Joshua Redman - Where Are We (2023 Jazz) [Flac 24-96]
Artist...............: Various Artists
Album................: Where Are We
Genre................: Jazz
Source...............: WEBQ
Year.................: 2023
Ripper...............: &
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.4.3 20230623
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 64 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 96000 HZ / 24 Bit
Tags.................: -
Information..........: Blue Note Records
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2023 Best Abums Series
Joshua Redman makes his Blue Note debut with his nuanced 2023 travelog
where are we. Along with being his first studio album for the storied jazz label
(and his 16th overall), where are we is also his first primarily vocal-oriented
production, featuring singer Gabrielle Cavassa. Also joining him is pianist
Aaron Parks, bassist Joe Sanders, and drummer Brian Blade. Vocally, the
California-born/New Orleans-based Cavassa has a warm sound that bridges
the gap between the relaxed style of alt pop artists like Billie Eilish with jazz
and R&B luminaries like Billie Holiday and Phyllis Hyman. She fits nicely
alongside Redman, whose own burnished tone has always evinced a vocal-
like quality. There's a sense throughout the album that Redman is pulling
songs from an array of influences. Most emblematic of this broad palette is
"Chicago Blues," a heady cross-stitch of Count Basie's "Goin' to Chicago" and
indie singer/songwriter Sufjan Stevens' "Chicago" that also features
Chicago-bred vibraphonist Joel Ross. Redman returns to the hometown
concept throughout the album, bringing along several special guests who
each play a song associated with the place they grew up. Crescent City-born
trumpeter Nicholas Payton jumps on board for a boldly reharmonized take on
"Do You Know What It Means," while guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel sprinkles his
fusion-influenced lines on a convincingly reworked rendition of Bruce
Springsteen's "Streets of Philadelphia." We also get New York guitarist Peter
Bernstein for an urbane and swinging take on the Richard Rodgers and
Lorenz Hart standard "Manhattan." Elsewhere, Cavassa settles into warm
readings of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "That's New England," and "Stars
Fell on Alabama," all of which bring to mind the relaxed, '50s jazz of singers
like June Christy, albeit with a modern creative jazz and classical-inflected
artfulness that longtime Redman fans will be familiar with.
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Tracklist:
1. Joshua Redman Feat. Gabrielle Cavassa - After Minneapolis (face toward morning)
2. Joshua Redman Feat. Gabrielle Cavassa - Streets Of Philadelphia
3. Joshua Redman Feat. Gabrielle Cavassa - Chicago Blues
4. Joshua Redman - Baltimore
5. Joshua Redman Feat. Gabrielle Cavassa - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
6. Joshua Redman Feat. Gabrielle Cavassa - Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?
7. Joshua Redman - Manhattan
8. Joshua Redman Feat. Gabrielle Cavassa - My Heart In San Francisco (Holiday)
9. Joshua Redman Feat. Gabrielle Cavassa - That’s New England
10. Joshua Redman - Alabama (intro)
11. Joshua Redman Feat. Gabrielle Cavassa - Stars Fell On Alabama
12. Joshua Redman - Alabama
13. Joshua Redman Feat. Gabrielle Cavassa - Where Are You?
Playing Time.........: 01:00:37
Total Size...........: 1292,17 MB
