New York-Barcelona Crossing, Volumen 1

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New York-Barcelona Crossing, Volumen 1

Live album by

Brad Mehldau

Released

1993

Recorded

May 10, 1993

Venue

Jamboree Club, Barcelona

Genre

Jazz

Length

1:12:09

Label

Fresh Sound New Talent

Producer

Jordi Pujol, Jordi Rossy

Brad Mehldau chronology

New York-Barcelona Crossing, Volumen 1
(1993)

New York-Barcelona Crossing, Volumen 2
(1993)

New York-Barcelona Crossing, Volumen 1 is an album by jazz pianist Brad Mehldau, with Perico Sambeat (alto sax), Mario Rossy (bass) and Jorge Rossy (drums).

Music and recording

The album was recorded in concert at the Jamboree Club in Barcelona^[1] on May 10, 1993.^[2] The material is mostly jazz standards and pieces from the Great American Songbook.^[2]

Release and reception

It was released by Fresh Sound New Talent, after the Mehldau–Rossy album When I Fall in Love.^[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that Mehldau's "introduction and improvisation on 'Old Folks' are quite breathtaking and it's clear that the pristine touch of the later discs was already in place."^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[3]

Track listing

"Wonderful" (Ben Raleigh) – 13:55
"Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 11:58
"Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) – 10:01
"Sushi" (Mario Rossy) – 7:41
"Bodi" (Perico Sambeat) – 8:16
"Començar de Novo" (Ivan Lins) – 8:49
"Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 9:32
"No Blues" (Miles Davis) – 1:57

Personnel

Brad Mehldau – piano
Perico Sambeat – alto sax
Mario Rossy – bass
Jorge Rossy – drums

References

^ ^a ^b "Brad Mehldau: New York-Barcelona Crossing, Vol. 1". Fresh Sound Records. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Henkin, Andrey (May 2010). "On This Day". AllAboutJazz: New York. No. 97. p. 47.
^ ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 988. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

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Studio albums	Consenting Adults (1994) Introducing Brad Mehldau (1995) The Art of the Trio Volume One (1996) Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz (1996) Songs: The Art of the Trio Volume Three (1998) Elegiac Cycle (1999) Places (2000) Largo (2002) Anything Goes (2002) House on Hill (2005) Day Is Done (2005) Metheny Mehldau Metheny/Mehldau Quartet (2005) Love Sublime (2006) Highway Rider (2009) Love Songs (2010) Modern Music (2010) Ode (2011) Where Do You Start (2011) Variations on a Melancholy Theme (2013) Mehliana: Taming the Dragon (2014) Blues and Ballads (2014) Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau (2016) After Bach (2017) Seymour Reads the Constitution! (2018) Finding Gabriel (2018) Suite: April 2020 (2020) Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles (2020) Jacob’s Ladder (2022) The Folly of Desire (2022)
Live albums	New York-Barcelona Crossing, Volumen 1 (1993) New York-Barcelona Crossing, Volumen 2 (1993) When I Fall in Love (1993) Live at the Village Vanguard: The Art of the Trio Volume Two (1997) Art of the Trio 4: Back at the Vanguard (1999) Progression: The Art of the Trio, Vol. 5 (2000) Live in Tokyo (2003) Brad Mehldau Trio Live (2006) Live in Marciac (2006) Long Ago and Far Away (2007) Nearness (2011) 10 Years Solo Live (2014)
Books	Formation (2023)
Related articles	Discography

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