Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade: LongGone (Vinyl Edtion)

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Jazz Music 

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22 December 2022

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Description

075597910018

Artists

Brian Blade (Drums)Brad Mehldau (Piano)Christian McBride (Bass)Joshua Redman (Saxophone)

Contents

  1. Long Gone
  2. Disco Ears
  3. Statuesque
  4. Kite Song
  5. Ship to Shore
  6. Rejoice (Live 2007)

The members of the legendary Joshua Redman Quartet of the 1990s – Redman (saxophone), Brad Mehldau (piano), Christian McBride (bass) and Brian Blade (drums) – reunited after 26 years for the album “RoundAgain,” released in 2020. Now the band returns with “LongGone,” a new recording that includes six original compositions by Redman. “Disco Ears,” the first taste of the album, is available now as a live performance video.

“RoundAgain,” the group’s first recording since 1994’s “MoodSwing,” immediately hit #1 on the traditional jazz album chart in the U. S., as well as #1 on the English Jazz & Blues chart. In addition, the record received no less than two Grammy nominations. NPR called the album a “flawless performance,” and found that the four musicians “have gotten better and better with time – today, every single one of them is playing at their absolute best.”

Redman recalls his first group as band leader, which stayed together for about a year and a half, as follows: “I realized pretty quickly that this band wasn’t going to last too long. For our generation, we were undoubtedly among the most skilled and innovative musicians on our respective instruments. I knew better than anyone how incredibly fortunate I was to have led this band for even a short period of time.”

“Musicians dialoguing at almost frightening talent levels – right now… The melding of outside influences with consensual jazz language, the polyrhythmic sensibility, the academic daring: all of it felt fresh to these musicians in the 1990s… It’s undeniable, it’s almost comforting, to perceive that they’ve remained true to their cause to this day” (New York Times)