All roads lead to . The great 18th-century genius will always capture the imagination and inspire pianists. Such as the American Brad Mehldau, who is one of the most innovative and virtuoso jazz pianists of the last decades. Having explored all corners of jazz - from piano trio to jazz rock - Mehldau plays Bach's music as if he had never done anything else. The accompanying CD booklet explains that
… Bach was once a gifted improviser. Mehldau takes this to heart in passages from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier and a number of improvisations based on Bach music. Nowhere does Mehldau's playing sound baroque. On the contrary, he adds the impressionism, elegance and power that we also know from him as a jazz musician. That makes After Bach an equally pleasant and profound jazz album. (MR)more