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  • Brad Mehldau Trio 2012 by Michael Wilson
    Thursday, May 17, 2012
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    Brad Mehldau Trio Brings "Transfixing" Show to California (Mercury News) with "Transformative" New Album (Philadelphia Inquirer)

    The Brad Mehldau Trio has landed in California, kicking off a string of Bay Area shows in Santa Cruz last night, followed by a set in Napa tonight and three shows in San Francisco this weekend for SFJAZZ. The San Jose Mercury News calls last night's show "transfixing ... total exquisiteness." All About Jazz says the Trio's new album, Ode, is "rich, lyrical and full of energy ... a non-stop stream of invention." The Montreal Gazette says: "This may well be [Mehldau's] most interesting, absorbing album to date." The Philadelphia Inquirer calls it "transformative." Blurt says it's "some of the trio's most fiery interplay to date. A most welcome return."

  • Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau Duo
    Thursday, April 5, 2012
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    Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau Launch North American Duo Tour

    Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau head out for a duo tour of North America, beginning with a concert at Orchestra Hall in Detroit tonight. From there, the two make stops in Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Indiana, Illinois, Ontario, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. Amidst the duo tour dates, Redman and his Trio have a week’s residency at NYC's Village Vanguard, April 17–22. The Brad Mehldau Trio tours the US starting next month with a Denver concert featuring Timothy Andres.

  • Brad Mehldau Trio: "Ode" [cover]
    Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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    Brad Mehldau Trio's "Ode" Out Now; "Absorbing" Songs Showcase Mehldau's "Remarkable Talent As a Composer" (Observer)

    The Brad Mehldau Trio’s new album, Ode, with 11 previously unreleased songs composed by Mehldau, is out now. The album is "full of seductive melody, and in its blues and bop references and surging swing, it's explicitly jazzy, too," says the Guardian in a four-star review. "It bears a lot of replaying." The Observer calls the new songs "absorbing," noting that "Mehldau is so brilliant at 'recomposing' standards that his remarkable talent as a composer is often overlooked." The Ottawa Citizen says: "A potent combination of deep lyricism, questing creativity and bar-raising virtuosity, Ode consistently provides the frissons that Mehldau fans have come to expect and that lesser pianists wish they could evoke."

  • Brad Mehldau Trio: "Ode" [cover]
    Thursday, March 15, 2012
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    Brad Mehldau Trio Album Earns Critical Praise; BBC: "Ceaseless Stream of Fresh Ideas Throughout Electrically Energised Session"

    The Brad Mehldau Trio returns with Ode, out this week in the UK and this coming Tuesday in North America. Ode earns five-stars from the Daily Telegraph, which says it "shows his inventive powers are as fresh as ever," and the Financial Times, which calls it "benchmark piano-trio jazz." The BBC raves: "All three players are articulating a ceaseless stream of fresh ideas throughout this electrically energised session." MusicOMH calls it "an often scintillating and always joyful listen from beginning to end." Early US reviews agree. The New York Times finds "resonant lyricism, floating locomotion, a harmonic approach that brings depth to simple structures and sleekness to the more complex ones." The Chicago Tribune hears Mehldau "in prime form as composer, improviser and bandleader."

  • Brad Mehldau Trio: "Ode" [cover]
    Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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    Brad Mehldau Trio Returns March 20 with "Ode," Featuring 11 Original Mehldau Compositions; Pre-Order Now

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  • Brad Mehldau Trio: "Art of the Trio Recordings" [box set cover]
    Friday, January 27, 2012
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    Brad Mehldau Trio Box Set Shows Why Mehldau Is Among "True Masters of the Jazz Piano" (Jambands)

    Brad Mehldau is set to perform an intimate solo set in Washington, DC, this weekend. The Washington City Paper says: "His performances are wondrous, and this one promises to be no different." The Washington Post, reviewing the new Brad Mehldau Trio box set The Art of the Trio Recordings: 1996-2001, cites "an intuitive and highly interactive level of performance" in the set. JazzTimes says the retrospective offers "a fresh vantage point on a body of music by enabling the listener to experience it whole. The best art requires time to release all of its revelations." Jambands calls it "a solid reminder why Brad Mehldau has earned his place amongst the true masters of the jazz piano."

  • Brad Mehldau Trio: Ballard, Mehldau, Grenadier close by Michael Wilson
    Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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    Brad Mehldau Trio, "A Graceful Powerhouse" (NY Times), Launches Six-Night Residency at New York's Village Vanguard

    Brad Mehldau joins his Trio—featuring bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard—for a six-night residency at NYC's famed Village Vanguard, starting tonight. "[T]his iteration of his pace-setting trio," says the New York Times, "has evolved into a graceful powerhouse, equally savvy about groove and harmony. There’s still no better place to hear the band than the Village Vanguard, a special room for Mr. Mehldau and for his devoted base." The BBC, reviewing the newly released Art of the Trio Recordings box set, says of Mehldau: "It is his genius, his dash of daring, his exceptional touch, and his ability to conceive a performance lasting over several minutes as a compositional entity that mark him out."

  • Brad Mehldau Trio: "Art of the Trio Recordings" [box set cover]
    Friday, December 16, 2011
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    Guardian: Brad Mehldau Box Set Showcases Trio's "Almost Telepathic Intuitiveness," "Mind-Boggling" Performance

    The Brad Mehldau Trio’s seven-disc box set The Art of the Trio Recordings: 1996–2001, featuring longtime Brad Mehldau Trio bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy, earns four stars in the Guardian, which says "the trio created a private world for their listeners to get lost in, and this is the definitive representation of it." The review cites the trio's "almost telepathic intuitiveness" that led to a "mind-boggling" performance. The Financial Times gives it four stars as well, saying it "documents Mehldau’s virtuosity" and confirms "this trio as both yardstick and model for contemporary piano jazz." The Buffalo News calls the set "indisputably great." KPCC says: "Mehldau makes renegade jazz, and this comprehensive collection shows him at his finest."

  • Brad Mehldau Trio: "Art of the Trio Recordings" [box set cover]
    Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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    Brad Mehldau's "Art of the Trio" Box Set Showcases Trio's Work in the "Greatest Depth Possible," Says Jazzwise

    Brad Mehldau’s seven-disc box set The Art of the Trio Recordings: 1996–2001 is now available on both sides of the Atlantic via Nonesuch Records, following last week's North American release and this week's European release. "[F]or five years from 1996 the Brad Mehldau Trio were playing music together that few at the time could ignore and which with The Art Of The Trio Recordings: 1996–2001 still more will arrive at," predicts Jazzwise magazine. The Trio's work is showcased "in the greatest depth possible ... all documented in one place in a carefully annotated box set with additional unreleased material."

  • Brad Mehldau Trio: "Art of the Trio Recordings" [box set cover]
    Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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    Brad Mehldau’s "Art of the Trio" Box Set Out Now; Includes Original Records, Unreleased Material

    Brad Mehldau’s seven-disc box set The Art of the Trio Recordings: 1996–2001 is out now on Nonesuch. The set includes the five original Art of the Trio albums (the fifth volume includes two CDs), released over a prolific four year period from 1997 to 2001; a seventh disc of previously unreleased material from shows at the Village Vanguard completes the box. These recordings feature Mehldau’s longtime trio with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy. All About Jazz says the set helps confirm that "Mehldau will, no doubt, take a well-deserved place ... as one of the most important pianists of any generation."

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