Seymour Reads the Constitution! finds pianist Brad Mehldau and his longtime trio, which includes drummer Jeff Ballard and bassist Larry Grenadier, performing three Mehldau originals combined with interpretations of pop songs (Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson), jazz tunes (Elmo Hope, Sam Rivers), and one work from the American songbook (Frederick Loewe's "Almost Like Being in Love"). The Trio's previous release, Blues and Ballads (2016), received critical acclaim, with the Guardian saying, "Mehldau is a genius (and a still-improving one) at taking predictable materials to unpredictable destinations...These are old songs subjected to an old jazz method, but brought scintillatingly into the here and now."