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Such is the freshness of his music, the 54 year old has retained a youthful air of unpredictability… Redman has said that he was looking for a new musical role, not only as soloist and leader,... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 15th Sep 2023
Catalogue No: 5525301
Label: Blue Note
Length: 60 minutes

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Joshua Redman, Woody Guthrie: After Minneapolis (face toward mo[u]rning)

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Gabrielle Cavassa (vocals), Joshua Redman (saxophone), Aaron Parks (piano), Brian Blade (drums), Joe Sanders (bass)
Recorded: 2022-04-08
Recording Venue: Esplanade Studios

Bruce Springsteen: Streets Of Philadelphia

Work length5:20

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Gabrielle Cavassa (vocals), Joshua Redman (saxophone), Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar), Aaron Parks (piano), Brian Blade (drums), Joe Sanders (bass)
Recorded: 2022-04-08
Recording Venue: Esplanade Studios

Count Basie, James Rushing, Sufjan Stevens: Chicago Blues

Work length4:53

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Gabrielle Cavassa (vocals), Joshua Redman (saxophone), Joel Ross (vibraphone), Aaron Parks (piano), Brian Blade (drums), Joe Sanders (bass)
Recorded: 2022-04-08
Recording Venue: Esplanade Studios

Kahane: Baltimore

Work length5:37

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Joshua Redman (saxophone), Aaron Parks (piano), Brian Blade (drums), Joe Sanders (bass)
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Recording Venue: Esplanade Studios

Webb, Jimmy: By The Time I Get To Phoenix

Work length4:41

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Gabrielle Cavassa (vocals), Joshua Redman (saxophone), Aaron Parks (piano), Brian Blade (drums), Joe Sanders (bass)
Recorded: 2022-04-08
Recording Venue: Esplanade Studios

Eddie DeLange, Louis Alter: Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?

Work length5:05

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Gabrielle Cavassa (vocals), Joshua Redman (saxophone), Nicholas Payton (trumpet), Aaron Parks (piano), Brian Blade (drums), Joe Sanders (bass)
Recorded: 2022-04-08
Recording Venue: Esplanade Studios

Rodgers, R: Garrick Gaieties: Manhattan

Work length3:55

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Joshua Redman (saxophone), Peter Bernstein (guitar), Aaron Parks (piano), Brian Blade (drums), Joe Sanders (bass)
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Recording Venue: Esplanade Studios

Joshua Redman, Douglass Cross, George Cory, Thelonious Monk: My Heart In San Francisco (Holiday)

Work length3:13

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Gabrielle Cavassa (vocals), Joshua Redman (saxophone), Aaron Parks (piano), Brian Blade (drums), Joe Sanders (bass)
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Recording Venue: Esplanade Studios

Joshua Redman, Charles Ives, James Sinclair: That’s New England

Work length4:47

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Gabrielle Cavassa (vocals), Joshua Redman (saxophone), Aaron Parks (piano), Brian Blade (drums), Joe Sanders (bass)
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Recording Venue: Esplanade Studios

Coltrane: Alabama (intro)

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Joshua Redman (saxophone)
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Frank S. Perkins, Mitchell Parish: Stars Fell On Alabama

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Gabrielle Cavassa (vocals), Joshua Redman (saxophone), Aaron Parks (piano), Brian Blade (drums), Joe Sanders (bass)
Recorded: 2022-04-08
Recording Venue: Esplanade Studios

Coltrane: Alabama

Work length7:54

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Joshua Redman (saxophone), Aaron Parks (piano), Brian Blade (drums), Joe Sanders (bass)
Recorded: 2022-04-08
Recording Venue: Esplanade Studios

Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh: Where Are You?

Work length5:10

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Gabrielle Cavassa (guitar), Joshua Redman (saxophone), Aaron Parks (piano), Brian Blade (drums), Joe Sanders (bass)
Recorded: 2022-04-08
Recording Venue: Esplanade Studios

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Recording of the Week, Joshua Redman - where are we

22nd September 2023

For his latest album, the American saxman seeks to refine our understanding of our own place and surroundings in a compelling thematic journey across the United States.

Acclaimed saxophonist Joshua Redman makes his Blue Note debut with where are we, his first-ever vocal project which features vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa, pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Joe Sanders, and drummer Brian Blade plus special guests Nicholas Payton on trumpet, Kurt Rosenwinkel on guitar, Peter Bernstein on guitar, and Joel Ross on vibraphone. At its core the album is both a celebration and critique of America—each song is about a specific geographical location in the United States—but it is also, to varying degrees, a ballads album, a standards album, an album of romantic longing, an album of social reflection, an album of melodic invention, and an album of improvisational adventure.

Redman notes that “the surface concept of where are we is rather simple: each of the songs on the album is about, or at least makes reference to, a specific geographical location (city or state or region) in the United States: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Streets of Philadelphia,’ Count Basie’s ‘Going To Chicago,’ Rodgers & Hart’s ‘Manhattan,’ John Coltrane’s ‘Alabama,’ etc… So, on one level, this is an album ‘about’ America — at once a celebration and a critique. But it is also, to varying degrees, a ballads album, a standards album, an album of romantic longing, an album of social reflection, an album of melodic invention, an album of improvisational adventure, an album of mashups, perhaps even a tribute album of sorts.”

For added perspective, Redman invited four other friends to contribute to the portraits of their native cities: guitarists Kurt Rosenwinkel (“Streets of Philadelphia”) and Peter Bernstein (“Manhattan”), trumpeter Nicholas Payton (“Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?”), and Ross (“Chicago Blues”). Conceived and planned during the pandemic lockdown, Redman says “it was a dream come true to finally have a chance to connect Aaron, Joe, and Brian — three of the most sublimely lyrical and deeply grooving musicians on the planet, who, somehow, had never before played together as a rhythm section. And it was a transformative experience to collaborate with Gabrielle — a vocalist of uncommon style, sincerity, and soul. This was my first time ever recording with a singer on one of my own projects; and I relished the challenge of discovering and inhabiting new musical roles for myself — not only as a featured soloist and ‘lead,’ but also as supportive accompanist and interlocutor.”

“The magic of this particular gathering of musicians,” Redman continues, “was that we were able to come together from points afar, to converge (physically and creatively) in a particular place at a particular time; and to embrace, with fullest imagination and without slightest reservation, the ethic of ‘serving the songs.’ In this sense, where are we is perhaps above all a meditation on the power and importance of place — the unique human beauty created when we locate ourselves in shared physical spaces together with others; the loss, anomie, and angst suffered when we divide ourselves unnaturally and unjustly apart.”

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November 2023

Such is the freshness of his music, the 54 year old has retained a youthful air of unpredictability… Redman has said that he was looking for a new musical role, not only as soloist and leader, but also as supportive accompanist and interlocutor. 'where are we' delivers on all counts.

November 2023

What is something of a diversion for Redman turnes into one of the unexpected big hits of 2023.

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