Jacob's Ladder

by Brad Mehldau

Jacob's Ladder cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 March 2022
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:10:13
  • Community rating: 3.24/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The acclaimed jazz pianist ventures deeply into the complex, sprawling territory of progressive rock and 1970s fusion. The ambitious record frequently features analog synthesizers and shifting, uncommon time signatures, resulting in an unpredictable and conceptually surreal listening experience.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, uncommon-time-signatures, improvisation, complex

Tracklist

  1. maybe as his skies are wide (3:43)
  2. Herr und Knecht (7:47)
  3. (Entr’acte) Glam Perfume (5:44)
  4. Cogs in Cogs, Pt. I: Dance (4:11)
  5. Cogs in Cogs, Pt. II: Song (feat. Becca Stevens) (4:02)
  6. Cogs in Cogs, Pt. III: Double Fugue (4:30)
  7. Tom Sawyer (feat. Chris Thile) (7:44)
  8. Vou correndo te encontrar / Racecar (5:05)
  9. Jacob’s Ladder, Pt. I: Liturgy (1:27)
  10. Jacob’s Ladder, Pt. II: Song (11:30)
  11. Jacob’s Ladder, Pt. III: Ladder (4:19)
  12. Heaven: I. All Once – II. Life Seeker – III. Würm – IV. Epilogue: It Was a Dream but I Carry It Still (feat. Cécile McLorin Salvant) (10:07)

Credits

  • Brad Mehldau - primary artist, performer
  • Mark Guiliana - drums
  • Joel Frahm - soprano saxophone
  • Becca Stevens - vocals, lead vocals
  • Derek Shulman - composed by
  • Kerry Minnear - composed by
  • Ray Shulman - composed by, comb, composed by
  • John Davis - drum programming

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