Bill Charlap Trio

Time magazine wrote that Bill Charlap “approaches a song the way a lover approaches his beloved…no matter how imaginative or surprising his take on a song is, he invariably zeroes in on its essence.” Charlap has spent his career doing something deceptively simple: finding the soul of a great song and letting it breathe.

• A Trio Built to Last: The Bill Charlap Trio is recognized as one of the leading groups in jazz. Their decades together have produced the kind of intuitive, conversational interplay that cannot be manufactured, and hearing them live is to understand what a great jazz trio can be.
• A Career Rooted in the Songbook: Charlap has recorded celebrated albums drawing from Hoagy Carmichael, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, and Jerome Kern. His collaboration with Tony Bennett, The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern, won the Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. He has performed alongside Wynton Marsalis, Gerry Mulligan, and Diana Krall.
• A Master in the Room: There are pianists who impress and pianists who move you. Bill Charlap does both, often in the same phrase.

Come ready to listen closely. Every note counts.