BRAD MEHLDAU SOLO

Pianist Brad Mehldau is among the most successful and influential performers in contemporary jazz. His improvisations depart from jazz, but are equally informed by the classical piano repertoire, Brazilian music and pop. Mehldau started improvising at a young age after he heard the legendary Köln Concert recordings by Keith Jarrett. While interchanging jazz standards with songs by Nick Drake, The Beatles and Radiohead, he often chooses irregular rhythms. Over the years Mehldau has shared the stage and the studio with such legendary artists that include, Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Joshua Redman and classical vocalists Renée Fleming and Anne Sofie von Otter.