The Brad Mehldau Trio—Mehldau on piano, Larry Grenadier on bass, and Jeff Ballard on drums—launches a tour of the United States and Europe ahead of the forthcoming album Blues and Ballads, due June 3. The tour begins with a concert at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston this Friday, followed by stops in Albany, Philadelphia, DC, Oberlin, and Chicago. The group then heads to Europe for shows in Italy, Belgium, Denmark, France, and Switzerland.
The Brad Mehldau Trio—Mehldau on piano, Larry Grenadier on bass, and Jeff Ballard on drums—launches a tour of the United States and Europe ahead of the forthcoming album Blues and Ballads, due June 3. The tour begins with a concert at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Friday, followed by stops in Albany, Philadelphia, DC, Oberlin, and Chicago. The group then heads to Europe for shows in Italy, Belgium, Denmark, France, and Switzerland.
See below for all of the currently announced Trio tour dates; for all the latest, as well as details on Mehldau's upcoming solo shows and his tour with a trio of a different sort (his Mehliana partner Mark Guiliana and guitarist John Scofield), visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
Blues and Ballads is the Trio’s first new release since 2012’s Where Do You Start. As with that album, which was met with critical acclaim and earned the band and ECHO Jazz Award for Best International Ensemble, Blues and Ballads comprises interpretations of songs by other composers, this time with the focus on blues and ballads implied by the album’s title, including works by Cole Porter, Charlie Parker, Lennon & McCartney, and Jon Brion. The album is available for pre-order now at iTunes and in the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the album track "Little Person" now and of the complete album on release day.
| Apr 15 | Boston, MA |
| Apr 16 | Swyer Theatre at The Egg | Albany, NY |
| Apr 17 | Asylum Hill Congregational Church* | Hartford, CT |
| Apr 19 | World Cafe Live | Philadelphia, PA |
| Apr 20 | Sixth & I Synagogue | Washington, DC |
| Apr 21 | Finney Chapel, Oberlin College & Conservatory | Oberlin, OH |
| Apr 22 | Symphony Center | Chicago, IL |
| May 13 | Teatro Comunale Di Vicenza - Ridotto | Vicenza, ITALY |
| May 14 | Theatre Le Forum | Liege, BELGIUM |
| May 15 | Musikkens Hus | Aalborg, DENMARK |
| May 17 | Le Theatre | Saint Nazaire, FRANCE |
| May 18 | L'Apostrophe | Pontoise, FRANCE |
| May 20 | Salle Jean Cocteau | Clermont-Ferrand, FRANCE |
| May 21 | Salle Lino Ventura | Athis-Mons, FRANCE |
| May 22 | Musiksaal Stadtcasino | Basel, SWITZERLAND |
| May 26 | Koerner Hall* | Toronto, ON |
| May 27 | Place des Arts* | Montreal, QC |
* Brad Mehldau solo shows; all others are Brad Mehldau Trio dates
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