Joshua Redman - The Bad Plus Joshua Redman '2015

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[06:51] 01. Joshua Redman - As This Moment Slips Away
[07:01] 02. Joshua Redman - Beauty Has It Hard
[03:01] 03. Joshua Redman - County Seat
[04:11] 04. Joshua Redman - The Mending
[05:31] 05. Joshua Redman - Dirty Blonde
[03:17] 06. Joshua Redman - Faith Through Error
[07:13] 07. Joshua Redman - Lack The Faith But Not The Wine
[08:36] 08. Joshua Redman - Friend Or Foe
[13:31] 09. Joshua Redman - Silence Is The Question

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 AllMusic Review by Matt Collar

A superstar jazz matchup, The Bad Plus Joshua Redman features maverick trio the
Bad Plus joined by acclaimed jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman. Recorded after the
groups weeklong stint at New Yorks Blue Note jazz club in 2012, the album is an
organic collaboration between Redman and Bad Plus members pianist Ethan Iverson,
bassist Reid Anderson, and drummer Dave King. Largely known for their
genre-bending compositional take on jazz, here the Bad Plus take a more
improvisational, open-ended approach to group interplay. Conversely, Redman, an
adroit, long-form improviser, finds new avenues of jazz expression within the
context of this new group sound. This conversational approach is perhaps best
represented on the ensembles reworking of the Bad Plus songs Dirty Blonde and
Silence Is the Question. While both songs retain the core vibe of the original
recordings (bombastic in the case of the first and poignant in the second), here
Redman brings a vibrant electricity to the compositions, widening their scope
with his woody, vocal-like saxophone tone. While hearing these Bad Plus songs
re-envisioned is intriguing, the core appeal of the album rests largely in
Redman and the trios newly composed pieces, like the languidly atonal Beauty Has
It Hard and the frenetically rambling County Seat. These tracks, as well as the
gorgeously fractured Thelonious Monk-influenced The Mending and the dizzy,
circular, Dave Brubeck-sounding Friend or Foe, are compelling recordings that
sound as modern and immediate as they do steeped in the acoustic jazz tradition.
Ultimately, The Bad Plus Joshua Redman sounds less like a collaboration between
two separate entities and more like the assured work of a unified band.

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Artist Credit
Reid Anderson - Bass, Composer
The Bad Plus - Primary Artist, Producer
Courtney Hawkes - Production Coordination
Chris Hinderaker - Production Coordination
Ethan Iverson - Composer, Piano
David Jacobs - Photography
David King - Artwork, Composer, Design, Drums
Greg Meyers - Artwork, Design
Huntley Miller - Mastering
Joshua Redman - Composer, Primary Artist, Producer, Sax (Tenor)
Pete Rende - Engineer, Mixing 

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