Highway Rider

Highway Rider
Studio album by Brad Mehldau
Released	16 March 2010[1]
Recorded	February 16–28 and May 12–19, 2009, at Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, CA [2]
Genre	Jazz
Length	104:00
Label	Nonesuch Records
Producer	Jon Brion
Brad Mehldau chronology
Brad Mehldau Trio Live (2008) Highway Rider (2010) Live in Marciac (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Down Beat	[4]

Highway Rider is a contemporary jazz album by American pianist Brad Mehldau. It was Mehldau's second collaboration with producer Jon Brion (the other is the 2002 album Largo), and it features saxophonist Joshua Redman, drummer Matt Chamberlain, and Chamber orchestra led by Dan Coleman, as well as Mehldau's regular trio partners, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard.

Track listing

All tracks written by Brad Mehldau. 

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"John Boy"	3:15
2.	"Don't Be Sad"	8:40
3.	"At the Tollbooth"	1:07
4.	"Highway Rider"	7:45
5.	"The Falcon Will Fly Again"	8:21
6.	"Now You Must Climb Alone"	4:05
7.	"Walking the Peak"	8:00

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"We'll Cross the River Together"	12:28
2.	"Capriccio"	5:20
3.	"Sky Turning Grey [for Elliott Smith]"	6:24
4.	"Into the City"	7:36
5.	"Old West"	8:28
6.	"Come with Me"	6:19
7.	"Always Departing"	6:20
8.	"Always Returning"	9:52

Personnel

Musicians

• Brad Mehldau – Piano (Disc 1: 1–5, 7; Disc 2: 1–6, 8), Pump Organ (Disc 1: 2; Disc 2: 3), Yamaha CS-80 Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer (Disc 1: 4), Orchestral Bells (Disc 1: 7; Disc 2: 1, 8), Handclaps (Disc 2: 2)
• Jeff Ballard – Percussion (Disc 1: 1, 5; Disc 2: 2), snare brush (Disc 1: 2), Drums (Disc 1: 7; Disc 2: 1, 4, 6, 8); Handclaps (Disc 2: 2)
• Joshua Redman – Soprano Saxophone (Disc 1: 1, 5; Disc 2: 2, 8), Tenor Saxophone (Disc 1: 2, 7; Disc 2: 1, 3, 5), Handclaps (Disc 2: 2)
• Larry Grenadier – Bass (Disc 1: 2, 4, 7; Disc 2: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8), Handclaps (Disc 2: 2)
• Matt Chamberlain – drums (Disc 1: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8; Disc 2: 2, 3), Handclaps (Disc 2: 2)
• Orchestra, Dan Coleman, Conductor (Disc 1: 1, 2, 6, 7; Disc 2: 1, 7, 8)
• The Fleurettes – Vocals (Disc 1: 5)

Production

• Jon Brion – producer, mixing
• Gregg Koller – engineer, mixing
• Eric Caudieux – engineer
• Alan Yoshida – mastering
• Robert Hurwitz – executive producer
• Richard Misrach – cover photograph
• Lawrence Azerrad – graphic design

References

1. Nonesuch (2010-03-16). "Brad Mehldau: Highway Rider". Retrieved 2010-03-16.
2. Brad Mehldau (2010-11-11). "Brad Mehldau official site". Retrieved 2010-11-11.
3. Jurek, Thom. Highway Rider at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
4. Panken, Ted (June 2010) "Brad Mehldau: Highway Rider". Down Beat. p. 54.

Further Readings

Mats Arvidson, An Imaginary Musical Road Movie: Transmedial Semiotic Structures in Brad Mehldau's Concept Album Highway Rider, https://www.amazon.com/Imaginary-Musical-Road-Movie-Transmedial/dp/9198145851