Highway Rider (album)

Highway Rider is a contemporary jazz album by American pianist Brad Mehldau. It was Mehldau's second collaboration with producer Jon Brion (the other is the 2002 album Largo), and it features saxophonist Joshua Redman, drummer Matt Chamberlain, and Chamber orchestra led by Dan Coleman, as well as Mehldau's regular trio partners, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard.

Musicians

 * Brad Mehldau – piano (Disc 1: 1–5, 7; Disc 2: 1–6, 8), pump organ (Disc 1: 2; Disc 2: 3), Yamaha CS-80 polyphonic analog synthesizer (Disc 1: 4), orchestral bells (Disc 1: 7; Disc 2: 1, 8), handclaps (Disc 2: 2)
 * Jeff Ballard – percussion (Disc 1: 1, 5; Disc 2: 2), snare brush (Disc 1: 2), drums (Disc 1: 7; Disc 2: 1, 4, 6, 8); handclaps (Disc 2: 2)
 * Joshua Redman – soprano saxophone (Disc 1: 1, 5; Disc 2: 2, 8), tenor saxophone (Disc 1: 2, 7; Disc 2: 1, 3, 5), handclaps (Disc 2: 2)
 * Larry Grenadier – bass (Disc 1: 2, 4, 7; Disc 2: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8), handclaps (Disc 2: 2)
 * Matt Chamberlain – drums (Disc 1: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8; Disc 2: 2, 3), handclaps (Disc 2: 2)
 * Orchestra, Dan Coleman, conductor (Disc 1: 1, 2, 6, 7; Disc 2: 1, 7, 8)
 * The Fleurettes – vocals (Disc 1: 5)

Production

 * Jon Brion – producer, mixing
 * Gregg Koller – engineer, mixing
 * Eric Caudieux – engineer
 * Alan Yoshida – mastering
 * Robert Hurwitz – executive producer
 * Richard Misrach – cover photograph
 * Lawrence Azerrad – graphic design