Highway Rider

by Brad Mehldau

Highway Rider cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 March 2010
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:44:08
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Reuniting with producer Jon Brion, the celebrated jazz pianist presents an ambitious, double-disc suite. 'Highway Rider' expands his core jazz trio with sweeping, cinematic orchestral arrangements, bridging complex improvisation with lush, contemporary classical structures.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental

Tracklist

  1. John Boy (3:15)
  2. Don't Be Sad (8:40)
  3. At the Tollbooth (1:07)
  4. Highway Rider (7:45)
  5. The Falcon Will Fly Again (8:21)
  6. Now You Must Climb Alone (4:05)
  7. Walking the Peak (8:00)
  8. We'll Cross the River Together (12:28)
  9. Capriccio (5:20)
  10. Sky Turning Grey (For Elliott Smith) (6:24)
  11. Into the City (7:36)
  12. Old West (8:28)
  13. Come with Me (6:19)
  14. Always Departing (6:20)
  15. Always Returning (9:52)

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