Brad Mehldau Trio featuring Alex Claffy and Marcus Gilmore + Solo Piano (Wed & Thu)

*PLEASE NOTE: All 6PM and 8PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows $25.00 / $60.00 / $75.00 – Wed, Thu, Fri & Sun $25.00 / $70.00 / $85.00 – Sat Brad Mehldau – piano Alex Claffy – bass (fri – sun) Marcus Gilmore – drums (fri – sun) “Mehldau is the most influential jazz pianist of the last 20 years” – The New York Times “Universally admired as one of the most adventurous pianists to arrive on the jazz scene in years,” writes The Los Angeles Times. Brad Mehldau returns to Smoke, offering the opportunity to hear him in two different but equally rewarding settings: An adventurous piano trio featuring bassist Alexander Claffy and drummer Marcus Gilmore (Friday – Sunday) and in intimate solo piano performances (Wednesday – Thursday. Mehldau has been A transformative artist since the early 1990s. Mehldau has had a powerful influence on a generation of musicians and has attracted a large and devoted audience. One of the most lyrical and intimate voices of contemporary jazz piano, Brad Mehldau has forged a unique path, which embodies the essence of jazz exploration, classical romanticism, and pop allure. From critical acclaim as a bandleader to major international exposure in collaborations with Pat Metheny, Renee Fleming, and Joshua Redman, Mehldau continues to garner numerous awards and admiration from both jazz purists and music enthusiasts alike. His forays into melding musical idioms, in both trio and solo settings, have yielded brilliant reworkings of songs by contemporary songwriters like The Beatles, Cole Porter, Radiohead, Paul Simon, Gershwin, and Nick Drake, alongside the ever-evolving breadth of his own significant catalogue of original compositions. With his self-proclaimed affection for popular music and classical training, “Mehldau is the most influential jazz pianist of the last 20 years,” writes The New York Times