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Wisdom in Music
Blank Expressions: Brad Mehldau and the essence of Music
Are the saddest songs really written by tortured souls – or do we just project our own feelings on to them?
September 2011
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As part of Brad's residency at Carnegie Hall, he's been invited to write about the music and musicians that have inspired him. Following are five installments:

• Creativity in Beethoven and Coltrane
  Installment 6 – Bud’s Dance Between The Intuitive and The Counter-Intuitive
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• Creativity in Beethoven and Coltrane
  Installment 5 – Bird’s Wide Wingspan
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• Creativity in Beethoven and Coltrane
  Installment 4 – Jazz’s High Stakes and Tragic Failures
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• Creativity in Beethoven and Coltrane
  Installment 3 – Which Came First, The Melody or The Motif?
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• Creativity in Beethoven and Coltrane
  Installment 2 – Who Needs A Good Melody Anyways?
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• Creativity in Beethoven and Coltrane
  Installment 1 – Taking Stock and Shoring Up in Opus 95
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Brad is a contributor to Scope Magazine. Below are two recent articles for the publication.

• Driving and Playing Music
  September 2010
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• Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Beethoven and God
  August 2010
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Brad Mehldau Writing:

• Highway Rider
• House on Hill
• Love Sublime
• Love Sublime (poem text)
• Elegiac Cycle (excerpt)
• Back at the Vanguard: The Art of the Trio, Volume 4 (excerpt)
• Progression: Art of the Trio, Volume 5
• Places (excerpt)
• Peter Bernstein: Heart's Content
• Joel Frahm: Don't Explain
• Mark Turner: In This World
• Sam Yahel: Truth and Beauty

Download all Writings in PDF book >

Additional Articles:

• Ideology, Burgers and Beer: Jazz Times Magazine
• Brahms, Interpretation & Improvization: Jazz Times Magazine