Pianist Brad Mehldau no longer wants to be compared to Bill Evans, he writes in his liner notes. Is this pride or confidence in your own ability? After listening to his sixth CD Art Of The Trio, Vol 4, you can safely choose the latter. Mehldau plays the mostly complex compositions with dynamism, passion and technical ingenuity, where he can rely on his classical training. With the not to be
… underestimated cooperation of his regular accompanists, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy, a fantastic piece of live improvisation is given away on three of his own songs and four standards. Brad Mehldau easily joins the great names of contemporary jazz. (RM)more
