Kurts high notes//chords and voicings make me feel like I'm in the future at a drive in movie with in n out hamburgers with spirit family partying

Some motivic and harmonic analysis of Brad Mehldau's cadenza on "Use of Light": The cadenza is woven from an arpeggiated shape that implies mostly maj7b9#11 chords. The first chord he arpeggiates is an implied Bbmaj6/7b9#11 (the notes in order they're played: Bb G A D E A B), the next arpeggiation is an implied Dmaj6/7b9#11 (the notes in order they're played: D A B F# G# C# Eb) and then an implied Emaj6/7b9#11 (the notes in order they're played: E G# B C# G# A# D# F). Notice how the last four notes are always the same shape (two major seconds separated by a perfect fourth)? Well, at first, he uses this shape on top of the first to outline the maj7b9 sound while emphasising the b9 at the end of each arpeggiation but then he abstracts further by transposing the shape in more unusual ways. Example: using the aforementioned shape like so- shape descending from Eb in right hand and then shape descending from D in left hand with the sustain pedal held down all the while. But still, this could be interpreted harmonically as Gb6sus2 on F6sus2. That's the beauty of this cadenza really, its motivic cohesiveness remains no matter how far he abstracts the central harmonic concept (maj7b9#11s). The cadenza also demonstrates to improvising musicians that improvisation can be grounded in essentially simple things, the task is to transfer knowledge of these into more complex contexts as Mehldau has done here.

Just look at Kurt. He absorbes himself in what is happening, eyes closed, gently swaying. So into the groove

All star band! Kurt is incredible

You said it! Brad, Kurt, Larry, Joshua and Ali. Just fantastic. Brad and Kurt have taken music to new heights for me!

Commentaar, overmoedig om hier iets over te zeggen.Geniaal.

What a band! All amazing musicians/composers that are keeping it alive. And a psychedelic cow to boot!

What a master piece!

Man, Brad continues to impress me with his improvisational creativity. He can go anywhere! C.G.T. Ukiah, CA

Una genialida fuera de serie

The Lick 11:39 LOL Btw, thanks for posting. Brad Mehldau and Kurt Rosenwinkel are my favorite musicians. Actually, I love all the people is this group.

what a beautiful tune. thanks for posting.

I love this composition

this was a great concert!

I once read in an interview with Kurt, that he noticed, Brad was playing a lot of maj7b9 stuff in the intro

Best of the best

He does not even look at the frets. He FEELS the next. Only a very few guitarists have that ability

Oh and the coolest thing about that chord (maj7#11) is that it's the main chord from the Simpsons theme!

9:45 so beautiful!

What a pianist !!!!

awesome of course. But the most awesome thing is the cow on the background. XD

All. Of. Them.

For the intro? It isn't one scale, he's playing through a load of different changes. He used lydian and lydian dominant scales in a lot of places.

transcribe it :)

why the audiende is so "blue"? :D...anyway..kurt is one of the best new composers..

Supergroup.

jazz-burn

is the full concert on youtube?

A lot of Ligeti going down !

so cool, but what scale is that on the piano?

Wow! Brad and Kurt!

;)

9:27 tf are you doing ali jackson

what would the name of the drum feel be called?

Some wholetone some diminished all based on b flat maj7 #11/d maj7...kinda

Why the lags?

If anyone knows why Kurt seems to me like an extinct star since Star of jupiter, I would be interested in understanding. Pat metheny and scofield, seem much less ephemeral... they are old suns...

guess the weather was bad, and so the organizators gave these cheap raincoats to the people...