That’s totally understandable, given that this was only gig No. 2, and one expects that Mehldau, McBride and Gilmore will quickly ramp things up as they move into SFJAZZ Center and then Kuumbwa.

SFJAZZ Center honored the Bay Area's jazz fans with the Brad Mehldau-Christian McBride-Marcus Gilmore trio, in town for a four-night run from April 3-6, 2025. Opening night was a real treat for the ...

Soon after, Mr. Fortner’s trio, with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Marcus Gilmore, lend the tune a distinctly New Orleanian cadence Toussaint once described to me as the “strut of the ...