Songs: The Art of the Trio Volume Three is an album by American pianist and composer Brad Mehldau released on the Warner Bros. label in 1998. It was produced by Matt Pierson.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars and in its review by Steve Huey, stated "this is a fine program easily recommended to straight-ahead collectors". For the New Statesman, Richard Cook wrote that "Songs enters the piano tradition without a murmur of protest while still offering music that is bursting loose of the accepted trinity of piano, bass and drums."

Songs: The Art of the Trio Volume Three

Track listing

All compositions by Brad Mehldau except as indicated

"Song-Song" - 6:29

"Unrequited" - 6:07

"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:57

"Exit Music (For a Film)" (Radiohead) - 4:23

"At a Loss" - 6:19

"Convalescent" - 5:58

"For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) - 7:59

"River Man" (Nick Drake) - 4:47

"Young at Heart" (Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards) - 6:20

"Sehnsucht" - 4:56

Personnel

Brad Mehldau – piano

Larry Grenadier – double bass

Jorge Rossy – drums

Production

Matt Pierson – producer

James Farber – engineering

Greg Calbi – mastering

Dana Watson – production coordination

Tom Tavee – photography

Art Direction and Design by Rey International

References

Warner Records albums

Brad Mehldau albums

1998 albums

Albums produced by Matt Pierson

Songs: The Art of the Trio Volume Three