Brad Mehldau.......

[Free For All]

For anyone who might be interested, there is a very interesting and articulate essay by Brad Mehldau in the Dec. JazzTimes. He talks about musical idealogy, the "apples and oranges" folly of comparing players to one another, many things similar to the debates that take place on this board. And it's a much easier read than some of his liner notes!

Anyone check this out and have a comment? I think he's right on the money on several points.

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His liner notes are a riot. Either that, or they have been known to cause riots.

Where the hell did he go to college?? (A serious question, actually.) Guys don't just come out of high school knowing how to write like that (or at least like he does in his liner notes).

[Free For All]

I don't know of what his education consisted, but it wouldn't surprise me if he was just a voracious reader who learned on his own. He doesn't strike me as a "college" type, but I could be wrong.

Or maybe he went to DeVry.

[Big Wheel]

I don't know the details of Mehldau's college career (if there was one), but he did go to Hall High School in Connecticut, which is a pretty well-off public school. It's possible his interests in 19th century German philosophy were nurtured there.

[Rooster_Ties]

All I know is he talks real good. (Or at least he rites real good.)