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Brad Mehldau, Enrico Pieranunzi, John Ellis, Yuja Wang & More

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
June 7, 2024
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A playlist mostly dedicated to the cross-pollination between jazz and classical music or opera, with jazz musicians inspired by classical music and classical music composers and pianists nodding to jazz.

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Ben Allison

bass, acoustic
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00

John Ellis

saxophone, tenor
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">John Ellis Quartet "Gypsy Song" Bizet: Carmen in Jazz (Blue Room Music) 0:16

Host talks 7:25

Yuja Wang "24 Jazz Preludes, Op. 53: No. 11" The Vienna Recital (Deutsche Grammophon) 9:02

Yuja Wang "24 Jazz Preludes, Op. 53: No. 10" The Vienna Recital (Deutsche Grammophon) 11:43

Host talks 13:30

Brad Mehldau "Variations on Bach's Goldberg Theme: Variation I, Minor 5/8 a" After Bach II (Nonesuch) 15:04

Brad Mehldau "Variations on Bach's Goldberg Theme: Variation II, Minor 5/8 b" After Bach II (Nonesuch) 17:16

Brad Mehldau "Variations on Bach's Goldberg Theme: Variation III, Major 7/4" After Bach II (Nonesuch) 18:26

Brad Mehldau "Variations on Bach's Goldberg Theme: Variation IV, Breakbeat" After Bach II (Nonesuch) 20:57

Brad Mehldau "Variations on Bach's Goldberg Theme: Variation V, Jazz" After Bach II (Nonesuch) 22:33

Brad Mehldau "Variations on Bach's Goldberg Theme: Variation VI, Finale" After Bach II (Nonesuch) 23:36

Brad Mehldau "Prelude" Apr��s Faur�� (Nonesuch) 26:00

Host talks 30:04

Enrico Pieranunzi

piano
b.1949

" data-original-title="" title="">Enrico Pieranunzi "Caprice in Blue (D'apr��s Pi��ces br��ves No. 1 Capriccio Op. 84)" Faur��ver (A Tribute to Gabriel Faur��) (Bonsa?) 32:02

Marcella Carboni Trio "Canto Nascosto" Miradas (Giotto) 36:36

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