Expression and abstraction characterize the music of an indispensable jazz trio.

Pianist Brad Mehldau collected his first Grammy Award in 2020, but longtime fans—including those who propelled him to the top of seven DownBeat Reader’s Polls—have always loved his awe-inspiring duality as a master improviser and fascinating formalist. Mehldau brings his acclaimed trio, featuring drummer Jorge Rossy and bassist Felix Moseholm, to Club Hancher for an evening of spectacular creativity and musicianship.

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Brad Mehldau Trio

University of Iowa

The Boise Jazz Society is pleased to present the Brad Mehldau Trio for two special performances.

Boise Jazz Society presents the Brad Mehldau Trio

The Riverside Hotel

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).

University of California, Berkeley

Brad Mehldau blends jazz exploration, classical romanticism, and pop allure. The award-winning pianist has put his deft touch on songs by Radiohead, the Beatles, Paul Simon, and Nick Drake, treating them with reverence as he untangles and re-spins their melodies. Not surprisingly, he’s got a composer’s ear, too, having combined jazz and classical in original pieces and commissions for orchestra—including the LA Phil. It’s no wonder The New York Times has called him “the most influential jazz pianist of the last 20 years.”

Brad Mehldau Trio

May 10, 2026