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Brad Mehldau Trio: Denver, CO, May 11, 2012

Read "Brad Mehldau Trio: Denver, CO, May 11, 2012" reviewed by Geoff Anderson


Brad Mehldau TrioNewman CenterDenver, COMay 11, 2012Pianist Brad Mehldau takes jazz seriously. He named his second album as a leader The Art of the Trio (Warner Bros., 1997). But wait, he didn't use that name for just one album; he released five albums, as a series, under that name. Those albums ...

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Brad Mehldau Trio: Ode

Read "Ode" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Seven years separate Ode from this trio's last studio recording, the outstanding Day is Done (Nonesuch, 2005), which has come to mark a before-and-after in Brad Mehldau's trajectory. Previously, the pianist had recorded in a traditional trio setting with few exceptions. Since Day is Done, however, Mehldau's projects have covered much more diverse terrain: setting poetry ...

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Brad Mehldau Trio: Ode

Read "Ode" reviewed by John Kelman


The Art of the Trio: Recordings 1996-2001 (Nonesuch, 2011) provided an opportunity to reassess Brad Mehldau's rapid trajectory, though the trio that established him as one of the past two decades' most important pianists was long gone. If Jorge Rossy's replacement in 2005 seemed to open the trio up more, it's perhaps because drummer Jeff Ballard ...

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Brad Mehldau Trio: Kingston, Canada April 11, 2010

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Brad Mehldau TrioGrand TheatreKingston, CanadaApril 11, 2010 When a trio has been together as long as pianist Brad Mehldau's--the current incarnation, with original bassist Larry Grenadier and relative newcomer (but no stranger to either of his band mates), drummer Jeff Ballard, has been together for over five years, first heard on ...

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Brad Mehldau Trio: Live

Read "Live" reviewed by Andrew Velez


Returning to New York's Village Vanguard for another live recording, pianist Brad Mehldau's trio has Larry Grenadier (bass) returning and Jeff Ballard (drums) taking over for Jorge Rossy. Music seems to just pour out of Mehldau, as is buoyantly evident here. And often, as with Chico Buarque's “O Que Sera" or Chris Cornell's “Black Hole Sun," ...

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Brad Mehldau Trio: Live

Read "Live" reviewed by John Kelman


It's been three years since Jeff Ballard replaced original drummer Jorge Rossy in pianist Brad Mehldau's trio with bassist Larry Grenadier. While the trio has been busy on its own and with guitar icon Pat Metheny in support of Metheny Mehldau (Nonesuch, 2006) and Quartet (Nonesuch, 2007), it's also been three years since Day is Done ...

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Brad Mehldau Trio: House on Hill

Read "House on Hill" reviewed by John Kelman


Since drummer Jorge Rossy left pianist Brad Mehldau's trio sixteen months ago, words like “refreshed" and “reinvigorated" have been used to describe the impact of the more malleable Jeff Ballard on Mehldau's trio with bassist Larry Grenadier. But it's all too easy to forget just how fresh the original trio was, and that its swan song, ...

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Day Is Done

Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Knives Out; Alfie; Martha My Dear; Day is Done; Artis; Turtle Town; She's Leaving Home; Granada; 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover; No Moon At All.

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Brad Mehldau Trio: Day Is Done

Read "Day Is Done" reviewed by Andrew Velez


Since the early '90s, Brad Mehldau's considerable output has most consistently been in the trio format. Especially notable were the five volumes of The Art of the Trio. Making his debut here with the new unit is drummer Jeff Ballard, who replaces Jorge Rossy; Larry Grenadier holds down his accustomed spot on bass. This is “friendly ...

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Brad Mehldau Trio: Day Is Done

Read "Brad Mehldau Trio: Day Is Done" reviewed by John Dworkin


More than any other artist, Brad Mehldau has tapped into today's jazz zeitgeist. Oft-times (maybe always), a cultural zeitgeist is difficult to define or encapsulate. But you know it when you see (hear) it: In walked Brad. That's part of the function, mystery, and beauty of Art. It gives form to what would otherwise be near ...


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