Elan Mehler at PizzaExpress Jazz Club Soho

Elan Mehler, the virtuoso pianist and star discovery of Radio 1 veteran Gilles Peterson has released three albums on the broadcaster's Brownswood Recordings, and now two records with Challenge Records. Elan is performing in support of his new solo record 'Early Sunday Morning'. He is touring with his trio consisting of Canadian bassist Chris Jennings (Dhafer Youssef, Nguyên Lê, Bojan Z, Thomas Enhco) and German guitarist Karsten Hochapfel (Wanja Slavin, Kenny Wheeler, Méderic Colligno).

“Mehler’s touch is as nuamced as Bill Evans’s, and his phrasing draws on both jazz and classical music without directly importing licks from either...

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Elan Mehler, the virtuoso pianist and star discovery of Radio 1 veteran Gilles Peterson has released three albums on the broadcaster's Brownswood Recordings, and now two records with Challenge Records. Elan is performing in support of his new solo record 'Early Sunday Morning'. He is touring with his trio consisting of Canadian bassist Chris Jennings (Dhafer Youssef, Nguyên Lê, Bojan Z, Thomas Enhco) and German guitarist Karsten Hochapfel (Wanja Slavin, Kenny Wheeler, Méderic Colligno).

“Mehler’s touch is as nuamced as Bill Evans’s, and his phrasing draws on both jazz and classical music without directly importing licks from either. The subdued certainties of his playing bring a crowded room to total silence.” John Fordham, The Guardian

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