Drummer

Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist Brad Mehldau and his trio have a nearly 20-year history, touring around the world — often performing on stage at Symphony Center — and recording six highly praised albums together. Mehldau consistently presents audiences with an intense live experience, embodying the essence of jazz exploration, classical romanticism and pop allure.

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Brad Mehldau Trio

Symphony Center

Among the most distinctive voices of his generation, Grammy-winning jazz pianist Brad Mehldau traffics in extremes. His music weaves together a host of seeming contradictions—a passion for in-the-moment discovery balanced by a penchant for narrative and structure; a sensibility prone to heady abstraction and dense counterpoint but also drawn to the tunefulness, simplicity, and directness of a delicious pop song. With 12 trio recordings to his name over more than 25 years, Mehldau has entered the canon of great jazz piano trio leaders, and here is joined by longtime bandmates, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard, for an evening of probing original compositions and expertly reimagined jazz standards. “A marvel of contemporary jazz. The ever-empathic Mehldau trio…never stops fizzing with life” (Jazzwise).

Jeff Ballard

Drummer

Events

Past events

Nov 17, 2023

Brad Mehldau Trio · Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Nov 11, 2023

Brad Mehldau Trio · Cal Performances

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