The recording opens metronomically, with eight repeated notes on a string bass, each pulling you in closer. The piano enters, then the drums. After playing the melody, a familiar and endearing Beatles ...

Brad Mehldau is a jazz icon who has never done things the usual way. While the gifted pianist has traveled more traditional routes with works like his acclaimed Art of the Trio series, and has ...

This combination of images shows cover art for Brad Mehldau's “Après Fauré," left, and “After Bach II." (Nonesuch Records via AP) Grammy-award winning jazz pianist Brad Mehldau connects the dots as ...

As a man who’s wrestled with his own demons, pianist Brad Mehldau believes that an artist’s work should be evaluated on its own terms, separate from its creator. But he acknowledges that it’s ...

Mehldau has also developed into a fine composer in both jazz and classical styles as exemplified by his two releases of 2010, Highway Rider and Love Songs (with Anne Sofie von Otter). But for me, it ...

Brad Mehldau Stuns With Emotional Elliott Smith Tribute on Jimmy Kimmel Live originally appeared on Parade. The greatest way to keep a musician alive long after their death is to continue to perform ...

Mehldau also likes to focus on his particular fascinations, and has several good reasons to make Ride into the Sun (Nonesuch), an album in tribute to singer/songwriter Elliott Smith (1969-2003).

Brad Mehldau is one of jazz’s most sensitive interpreters of song, with a rare gift for putting his own stamp on a composition without betraying its soul. That gift is on ample display throughout ...

Jazz is at the center of his artistry, but he is also known for haunting innovations with pop music. In Boston, he’ll play with a chamber orchestra to perform songs from his album ‘Ride into the Sun.’ ...

The greatest way to keep a musician alive long after their death is to continue to perform their songs, and Brad Mehldau is living proof. The iconic jazz pianist has been hard at work recording a new ...