Elegiac Cycle is a 1999 piano solo album by Brad Mehldau

Brad Mehldau

Brad Mehldau is an American jazz pianist. Besides leading his own group, the Brad Mehldau Trio, he has performed with many renowned artists, including Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Larry Grenadier, Peter Bernstein, Jeff Ballard, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Michael Brecker, Chris Potter, Kurt...

. The album was issued in 1999 by Warner Bros. produced by Melhdau himself.

In 2011, the french publisher Outre Mesure released in both english and french the complete transcription note for note of Elegiac Cycle, and some musical commentaries by Philippe André, the original manuscript “lead sheets” of Brad Mehldau and a long and recent interview by Ludovic Florin about the genesis of the record and where the musician stands with it now.

Track listing

All pieces composed by Brad Mehldau

1. "Bard" 2:45
2. "Resignation" 5:34
3. "Memory's Tricks" 9:17
4. "Elegy for William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg" 4:43
5. "Lament for Linus" 1:27
6. "Trailer Park Ghost" 9:19
7. "Goodbye Storyteller (for Fred Myrow)" 10:27
8. "Rückblick" 8:56
9. "The Bard Returns" 4:16