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I have been listening to a lot of Brad Mehldau lately due to his 2 teamings with Pat Metheny in the last year. I even saw them live together a few weeks ago.
There is something very Hornsby like about Brad’s playing but I can’t quite get my finger on it. There is a similar rhythmic and harmonic complexity but then i can’t quite put my finger on it.
Can some of the other Bruce admiring musicians see what I am seeing?
On the other hand as a complete non musician I may just be nuts.
I like Brad Mehldau too. I am also complete non musician, so I cannot give you the right answer. Both Bruce and Brad have got inspired by the Radiohead, which I also like very much.
Well, both Bruce and Brad are influenced by Keith Jarrett, I find. They both have fantastic two-hand independence: Brad’s solo piano breaks on “Get Happy” from Anything Goes and “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” from Day Is Done are similar to things Bruce has done.
Other than that, I find their touch and rhythmic feel pretty different – Bruce doesn’t play over the bar line the same as Mehldau does, and the harmonic language Brad uses is more advanced than how Bruce usually improvises. Brad’s also done a lot more stuff in odd meter than Bruce has.
David
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