Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/25/2013
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location
Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center
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“Perhaps the most influential jazz artist of his generation.” — DownBeat on Brad Mehldau
“Mehldau is a modern jazz star often characterized as a cerebral explorer, a dynamic, incisive improviser…In fact, the guy is a lot of fun, too…beautiful and direct, the art of the trio at its apex.” — Mojo
Over the past two decades, Brad Mehldau has earned a spot in the jazz piano firmament next to Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea and Fred Hersch as a supremely expressive improviser who turns performances into emotionally wrought journeys. He’s an ambitious composer and adventurous song sleuth, as likely to interpret an atmospheric Bjork tune as a treasured Irving Berlin ballad, at times seamlessly blending the two. An artist whose wide-ranging vision is impossible to sum up in one sentence or performance, Mehldau settles into the SFJAZZ Center for a four-day residency, stretching out in a fascinating array of intimate settings.
The week begins with the pianist in a rare solo performance that puts artist and audience as close as possible. Mehldau is at his most expansive in solo recitals where he gives free rein to his imagination, as captured on 2011’s authoritative Live in Marciac double album and DVD set.
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