Brad Mehldau Trio in Vienna

Brad Mehldau Trio is an American jazz group formed in the 1990s around pianist and composer Brad Mehldau. Its original long-running lineup paired Mehldau with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy. The group is known for the album series The Art of the Trio, as well as Day Is Done and Ode, and for a repertoire of original compositions, jazz standards and reworked pop and rock songs. In 1997, the trio recorded the performances issued as The Art of the Trio, Volume Two: Live at the Village Vanguard. Further engagements at the club produced material for Progression and, after Jeff Ballard succeeded Jorge Rossy on drums, the 2006 recordings released as Brad Mehldau Trio Live. The concert format is piano, double bass and drums, and the group uses extended improvisation to reshape material within each set. Its live repertoire has included Radiohead’s “Exit Music (For a Film)” and “Blackbird” by the Beatles.

Marcus Gilmore is an American jazz drummer and composer from New York, known for his work with the Vijay Iyer Trio and Chick Corea. A grandson of drummer Roy Haynes, he brought his intricate rhythmic approach to Vijay Iyer albums including Historicity, Accelerando and Break Stuff. The Vijay Iyer Trio featured Gilmore during engagements at the Village Vanguard and on international concert dates. He also toured in a piano trio led by Chick Corea, and recordings from those performances became Trilogy and Trilogy 2, documenting Marcus Gilmore alongside Chick Corea and Christian McBride.