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When It Rains (Brad Mehldau song)
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Wikipedia article
"'When It Rains'" is a composition by Brad Mehldau. His original version, for the 2002 album 'Largo', was recorded on April 28, 2001.
Composition and original recording
The piece was first recorded on April 28, 2001, by Mehldau (piano), Larry Grenadier (bass), Matt Chamberlain (drums), Steve Kujala and David Shostac (flute), Jon Clark and Earle Dumler (oboe), Gary Gray and Emile Bernstein (clarinet), and Peter Mandell and Rose Corrigan (bassoon).Leskovic, Matt [http://www.jazz.com/music/2007/11/16/brad-mehldau-when-it-rains "Brad Mehldau: When It Rains"]. jazz.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016. It was released as part of the Warner Bros. album 'Largo'.
The piano introduction is joined by wind orchestration. Then "Mehldau's droning left-hand triplets" imitate the sound of rain; "his mood is lonesome and melancholic, but his phrases end with a sense of optimism". The performance ends with a piano "solo reprise of the introduction". Some of the drumming also features some "3-over-4 polyrhythms".Gillan, Lucas (September 28, 2009) [https://www.npr.org/2009/09/28/113276760/jazz-now-your-first-five-modern-jazz-albums "Jazz Now: Your First Five Modern Jazz Albums"]. npr. Unlike other pieces from 'Largo', "When It Rains" is acoustic.Graybow, Steven (August 10, 2002) "Jazz Notes". 'Billboard' 114 (32). p. 36.
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