Brad Meldhau: The Art of the Trio Recordings 1996-2001 – review

(Nonesuch)When a classically trained young piano improviser called Brad Mehldau emerged in the mid-1990s, he quickly established a patient, subtle and richly contrapuntal approach that took jazz piano-trio improvisation to a new level. Warner Brothers then sensibly left this partnership with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy alone to spin its own low-key, all-acoustic, lengthily sustained postbop stories over five Art of the Trio albums in as many years. This set boxes them all, ad...

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