woodwind journey