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Bradford Alexander "Brad" Mehldau (; born August 23, 1970) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Mehldau studied music at The New School, and toured and recorded while still a student. He was a member of saxophonist Joshua Redman's Quartet with bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade in the mid-1990s, and has led his own trio since at least 1992. His first long-term trio featured bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy; in 2005 Jeff Ballard replaced Rossy. These bands have released a dozen albums under the pianist's name. Since the early 2000s Mehldau has experimented with other musical formats in addition to trio and solo piano. ''Largo'', released in 2002, contains electronics and input from rock and classical musicians; later examples include touring and recording with guitarist Pat Metheny, writing and playing song cycles for classical singers Renée Fleming and Anne Sofie von Otter, composing orchestral pieces for 2009's ''Highway Rider'', and playing electronic keyboard instruments in a duo with drummer Mark Guiliana. Aspects of pop, rock, and classical music, including German Romanticism, have been absorbed into Mehldau's writing and playing. Through his use of some traditional elements of jazz without being restricted by them, simultaneous playing of different melodies in separate hands, and incorporation of pop and rock pieces, Mehldau has influenced musicians in and beyond jazz in their approaches to writing, playing, and choice of repertoire. ==Early life== Mehldau was born on August 23, 1970, in Jacksonville, Florida.〔Kennedy, Gary W. ("Mehldau, Brad" ). ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'' (2nd edition). Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved February 9, 2014. (Subscription required.)〕 His father, Craig Mehldau, was a doctor;〔McNally, Owen (February 25, 1998) ("Mehldau's Art Of Thegrammy, Volume One" ). ''The Courant''.〕〔Fordham, John (January 29, 2002) ("Ivory Power" ). ''The Guardian''.〕 and his mother, Annette, was a homemaker.〔 His sister, Leigh Anne, became a social worker.〔 There was always a piano in the house during Mehldau's childhood,〔 and he initially listened to pop and rock music on the radio.〔Peschek, David (September 26, 2005) ("Radiohead, Coltrane and Me" ). ''The Guardian''.〕 His family moved to West Hartford, Connecticut, when Mehldau was 10.〔Hobart, Mike (March 12, 2010) ("Brad Mehldau, Committed Improviser" ). ''The Financial Times''.〕 Up to this point he had played mostly simple pop tunes and exercises from books, but the move brought him a new piano teacher, who introduced him to classical music.〔 This new interest lasted for a few years, but by the age of 14 he was listening more to jazz, including recordings by saxophonist John Coltrane and pianist Oscar Peterson.〔 Mehldau attended William H. Hall High School and played in its concert jazz band.〔Staudter, Thomas (January 22, 2002) ("A Jazz Pianist Comes Back for a Show in His Hometown" ). ''The New York Times''.〕 From the age of 15 until he graduated from high school he had a weekly gig at a local club, and performed for weddings and other parties.〔 In his junior year at the school he won Berklee College's Best All Round Musician Award for school students.〔Comiskey, Ray (February 24, 1996) "Trad with Brad". ''The Irish Times''. p. A4.〕 Mehldau described himself as being, up to this point, "a white, upper-middle-class kid who lived in a pretty homogenized environment".〔Panken, Ted (June 5, 2008) ("In Conversation with Brad Mehldau" ). jazz.com〕 After graduating, Mehldau moved to New York City in 1988 to study jazz and contemporary music at The New School.〔〔 He studied under pianists Fred Hersch, Junior Mance and Kenny Werner,〔 and drummer Jimmy Cobb.〔 In 1989 Mehldau was part of saxophonist Christopher Hollyday's band that toured for several months; as a result of playing so often with one group, Mehldau was able to assimilate the music of Wynton Kelly and McCoy Tyner, his two principal influences on piano up to that point, and began to develop his own sound.〔Milkowski, Bill (December, 1998) ("Brad Mehldau: Keyed In" ). ''JazzTimes''.〕 Before the age of 20 Mehldau also had gigs in Cobb's band, along with fellow student Peter Bernstein on guitar.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brad Mehldau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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