Brad Mehldau

The Brad Mehldau Trio makes its long-awaited return to Spivey Hall on Friday, November 14, 2008. "Universally admired as one of the most adventurous pianists to arrive on the jazz scene in years" (Los Angeles Times), American jazz pianist Brad Mehldau has performed and recorded extensively since the early 1990s. In addition to his trio and solo projects, Mehldau has collaborated with numerous great jazz musicians: playing with saxophonist Joshua Redman's band for two years, making recordings and performing with Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden and Lee Konitz, and recording as a sideman with the likes of Michael Brecker, Wayne Shorter, John Scofield, and Charles Lloyd. In 2005, soprano superstar Renée Fleming performed and recorded two works by Mehldau commissioned by Carnegie Hall, and in 2006, Nonesuch released his jazz trio CD, House on the Hill, to critical acclaim. "The elliptical lines, volatile rhythmic figures and unexpected bursts of color and dissonance... prove that Mehldau writes as cleverly as he plays" (Chicago Tribune).