Ah damn, you're right! Can't win 'em all!

Too funny 😂

I think it's great that you are this way. Polite, constructive criticism is a great thing.

... not much Beethoven vibes, I'm afraid, but that's okay 😅

Around 7:30 I can hear some harmonic similarities with Tigran’s “Revolving - Prayer”

Oh that's awesome! Lucky you!

Me too.

It's just a modernized alberti bass, no? So not "Beethovian", it's a typical technique used in pre-romantic era music.

yes classical not beethoven, alberti bass unmodified pretty much

@@milton3204sure. It’s an Alberti bass and a little melody. The classical Alberti bass was generally more simple than this.

@@milton3204Alberti bass tends to be a closed voicing of a triad spanning a fifth to a sixth. This is definitely more of a Beethovian spin on the Alberti bass, favouring a more open voicings often spanning an octave. Mozart, Clementi and Haydn tend to use the closed voicing kind.

I say jarrett

The heck you are talking about lol

Sometimes, the sound remember me the jarret's style... my opinion

The piano I guess...

True.......

So, what do you mean exactly? That Brad is a lesser pianist than Keith? You have any idea how musical ideas and execution of these ideas are formed, how they evolve?

Nothing in the comment is negative. Derivative is not a negative. "Completely" or overly derivative yes, a neg. critique . All music is derivative. Except maybe Zappa playing a bicycle wheel with a violin bow. And even that will have some precedent if you look closely . Some elements of Jarrett's approach will be present in almost living pianist's playing , since every pianist in the last 40 years is influenced, if only by the very concept, and the very existence of this approach. And, also , Jarrett's success, artistically, and monetarily, with extended solo concerts as "pure improvisations" , with some standards thrown in for good measure.. Mehldau has stated he listened to a lot a Jarrett when he was young, (i think around 14, 15 years old?). You could at least say Jarret's influence on Brad's solo playing is much stronger than, say, Cecil Taylor's , in'nit my son? If you are trained in the classical repertoire, and play solo piano in a "Romantic" way, with your jazz sensibilities also present, Jarrett's influence is going to be there. The repertoire( and technical training, exercises ) in both genres is the same, esp., the classical, so the influences, the melodies, harmonies and rhythms will bleed into your playing, whether it's standards, "pure improv" or covering a modern pop tune. The inspiration for the "formation " of the ideas, and the difficulty of execution is not an argument against another pianist's influence. Those are simply 2 elements involved in any solo improv of this kind. That all said, yes , it gets a bit tiresome to hear someone stating the obvious, to show us all that has the insight to notice it., as has been done 9,999, 999 times on youtube, that there is something of Jarrett in Mehldau's solo work. But, sorry lad, I'll say too, for the ten millionth tine, there is... :) obviously. It's also tiresome to me to hear people like you argue against the obvious influence. Not "lesser-ness" . Or superiority. Just the obvious lineage involved. Is Coltrane's playing deemed lesser" because it was influenced by Dexter Gordon? Or mine, because I listened to a lot of Les McCann? They're both amazing, I can hear always the differences, which are stark, and I hear the similarities. It is difficult to not compare the two, since they both have a lot of music "out there" . I would guess they are the 2 most listened to and promoted jazz /solo pianists. l As you said just the level of "difficulty" is high, and that alone makes them somewhat similar. How did they get to that level? Probably in somewhat similar ways.. listening practicing, performing. I'll say that Mehldau's left hand ideas are often more interesting, and "better" and Jarrett's right hand lyrical ideas and execution are more to my taste. and maybe sometimes"better". I will also say I have never heard a Mehldau solo improv ( or any other pianist's) that can match Jarrett's solo take on "Solar". (the one from the Beato interview) execution ideas lyricism sustained energy and groove development .. it's staggeringly good. "Better"? ....well, yes, It is. That one for sure. If you think Brad has any to match that performance , please tell me so i can hear it. Those 2 observations aside, they are both beyond my ability to judge, or rate, one against the other, because their execution of their musical ideas is so many light years and levels beyond mine. "ye kannae judge what ye yereself cannot kannae play, so dinnae even try, laddie boyo" Words of wisdom from Angus "stinky kilts" Mcfarty @@ModuSpaSm

Good diet. Good technique . Probably had some teachers as a youngster that warned him off the potentially damaging "finger strengthening " exercisesand advised him about practicing carefully, sensibly with awareness of potential dangers. Strong German farmer family genetics.

Seriously? Beethoven the Titan? The towering figure who bridged the Classical and Romantic eras? How many timeless piano and violin sonatas, quartets, concertos, symphonies, etc. has Meldau written? The odds of people listening to Meldau in 300 years are slim to none.

@@tomsplitt4853you both are idiots in your own way.

*laughs in your face* By your measure Szymanowski and Mompou are just as worthy of your disregard. Don't bother to speak to me again.@@tomsplitt4853

What are you talking about lol

who? Which comment?? tomsplitt or DOm2Wan? Please use complete sentences, with clarity, maybe even some punctuation, so we can know WTF YOU are talking about, child. Because your improv./ solo technique with language is kinda lacking. :( lol wtf nobody cares u so fleek no caps etc. @@Alix777.