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John Fordham

Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles review – classy jazz homage

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Brad Mehldau, playing piano at the Lobero theatre, California, in 2017.
Longtime Beatles fan … Brad Mehldau, playing at the Lobero theatre, California, in 2017. Photograph: David Bazemore/David Bazemore Photo

Brad Mehldau, as inquisitive a philosopher as he is a tirelessly curious jazz-piano virtuoso, believes that an alluring strangeness is key to an artwork’s longevity. A longtime Beatles fan, he hears that quality in the group’s mid-60s psychedelic metamorphosis – when their unfamiliar harmonies and quirky rhythms infiltrated pop through albums such as Rubber Soul and Revolver.

Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles album cover
Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles album cover Photograph: PR handout
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