Dirk Eddelbuettel: Brad Mehldau at the CSO, again
Almost seven years since the last time we saw him here, Brad Mehldau returned to the CSO for a concert on Friday eve in his standard trio setup with Larry Grenadier on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums.
The material mostly (all?) new and drawn from the upcoming album Blues and Ballads. The morning of the concert---which happened to be the final one in their tour---he retweeted a bit from this review in the Boston Globe
[Brad Mehldau] flashed facets of his renowned pianism: crystalline touch, deep lyricism, harmonic sophistication, adroit use of space, and the otherworldly independence of his right and left hands.I cannot really describe his style any better than this. If you get a chance to see him, go!