Brad Mehldau Trio A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

One momentous event in the first season of the newly reopened Liszt Academy Grand Hall was the solo piano concert by Brad Mehldau that took place on 5 November 2013. The audience were so overwhelmed with the experience that he gave five encores. Although Mehldau always receives a welcoming reception, something about the enthusiasm of Hungarian audiences and the shrine-like atmosphere of the Grand Hall have had a particular influence on him. Thus he accepted this latest invitation with alacrity and is on stage in a trio line-up. He became a globally celebrated artist with this formation in the mid-1990s. His album series entitled Art of the Trio received a vote of confidence from fans and critics alike: the music of this New Age piano trio is lifted to the level of art on these recordings. Larry Grenadier, double bassist, has been the companion of the pianist right from the beginning of his career, as he was to numerous other jazz greats including Charles Lloyd, Chris Potter and Michael Brecker; Mehldau has also been in contact with Jeff Ballard, a key element in the rhythm sections for Ray Charkes, Pat Metheny and Chick Corea, for a decade. This legendary trio feed us music that draws on the structural wealth of classical music and invention of pop music while taking wing on the freedom that is jazz.