Larry Grenadier
Larry Grenadier (born 1966 in San Francisco) is an American double bassist, best known for his long tenure in the Brad Mehldau Trio, which formed in the early 1990s. He started on trumpet before switching to bass, studied English literature at Stanford University, where he met Stan Getz, with whom he later toured, and moved to New York in 1991 after working with vibraphonist Gary Burton. Grenadier has toured in a trio with Pat Metheny and drummer Bill Stewart, and he plays in the cooperative trio Fly with saxophonist Mark Turner and drummer Jeff Ballard.
