Artist: Joshua Redman
Title: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2015
Label: Nonesuch Records
Duration: 59:18
Quality: FLAC 96kHz/24bit
Source: Nonesuch
In 2011, The Bad Plus invited saxophonist Joshua Redman to join them for a week of enthusiastically received performances at the Blue Note in New York City. They then played a handful of dates before heading into the studio in 2014 to record their debut album, The Bad Plus Joshua Redman, which Nonesuch releases on May 26, 2015 (June 8 outside of North America). Seven of the nine tracks on The Bad Plus Joshua Redman are new compositions by the quartet members who include saxophonist Joshua Redman and The Bad Plus bassist Reid Anderson, pianist Ethan Iverson, and drummer David King. The other two songs on the album, “Dirty Blonde” and “Silence Is the Question,” are new arrangements of Bad Plus favorites.
Of a recent show in Great Barrington, MA, Albany’s Metroland said, “The newly christened Bad Plus Joshua Redman took the stage … and proceeded to raise the roof. In a word, the music the quartet produces is sublime. More than that, it’s as though Redman is the long-lost fourth member of the group, just waiting to be snapped snugly into place.”
The Bad Plus has almost exclusively performed as a trio for its nearly 20-year existence. Guests occasionally join the band in concert, but only one of their previous 10 albums has included a fourth member. Redman, however, has long enjoyed mixing his musical partners. He has collaborated with Brian Blade, Christian McBride, Brad Mehldau, and Pat Metheny, as well as with the SFJAZZ Collective and his bandmates in James Farm.
“On the live gigs, Josh plays magnificent, long tenor solos which are very much in the jazz tradition,” said Iverson. “That’s obviously not the focus when we play as The Bad Plus. It’s fun to for us to enjoy that extended blowing territory, especially with someone as great as Josh. On the album, however, there is still a focus on composition.”
Anderson told Minneapolis’ Star Tribune: “Josh is a professional of the highest order. He came in knowing our music to the point of memorizing it, with great, positive energy.”
Redman adds, “Playing with The Bad Plus has allowed me to explore a part of my playing, and my musical heritage, that I’ve never before accessed in quite the same way with any other group. The adventure with The Bad Plus pushes me toward the fringes and draws me into the core.”
Tracklist:
1 As This Moment Slips Away 06:53
2 Beauty Has it Hard 07:01
3 County Seat 03:03
4 The Mending 04:11
5 Dirty Blonde 05:32
6 Faith Through Error 03:18
7 Lack the Faith But Not the Wine 07:13
8 Friend or Foe 08:36
9 Silence is the Question 13:31
Pesrsonal
Reid Anderson, bass
Ethan Iverson, piano
David King, drums
Joshua Redman, tenor saxophone
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