Songs: The Art of the Trio Volume Three
{{Infobox album
| name = Songs: The Art of the Trio Volume Three
| type = Studio
| artist = Brad Mehldau
| cover = The Art of the Trio Volume Three.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 15, 1998
| recorded = May 27 & 28, 1998
| venue =
| studio = Right Track (New York City)
| genre = Jazz
| length = {{duration|m=59|s=15}}
| label = Warner Bros.
9362-47051-2
| producer = Matt Pierson
| chronology = Brad Mehldau
| prev_title = Live at the Village Vanguard: The Art of the Trio Volume Two
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Elegiac Cycle
| next_year = 1999
}}
Songs: The Art of the Trio Volume Three is an album by American pianist and composer Brad Mehldau released on the Warner Bros. label in 1998.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-art-of-the-trio-vol-3-songs-mw0000043778|title=Brad Mehldau The Art of the Trio, Vol. 3: Songs - Review |first=Steve |last=Huey |accessdate=2014-01-24 |publisher=Allmusic}}{{cite web |url=http://www.linge.de/music/records/mehldau/ |title=Discography of Brad Mehldau |accessdate=2014-01-24 }} It was produced by Matt Pierson.{{cite magazine |last=Cook |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |date=November 6, 1998 |title=Keyed Up |magazine=New Statesman |pages=40–41 }}
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book|last1=Cook|first1=Richard|author-link1=Richard Cook (journalist)|last2=Morton|first2=Brian|author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|year=2008|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition=9th|publisher=Penguin|page=989|isbn=978-0-141-03401-0}}
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide
}}
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars and in its review by Steve Huey, stated "this is a fine program easily recommended to straight-ahead collectors". For the New Statesman, Richard Cook wrote that "Songs enters the piano tradition without a murmur of protest while still offering music that is bursting loose of the accepted trinity of piano, bass and drums."
Track listing
All compositions by Brad Mehldau except as indicated
- "Song-Song" - 6:29
- "Unrequited" - 6:07
- "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:57
- "Exit Music (For a Film)" (Radiohead) - 4:23
- "At a Loss" - 6:19
- "Convalescent" - 5:58
- "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) - 7:59
- "River Man" (Nick Drake) - 4:47
- "Young at Heart" (Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards) - 6:20
- "Sehnsucht" - 4:56
Personnel
- Brad Mehldau – piano
- Larry Grenadier – double bass
- Jorge Rossy – drums
;Production
- Matt Pierson – producer
- James Farber – engineering
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Dana Watson – production coordination
- Tom Tavee – photography
- Art Direction and Design by Rey International
References
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