My friend Andrew Boniwell is a talented jazz pianist living in Toronto. We met at York University in the mid-1980s and have remained close friends ever since. He introduced me to the music of Brad Mehldau a number of years ago but my focus was elsewhere until recently. I discovered Mehldau’s version of I Didn’t Know What Time it Was and bought it on iTunes. I’ve listened to that piece so many times now I’ve lost track. I love the interplay of the trio, the arrangement, Mehldau’s freedom and playfulness… He has breathed new life into a wonderful tune.

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I have included a link to an animated full score of a recent Mehldau’s composition. It’s beautifully conceived.

BRAD MEHLDAU ANIMATED SCORE Don’t Be Sad

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I have included a few versions by some of my other favorite musicians,

Wayne Shorter and Gal Costa.

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Ornaments in Baroque music take on a different meaning. Most ornaments occur on the beat, and use diatonic intervals more exclusively than ornaments in later periods do. While any table of ornaments must give a strict presentation, consideration has to be given to the tempo and note length, since at rapid tempos it would be difficult or impossible to play all of the notes that are usually required. One realisation of some common Baroque ornaments is set in the following table, made by J.S. Bach’s father, Johann Ambrosius Bach^[2]: