Ironically, Anything Goes would have been a more fitting title for pianist Brad Mehldau's previous effort, the idiosyncratic and experimental Largo.
Completely eschewing the electronic flourishes and horn sections that characterized the 2002 Jon Brion-produced album as Mehldau's most adventurous release up to that point, Anything Goes is actually a return to a more traditional approach.
Featuring his longtime sidemen bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy, Mehldau has crafted a thoughtful and pretty standards-based album.
Classics including the title track and "Get Happy" are artfully deconstructed in a style that calls to mind a deft blending of Mehldau's most obvious touchstones, Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans.
Similarly, "The Nearness of You" and "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" are masterpieces of impressionism that veritably weep with the plangent yearning of Miles Davis' trumpet.
However, by the time Mehldau turns Radiohead's "Everything in Its Right Place" into the missing track off Sketches of Spain and solidifies Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years" as the most poignant ballad ever written, Anything Goes moves from the expected to the inspired and that alone makes this worth a listen.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get HappyHarold Arlen, Ted Koehler | Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau Trio | Play | 09:47 | 22 MB | 56 MB |
| 2 | DreamsvilleJay Livingston, Henry Mancini | Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau Trio | Play | 05:03 | 11 MB | 26 MB |
| 3 | Anything GoesCole Porter | Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau Trio | Play | 07:08 | 16 MB | 41 MB |
| 4 | Tres PalabrasOsvaldo Farrés | Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau Trio | Play | 05:01 | 11 MB | 24 MB |
| 5 | SkippyThelonious Monk | Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau Trio | Play | 05:24 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 6 | Nearness of YouHoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington | Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau Trio | Play | 06:43 | 15 MB | 33 MB |
| 7 | Still Crazy After All These YearsPaul Simon | Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau Trio | Play | 05:21 | 12 MB | 27 MB |
| 8 | Everything in Its Right PlaceColin Greenwood | Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau Trio | Play | 06:55 | 15 MB | 39 MB |
| 9 | SmileCharlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons | Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau Trio | Play | 06:48 | 15 MB | 37 MB |
| 10 | I've Grown Accustomed to Her FaceAlan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe | Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau Trio | Play | 04:49 | 11 MB | 22 MB |
| 63 mins | 144 MB | |||||
| 63 mins | 346 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren Darius Aftahi | Photography |
| 2 | Harold Arlen | Composer |
| 3 | Greg Calbi | Mastering |
| 4 | Hoagy Carmichael | Composer |
| 5 | Charlie Chaplin | Composer |
| 6 | James Farber | Engineer, Mixing |
| 7 | Osvaldo Farrés | Composer |
| 8 | Colin Greenwood | Composer |
| 9 | Larry Grenadier | Bass, Guest Artist |
| 10 | Ted Koehler | Composer |
| 11 | Alan Jay Lerner | Composer |
| 12 | Jay Livingston | Composer |
| 13 | Frederick Loewe | Composer |
| 14 | Henry Mancini | Composer |
| 15 | Steve Mazur | Assistant Engineer |
| 16 | Brad Mehldau | Piano, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 17 | Brad Mehldau Trio | Primary Artist |
| 18 | Thelonious Monk | Composer |
| 19 | Geoffrey Parsons | Composer |
| 20 | Matt Pierson | Producer |
| 21 | Cole Porter | Composer |
| 22 | Jorge Rossy | Drums |
| 23 | Paul Simon | Composer |
| 24 | Aya Takemura | Assistant Engineer |
| 25 | Ned Washington | Composer |
| 26 | Dana Watson | Production Coordination |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |