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Jacob’s Ladder is an album by Brad Mehldau. It was recorded in 2020 and 2021 and released by Nonesuch Records in 2022.

Jacob’s Ladder

• Jacob’s Ladder
• Product type: ABIS MUSIC
• Brand: NONESUCH
• Audio CD – Audiobook
• Nonesuch (Publisher)

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Track listing:
“Maybe As His Skies Are Wide” (Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart, Pye Dubois) – 3:43
“Herr und Knecht” (Brad Mehldau) – 7:48
“(Entr’acte) Glam Perfume” (Mehldau) – 5:45
“Cogs in Cogs, Pt. I: Dance” (Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear, Ray Shulman) – 4:11
“Cogs in Cogs, Pt. II: Song” (Derek Shulman, Minnear, Ray Shulman) – 4:02
“Cogs in Cogs, Pt. III: Double Fugue” (Derek Shulman, Minnear, Ray Shulman) – 4:31
“Tom Sawyer” (Lifeson, Lee, Peart, Dubois) – 7:44
“Vou correndo te encontrar / Racecar” (Alexander Bois, Casey Sabol, Jake Bowen, Matthew Halpern, Misha Mansoor, Spencer Sotelo, Thomas Murphy) – 5:05
“Jacob’s Ladder, Pt. I: Liturgy” (Mehldau) – 1:27
“Jacob’s Ladder, Pt. II: Song” (Lee – Lifeson – Peart) – 11:30
“Jacob’s Ladder, Pt. III: Ladder” (Mehldau) – 4:19
“Heaven: I. All Once — II. Life Seeker (Chris Squire) — III. Würm (Steve Howe) — IV. Epilogue: It Was a Dream but I Carry It Still” (Mehldau) – 10:07

Personnel:
Brad Mehldau – assorted keyboard instruments, assorted percussion, vocals, samples
Luca van den Bossche – vocals (1, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Mark Guiliana – drums (1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12)
John Davis – Elektron Octatrack (1), drum programming (4, 5, 7)
Joel Frahm – soprano saxophone (2, 7), tenor saxophone (7)
Tobias Bader – vocals (2)
Becca Stevens – vocals (2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 12)
Tinkerbell – vocals (2, 8)
Lavinia Meijer – harp (3, 12)
Motomi Igrashi-de Jong – lirone (5, 10)
Chris Thile – vocals and mandolin (7)
Pedro Martins – vocals (8), guitar (8, 12)
Safia McKinney-Askeur – vocals (9–12)
Timothy Hill – vocals (9), bass (11)
Damien Mehldau – vocals (9)
Joris Roelofs – bass clarinet (11)
Fleurine – vocals (11)
Cécile McLorin Salvant – vocals (12)
Paul Pouwer – bass drum (12)

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Released: March 18, 2022
Recorded: April 2020 – January 2021
Studio: The Bunker Studios, Brooklyn; Power Sound Studios, Amsterdam; various others
Length: 70:09
Label: Nonesuch
Producer: Brad Mehldau, John Davis