Larry Grenadier

The Art of the Trio, Vol. 3

Brad Mehldau · 1998

The late-90s Mehldau trio inherited the conversational model of the Bill EvansBill Evansビル・エヴァンス trio while treating rock and pop songs as raw material for improvisation. His contrapuntal right-hand lines became a signature.

July 14, 2024, NN North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam. Charles Lloyd's Sky Quartet with Eric HarlandEric Harlandエリック・ハーランド on drums and Larry GrenadierLarry Grenadierラリー・グレナディア on bass — one of the most compelling acoustic jazz units working today.

— NN North Sea Jazz Festival, 2024

The Fly trio with Mark TurnerMark Turnerマーク・ターナー, Larry GrenadierLarry Grenadierラリー・グレナディア, and Jeff BallardJeff Ballardジェフ・バラード formed in 2004. Pianoless, with the saxophone carrying harmony and bass singing countermelody, it embodied a chamber-jazz ideal.

— Mark Turner: Yam Yam and the Art of Restraint, JazzTimes, 2014

Jeff BallardJeff Ballardジェフ・バラード established a contemporary standard for the pianoless trio in Fly with Mark TurnerMark Turnerマーク・ターナー and Larry GrenadierLarry Grenadierラリー・グレナディア. His granular cymbal work and approach to "suggesting" rather than "drawing" rhythm define his sound.

— Mark Turner: Yam Yam and the Art of Restraint, JazzTimes, 2014

Jorge RossyJorge Rossyホルヘ・ロッシー was the original drummer in Brad MehldauBrad Mehldauブラッド・メルドー's trio from 1994 to 2003. The rhythm section he formed with Larry GrenadierLarry Grenadierラリー・グレナディア established the trio's distinctively contrapuntal sonic identity.

— Brad Mehldau on After Bach and the Pursuit of Counterpoint, JazzTimes, 2018