Highway Rider

Released

16 March 2010^[1]

Recorded

February 16–28 and May 12–19, 2009, at Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, CA ^[2]

Length

104:00

Brad Mehldau Trio Live
(2008)

Highway Rider
(2010)

Live in Marciac
(2011)

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 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

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)

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