View basket “Birds Of Fire” has been added to your basket. Suite: April 2020 Brad Mehldau SKU: 0075597919448 Barcode: 0075597919448 18.00 £18.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Nonesuch Released Date: 18th September 2020 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info While sheltering at home with his family in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic this spring, pianist and composer Brad Mehldau wrote twelve new songs about what he was experiencing; he was able to record them safely in an Amsterdam studio, together with interpretations of three tunes that mean a great deal to him personally. The resulting solo album, Suite: April 2020, was first made available in June as a limited-edition deluxe 180-gram vinyl LP and also digitally. One thousand numbered and signed copies were available for $100 from the Nonesuch Store, Bandcamp, and Discogs; a minimum of $90 from each sale will be donated to the Jazz Foundation of America’s COVID-19 Musician’s Emergency Fund (after distribution fees). Now the CD and standard vinyl editions will be available, and a portion of their sales also will benefit JFA’s Fund. As Mehldau says, “Suite: April 2020 is a musical snapshot of life the last month in the world in which we’ve all found ourselves. I’ve tried to portray on the piano some experiences and feelings that are both new and common to many of us. In ‘keeping distance,’ for example, I traced the experience of two people social distancing, represented by the left and right hand – how they are unnaturally drawn apart, yet remain linked in some unexplainable, and perhaps illuminating way. As difficult as COVID-19 has been for many of us, there have been moments of revelation along the way. ‘stopping, listening: hearing’ highlights that moment as well. “I’ve pointed to some of the strong feelings that have arisen the past month or more: ‘remembering before all this’ expresses a bittersweet gut-pain that has hit me several times out of the blue, when I think back on how things were even just a few months ago, and how long ago and far away that seems now; ‘uncertainty’ hits on the feeling that can follow right after that – a hollow fear of an unknown future,” he continues. “There’s also been a welcome opportunity to connect more deeply with my family than we ever have, because of the abundant time and close proximity. The last three pieces hit on that connection – the harmony we find with each other, making meals together or just horsing around. ‘lullaby’ is for everyone who might find it hard to sleep now.” “Neil Young’s words in ‘Don’t Let It Bring You Down’ have always been counsel for me, now more than ever, when he instructs: ‘Don’t let it bring you down/It’s only castles burning/Find someone who’s turning/And you will come around.’ Billy Joel’s ‘New York State of Mind,’ a song I’ve loved since I was nine years old, is a love letter to a city that I’ve called my home for years, and that I’m far away from now. I know lots of people there and miss them terribly, and I know how much that great city hurts right now. I also know that it too will come around.” The generosity of many involved in this record has allowed the proceeds from the deluxe vinyl to be donated to JFA: With the support from direct-to-disc label Night Dreamer, Holland’s Record Industry pressed the vinyl quickly at no cost and Copenhagen Vinyl will waive handling fees for order fulfillment. Package designer Barbara deWilde also donated her services. Artist Brad Mehldau Genre Jazz Label Nonesuch Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1. I. waking up 2. II. stepping outside 3. III. keeping distance 4. IV. stopping, listening: hearing 5. V. remembering before all this 6. VI. uncertainty 7. VII. – the day moves by – 8. VIII. yearning 9. IX. waiting 10. X. in the kitchen 11. XI. family harmony 12. XII. lullaby 13. Don’t Let It Bring You Down 14. New York State of Mind 15. 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