Brad Mehldau
PROJECTS:
SOLO or BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO
One of the most lyrical and intimate voices of contemporary jazz piano, Brad Mehldau has forged a unique path, which embodies the essence of jazz exploration, classical romanticism and pop allure. From critical acclaim as a bandleader to major international exposure in collaborations with Pat Metheny, Renee Fleming, and Joshua Redman, Mehldau continues to garner numerous awards and admiration from both jazz purists and music enthusiasts alike. His forays into melding musical idioms, in both trio and solo settings, has seen brilliant re-workings of songs by contemporary songwriters like The Beatles, Cole Porter, Radiohead, Paul Simon, Gershwin and Nick Drake; alongside the ever evolving breadth of his own significant catalogue of original compositions. With his self-proclaimed affection for popular music and classical training, “Mehldau is the most influential jazz pianist of the last 20 years” (The New York Times).
FOURTEEN REVERIES
One of the most lyrical and intimate voices of contemporary piano, Brad Mehldau has forged a unique path, which embodies the essence of jazz exploration, classical romanticism, and pop allure. In his upcoming Nonesuch Records release, Fourteen Reveries, Mehldau reflects on the interior experience that we create from our own consciousness, independently of others. Written from a similar impulse as his Suite April 2020, Fourteen Reveries is a meditation on the space a composer leaves between specific directions that lets the beauty of the music reveal itself, while still allowing new discovery.
PRESS QUOTES:
“Mehldau is the most influential jazz pianist of the last 20 years”
The New York Times
“One of our greatest living pianists”
NPR
“Universally admired as one of the most adventurous pianists to arrive on the jazz scene in years”
The Los Angeles Times
“Brad is one of the most influential pianists of his generation, innovating advance left-handed melodies and improvised counterpoint, but this soulful and sparse piece really gets under the skin.”
BBC 3
“There's something luminous about the Brad Mehldau Trio. The music they create with such joy shines with a special clarity, in which ever-changing forms constantly reveal lines of shared thought, explicitly, yet purveying an abiding sense of wonder. Intellect – and there is plenty of that – is matched here with the fire of inspiration and the thrill of constant surprise.”
The Arts Desk
“Inside the music of Brad Mehldau is a conflict among rock, jazz and classical personalities. Ultimately, though, the pianist has figured a way to integrate all three pretty seamlessly”
The Philadelphia Inquirer
“The elliptical lines, volatile rhythmic figures and unexpected bursts of color and dissonance… prove that Mehldau writes as cleverly as he plays”
The Chicago Tribune
“Arguably the greatest jazz trio of modern times”
Mojo
“Mehldau achieves an almost spiritual resonance, chords echoing like amens”
Time Magazine
