Elan Mehler – Trouble In Mind (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Elan Mehler – Trouble In Mind (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:11 minutes | 916 MB | Genre: Jazz
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There is music that can only be created under certain conditions. As much preparation and work that goes into studio recordings for a crafted, perfected sound, there are recordings that resonate because of their spontaneity and natural feeling. On his new solo recording, Trouble In Mind, pianist Elan Mehler presents an extraordinary collection of music full of pathos that could only be caught at that moment in time at a recording studio in New Orleans.

The Boston-born, New York City based Mehler has become well known for his fluid touch on piano and his skilled bandleading. He is also well known for his record label, Newvelle Records, that caters to vinyl lovers with series of recordings covering a wide range of jazz and creative music. It happened to be during the culmination of Mehler’s work on a series of recordings by New Orleanian artists that Trouble In Mind was born.

Having already recorded albums by soul singer Irma Thomas and blues legend Little Freddie King in New Orleans, Mehler was returning to the Crescent City in order to capture the late, great pianist Ellis Marsalis on tape at Esplanade Studios, Misha Kachkachishvili’s gorgeous church transformed into a state-of-the-art recording studio. It was on Mehler’s descent into New Orleans that his plane was diverted to Austin, Texas, where he spent nine hours before he could arrive in New Orleans.

Tracklist:
1-1. Elan Mehler – In a Sentimental Mood (04:43)
1-2. Elan Mehler – Esplanade Blues (03:27)
1-3. Elan Mehler – Alice’s Wonderland (04:12)
1-4. Elan Mehler – Justice and Honor (04:24)
1-5. Elan Mehler – There At the Heart (03:30)
1-6. Elan Mehler – Trouble In Mind (04:07)
1-7. Elan Mehler – In My Solitude (05:01)
1-8. Elan Mehler – Out of Nowhere (04:31)
1-9. Elan Mehler – I Should Have Prayed for Rain (04:19)
1-10. Elan Mehler – My Funny Valentine (05:10)
1-11. Elan Mehler – Come Sunday (04:33)
1-12. Elan Mehler – Scheme for Thought (05:08)

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