Brad Mehldau Trio to Tour Promoting Live Release

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Pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard will conduct a 17-city tour starting April 3 in promotion of the release of the trio’s Live disc.

The double-album was recorded live at New York’s Village Vanguard and consists of five Mehldau originals and interpretations ranging from composers Jimmy Heath and John Coltrane to Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Noel Gallagher of Oasis.

This album is the third Mehldau has recorded at the Vanguard. The previous two were 1998’s Live At The Village Vanguard, The Art Of The Trio Volume Two and 1999’s The Art Of The Trio Volume Four, Back At The Vanguard.

Tour dates include:
April 3: Nighttown, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
April 4: Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, Mich.
April 5: Elgin & Winter Garden Theatre, Toronto
April 6: Filene Hall - Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
April 7: Iron Hose, Northampton, Mass.
April 9–12: Jazz At The Bistro, St. Louis
April 13: Murry’s, Columbia, Mo.
April 24: Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartord, Conn.
April 25: Palais Montcalm, Quebec
April 26: Hopkins Center - Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.
April 27: Annenburg Center - Zellerbach Theatre, Philadelphia
April 30: Barns At Wolftrap, Vienna, Va.
May 1: South Orange Performing Arts Center, South Orange, N.J.
May 2: Multi Form Theatre - Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich.
June 5: John G. Shedd Institute For The Arts, Eugene, Ore.
June 6: Herbst Theater, San Francisco
June 8: The El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles

More info: bradmehldau.com



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