The Brad Mehldau Trio performed at the Gilmore Keyboard Festival this weekend in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was the first time the Trio had played the event since 2000, and, writes William R. Wood in the Kalamazoo Gazette, "Mehldau was excellent at pulling people into his world."

In his review of the first of the Trio's two sets at the Gilmore, Wood says that "Mehldau and his group are all about telling stories, taking listeners on a journey filled with a landscape of tonal colors and vibrant rhythms." The Gazette review calls particular attention to an "unusual, beautiful, and arresting" solo from Brad on Irving Berlin's "Isn't This a Lovely Day," with the pianist's playing throughout the set "filled with great intelligence matched with dynamic feeling, a grand combination that hooked musicians and jazz fans in the audience as well as the curious and casual jazz listeners there."

To read the review, visit blog.mlive.com/kgazette.

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