Release Date: May 26, 2015
As This Moment Slips Away
Beauty Has It Hard
County Seat
The Mending
Dirty Blonde
Faith Through Error
Lack the Faith But Not the Wine
Friend or Foe
Silence Is The Question
Players:
Joshua Redman (saxophone), Ethan Iverson (piano), Reid Anderson (bass), David King (bass)
the bad plus joshua redman
The Bad Plus Joshua Redman is the debut album from the eponymous quartet. Seven of the album's nine tracks are new compositions by quartet members.
In 2011, The Bad Plus invited saxophonist Joshua Redman to join them for a week of enthusiastically received performances at the Blue Note in New York City. They then played a handful of dates before heading into the studio in 2014 to record their debut album, The Bad Plus Joshua Redman, which Nonesuch releases on May 26, 2015 (June 8 outside of North America). Seven of the nine tracks on The Bad Plus Joshua Redman are new compositions by the quartet members who include saxophonist Joshua Redman and The Bad Plus bassist Reid Anderson, pianist Ethan Iverson, and drummer David King. The other two songs on the album, "Dirty Blonde" and "Silence Is the Question," are new arrangements of Bad Plus favorites.
The album is a knockout,"" exclaims the New York Times. ""It is impressive how much vital presence [Joshua Redman] brings to the Bad Plus without altering the band’s dynamic."" It's ""a roaring and beautiful summit meeting,"" says NPR. ""The ideas are impressive by themselves, but become more powerful as Redman and the rhythm section go about developing them ... [T]he real triumph of The Bad Plus Joshua Redman: It exhibits genuinely fresh thinking."