Brad Mehldau

Live in Marciac :
Unrequited
Lithium - The Nirvana song. This is how you make a piano rock ! (complete) VIDEO HERE
Dat Dere
Secret Love
It's Allright With Me

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Live in Tokyo :
Things Behind The Sun
Nick Drake song, Live in Tokyo version + intro of the Live in Marciac version !
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Paul Simon cover, you can find the leadsheet of the wonderful original song here !
Monk's Dream
Obviously an amazing Thelonious Monk cover.

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10 Years Solo Live :
Waltz for JB
And I Love Her (Beatles song)
Knives out (groovy Radiohead cover)
Think of One (Monk cover) VIDEO

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Nearness, with Joshua Redman :
Always August
A wonderful Mehldau tune, you can find the leadsheet here.
In Walked Bud

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Variations on Bach's Goldberg Theme, from After Bach II (see the complete transcriptions)
I. Aria (Video)
II. Variation 1, minor, in 5/8 (Video)
III. Variation 2, minor, in 5/8 (Video)
IV. Variation 3, in 7/8 (Video)
Brad says it's in 7/4, but I believe it's way easier to read in 7/8 – and more coherent with the other variations… Sorry Brad! V. Variation 4, Backbeat (Video)
VI. Variation 5, Jazz (Video)
VII. Finale (Video)
Transcription is a form of translation, and choices must be made to make the musician's improvised choices understandable. Here, I admit that I had a hard time figuring out what Brad Mehldau was thinking.
So I made two versions of this transcription: a "simple" 4/4 version (with some quirks when I think Brad forgets a beat) ; and another one that navigates between 4/4 et 6/8, because at times it seems like Brad is thinking that way. I think the second one is easier to read, but you may disagree – in any case I don't think either one is perfect.

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Other :
Hey You
A very symphonic rendition of Pink Floyd's classic (from a radio show, see here) (Video)

Crazy Quilt – Modern music, with Kevin Hayes and Patrick Zimmerli
Transcribing a 2 piano stuff is rather hard...

O Que Sera – Brad Mehldau trio : Live
I haven't transcribed all the solos, but the main parts are here. Wonderful 2 hands counterpoint in here ! Notice the strange whole-tone modulations : Fm – Gm – Am – Bm – C#m etc.

Thelonious – Live at la Villette
Amazing cover of the Thelonious Monk song. Listen to the original here.

Trailer Park Ghost – Elegiac Cycle
Theme and beginnig of the solo

Teardrop – Jazz à Vienne
Massive Attack cover, as seen on Jazz à Vienne 2010 video.

Paris – Places

Monk's Dream – Live at the Village Vanguard: The Art of the Trio Vol. 2

Rondo – After Bach
This one is based on the Prelude and Fugue in C sharp Major BWV 848 from The Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach. But guess what ? It's in 5/8 !
By comparing with this live version I realised that that piece was ENTIRELY written ! At first look, I thought that the part starting at measure 130 was an improvisation, and I thought that the 4/8 measures he plays sometimes were “mistakes”... It turns out it's perfectly thought : he plays exactly the same notes and the same rhythm on the live version !
You should check Édouard Ferlet's version of the same prelude called Réplique, also in 5/8 !