Nearness (album)

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Nearness
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Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2016
RecordedJuly 7, November 12, 14, 16, 23, 24, 2011
Genre Jazz
Length1:13:40
Label Nonesuch
Producer Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau
Joshua Redman chronology
The Bad Plus Joshua Redman
(2015)
Nearness
(2016)
Still Dreaming
(2018)
Brad Mehldau chronology
Where Do You Start
(2008–11)
Nearness
(2011)
Variations on a Melancholy Theme
(2013)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ornithology" Charlie Parker, Benny Harris 8:38
2."Always August" Brad Mehldau 10:55
3."In Walked Bud" Thelonious Monk 9:56
4."Mehlsancholy Mode" Joshua Redman 12:36
5."The Nearness of You" Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington 16:44
6."Old West"Mehldau14:39
Total length:1:13:40

Track 1 recorded November 12, 2011, at Teatro Fernán Gómez, Madrid, Spain
Track 2 recorded November 16, 2011, at Kultur Casino, Bern, Switzerland
Track 3 recorded November 14, 2011, at De Oosterpoort, Groningen, Netherlands
Track 4 recorded November 24, 2011 at Alte Oper, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Track 5 recorded November 23, 2011 at Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Track 6 recorded July 7, 2011 at Kongsberg Church, Kongsberg, Norway

Source: [21]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [22] 91
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [23] 90
French Albums (SNEP) [24] 146
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [25] 6

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