Back and playing together again, join us when Brad Mehldau and Joshua Redman take the Stage at the Weinberg Center.
With Brad Mehldau on piano and Joshua Redman on tenor saxophone the audiences will be treated to two remarkable figures of contemporary jazz and “magical moments of interplay between two mesmerizing musicians.” (10th International Festival for Jazz and More)
Jazz pianist Mehldau started off in Joshua Redman’s band before he went on with his own trio in 1996. Redman is considered one of the most influential saxophone players of the current jazz scene. As a young man he developed his own style and stepped out of the shadow of his famous father, Dewey Redman, as well as his idols John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and Dexter Gordon. He actually played the latter in the Robert Altman film Kansas City.
Mehldau has recorded and performed extensively since the early 1990s. Mehldau’s most consistent output over the years has taken place in the trio format. Starting in 1996, his group released a series of five records on Warner Bros. entitled The Art of the Trio. Mehldau also has a solo piano recording entitled Elegiac Cycle, and a record called Places that includes both solo piano and trio songs. Elegiac Cycle and Places might be called “concept” albums. They are made up exclusively of original material and have central themes that hover over the compositions. Other Mehldau recordings include Largo, a collaborative effort with the innovative musician and producer Jon Brion, and Anything Goes — a trio outing with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy.
This Redman and Mehldau concert promises to shine with creative brilliance.
This event is sponsored by the Center’s Tivoli Society.
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