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Featured Release
Joshua Redman
Walking Shadows
Walking Shadows, Joshua Redman’s first recording to include an orchestral ensemble, was produced by his friend and frequent collaborator Brad Mehldau. The record's core ensemble is a quartet featuring Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, and Brian Blade. Walking Shadows includes original tunes from both Redman and Mehldau along with works by a wide range of composers, like John Mayer and Pino Palladino, Kern and Hammerstein, and Lennon and McCartney. Buffalo News calls it "an unmitigated triumph ... one of the jazz discs of the year." The New York Times says "there hasn’t been a more sublimely lyrical gesture in his 20-year recording career."
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Joshua Redman
Walking Shadows
Walking Shadows, Joshua Redman’s first recording to include an orchestral ensemble, was produced by his friend and frequent collaborator Brad Mehldau. The record's core ensemble is a quartet featuring Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, and Brian Blade. Walking Shadows includes original tunes from both Redman and Mehldau along with works by a wide range of composers, like John Mayer and Pino Palladino, Kern and Hammerstein, and Lennon and McCartney. Buffalo News calls it "an unmitigated triumph ... one of the jazz discs of the year." The New York Times says "there hasn’t been a more sublimely lyrical gesture in his 20-year recording career."
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Joshua Redman
MoodSwing
MoodSwing, originally released in 1994, was Redman's first album with his own band—pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Brian Blade—and all original tunes. It is available again both on CD and in a double-LP, 180-gram vinyl reissue with CD. "Redman finds ingenious ways of creating a mode of acoustic jazz that is both entertaining and enlightening," said Entertainment Weekly. "MoodSwing plays like an artistic journey."
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Joshua Redman
Compass
Redman calls this album of original tunes "a further exploration of the trio format ... an expansion on, and an extension of, Back East," his acclaimed 2007 trio session. With a ready-for-anything lineup—bassists Larry Grenadier and Reuben Rogers and drummers Brian Blade and Gregory Hutchinson—he stretches the shape of the trio setting, on the most audacious of these tracks, performing with the entire lineup in a double-trio configuration. Exclusive Nonesuch Store bonus download: "Alef Ituk."
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Joshua Redman
Back East
Working in an acoustic-trio setting, Redman mixes originals with standards chosen in homage to the sax players who’ve inspired him, including his late father Dewey. The Washington Post calls this one of Redman’s “most revealing and rewarding releases.”
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Joshua Redman
Momentum
Redman’s second outing with keyboardist Sam Yahel and their groove-oriented combo boasts “irresistibly funky hooks, sizzling backbeats, and edgy, electronic synths,” says the Boston Herald. Guests include bassist Flea, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, Me’Shell Ndegéocello, and Roots drummer ?uestlove.