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Brad Mehldau
by AAJ Italy Staff
Luglio Suona Bene Cavea, Auditorium Parco della Musica--Roma - 05.07.2009 C'ha pensato Brad Mehldau a far luce sulla Cavea dell'Auditorium dopo che, un istante prima del suo ingresso sul palco, l'ultimo raggio di sole di una domenica equatoriale aveva mollato la presa su Roma. Il pianismo di Mr. Mehldau è messo a fuoco fin dalla prima ...
Rick Germanson Trio: Off the Cuff
by John Kelman
With so many mainstream piano trios flooding the market, it's increasingly difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. It's easier when, in the instance of a Brad Mehldau, John Taylor or Enrico Pieranunzi, the artist's voice is so distinctive and approach so readily identifiable that there can be little doubt of its relevance. It becomes ...
John Geggie / Edward Simon / Jim Doxas: Ottawa, Canada June 13, 2009
by John Kelman
John Geggie/Edward Simon/Jim DoxasGeggie Concert Series: 2008-09, #8 National Arts Centre, Fourth Stage Ottawa, Canada June 13, 2009 It's been a banner year for John Geggie's Geggie Concert Series at the intimate Fourth Stage in Ottawa, Canada's National Arts Centre. With guitarist Vic Juris heating the room up ...
Rimouski International Jazz Festival: 24th Edition
By Marcel Dubois Five hundred kilometers from Montreal along the mighty and majestic St Lawrence River lies the historical city of Rimouski, population 43,000. Founded in 1696, it's an important maritime city that takes pride in its great nautical traditions. Backed up by rolling hills that offer panoramic views of the Gulf as well as splendid ...
June 2009
by AAJ Staff
Brad MehldauVillage VanguardNew York City May 6, 2009When Brad Mehldau acknowledged the presence of Hank Jones in the audience at the Village Vanguard (May 6th), he recalled being 16 and hearing Jones at Bradley's, an experience that helped set Mehldau on his current path. Although steeped in the intimate jazz ...
Adam Birnbaum: Travels
by Christopher Shoe
Travels is the long awaited debut album for one of the younger voices in jazz piano. The term debut, however, is ill suited for someone like Adam Birnbaum, who has spent his short career opening for, and performing with, some of the better-known names in the industry such as saxophonist Greg Osby and pianist Brad Mehldau. ...
Pablo Held: Forest of Oblivion
by Dan McClenaghan
In every review of Pablo Held's debut, Forest of Oblivion, the pianist's age will be discussed. Don't blame the writers. Held, hailing from Germany, was born in 1986. His age, at the time the CD was recorded, was 21. It's a remarkably tender age for having crafted an original musical statement; it's even more remarkable for ...
Take Five With Marc Brenken
by AAJ Staff
Meet Marc Brenken:Marc Brenken (born June 17th, 1973) started to play piano at the age of eight and has constantly been developing his own musical language since his studies at the Folkwang Academy of music in Essen, Germany. In 2006 his debut cd eight short stories (with his quartet featuring trumpeter Christian Kappe) was ...
Fly: Sky & Country
by Jeff Stockton
15 years ago Mark Turner was among a trio of young tenors who were poised to have a lasting impact on jazz. However, having not had Joshua Redman's pedigree or James Carter's flair for self-promotion, Turner's major-label output came and went without generating the attention a musician of his caliber deserved. Today he is a member ...
Brad Mehldau at the Village Vanguard
by Eric Benson
Brad Mehldau Trio Village Vanguard New York, NY May 5 & 9, 2009 No major jazz artist of the last 25 years has been more closely associated with a single venue than pianist Brad Mehldau with the Village Vanguard. Of the 11 trio albums he's released since signing with Warner ...
