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Elan Mehler Quartet

Scheme For Thought out on Brownswood Recordings!

About Me


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"Mehler's new 'Scheme For Thought' LP is a work of mellow magnificence..."
--Time Out London
It's wistful, dreamy, beautifully executed music, like the soundtrack to a romantic movie - but its avoidance of handy get-outs such as catchy grooves, idiomatic references or big climaxes marks it out as a confident statement.
--John Fordam, The Guardian
"His distinctive sound is unlike anything else coming out of New York."
--Stephen Graham, Jazzwise Magazine
"Harmonically there's a pleasing idiosyncrasy to this record with Mehler's chord progressions standing tantalizingly between jazz and classical while bursts of rythmic energy have subtle electronica undercurrents"
--Echoes Magazine
"This is beautifully calming music, inwardly-routed and pensive, the players circling around each other in a luminescent pool."
--Martin Longley, BBC Music
[FOUR STARS]
"Mehler's naturally oblique blend of the impressionistic, lyrical and minimal is given enhanced allure by his quartet's combination of piano (Mehler), sax (Andrew Zimmerman), bass (Tod Hedrick) and Fender Rhodes (David Moore). It creates wispy textures on top of shifting sand harmonies. Disorienting and Fascinating."
--MOJO Music Magazine
"An introspective beauty, this is the record I've been dying to release for years."
--Gilles Peterson

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/26/2006
Band Website: elanmehler.com
Band Members: Andrew Zimmerman: Saxophone,

Tod Hedrick: Bass,

David Moore: Rhodes,

Elan Mehler: Piano,


As well as

Becca Stevens: Vocals

Jermey Viner: Saxophone

Scott Spivak: Rhodes

Max Goldman: Drums


Influences: Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Ali Farke Toure, Led Zeppelin, Bill Frisell, Steve Reich, Paul Bley, Kenny Wheeler, Charles Mingus, Kronos Quartet, Coltrane Miles Monk etc.
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Brownswood
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

NEW RECORDING

We Have a new recording in the bag and in my humble opinion its fricking amazing. Big, BIG love to the band: Jeremy Viner, Becca Stevens, Scott Spivak, Tod Hedrick and Max Goldman. And much respect...
Posted by Elan Mehler Quartet on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:05:00 PST

Adam McBride-Smith

Spent a week in Paris recording with Adam Mcbride-Smith, a brilliant singer songwriter. Adam's CD "Good as Gone" has been on constant rotation on my stereo and after listening to so much of his music ...
Posted by Elan Mehler Quartet on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:49:00 PST

Berlin and London

Aright, Berlin was a beautiful gig, but still not used to that whole, spending like 14 hours in a country. Everybody has been telling me that I need to check out Berlin, and then you go there and see...
Posted by Elan Mehler Quartet on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:28:00 PST

Brownswood Loves Jazz

Aright, Finally getting my head straight to write a little bit about the Brownswood Loves Jazz Tour I did with Jose James, Soil and Pimp Sessions and Gilles Peterson.Amsterdam was first, playing the ...
Posted by Elan Mehler Quartet on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:32:00 PST

LONDON!

The EMQ hit London on August 29th. First gig was at the Vortex on the 30th. Lovely place, real Steinway piano, great crowd.  After a near disaster following the absence of a rhodes amp, the gig w...
Posted by Elan Mehler Quartet on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:40:00 PST

Scheme For Thought full length out on Brownswood Aug 6th!!!

Just listening and approving the final master of the album we recorded in January. Look for it August 6th on Brownswood records. Much love to the whole Brownswood crew and everyone that helped make ...
Posted by Elan Mehler Quartet on Sun, 06 May 2007 12:54:00 PST

1st blog ever

So I got back from Switzerland two weeks ago. I play at this bar in a hotel in the middle of the Alps. Treated very well. I play 4 hours a night seven days a week. Unlike most hotel gigs they let ...
Posted by Elan Mehler Quartet on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:13:00 PST