Passage of Time

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Passage of Time
Passage of Time album.jpg
Studio album by
Joshua Redman Quartet
ReleasedMarch 27, 2001
RecordedJune 2000
Studio Avatar, River Sound, Sterling Sound (all in New York City)
Genre Jazz, Post-bop
Length54:04
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman chronology
Beyond
(2000)		Passage of Time
(2001)		Yaya3
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Vibe Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Tom Hull B+ [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]

Passage of Time is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman. The record was released on March 27, 2001 by Warner Bros. label.

Contents

Background

In this album, Joshua Redman strings together 8 different original compositions into a continuous piece for the first time, with pianist Aaron Goldberg, bassist Reuben Rogers, and drummer Gregory Hutchinson (part of Redman's Quartet) as partners in this project. The same quartet released the album Beyond in 2000. [5]

Redman states, "One of my goals as a jazz musician is to construct a meaningful narrative. Not a literal or analytical narrative, but an emotional narrative of sound. That's how I would describe Passage Of Time: a piece of music that says something from start to finish. It tells a story. It has themes and motifs that become topics for group discussion. It's a long story, consisting of smaller ones, discovered and articulated during the music-making process. The band speaks through conversations, and our dialogues give the music feeling, purpose and direction." [6]

Reception

Richard S. Ginell of Allmusic stated "With this recording, Joshua Redman attempts a long-form composition for the first time, a series of eight numbers that form a cycle of sorts. The promotional buzz claimed that Redman was taking stock of his music ten years after winning the Thelonious Monk competition, the event that had the effect of launching him full-blown into the big time. Whether or not that's true, there is a predominantly reflective, thoughtful tone about this quartet session, split between written-out passages and flat-out improvisations. The whole thing runs for a continuous yet comfortable 52 minutes, an extension of the interlude idea that Redman played with on Timeless Tales... That said, it's hard to get really worked up about much of the material presented here; there isn't much that really touches or inflames the listener in a deep way. It's a summing up -- a coherent, mature statement in a familiar mainstream language." Ron Wynn of JazzTimes commented "On Passage of Time, Redman sounds free of having to approximate a pop hit or having to create something fresh within a shopworn concept like a tribute album; he and his mates provide music that challenges and confronts the listener. More records like this one will go a long way toward dissuading those who feel Redman’s stature is more the product of clever marketing than that of a major improviser." [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joshua Redman

No.TitleLength
1."Before"1:50
2."Free Speech, Phase I – Declaration"7:05
3."Free Speech, Phase II – Discussion"4:29
4."Our Minuet"8:28
5."Bronze"8:27
6."Time"10:38
7."Enemies Within"9:23
8."After"3:44
Total length:54:04

Personnel

Musicians

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Hernandez-Rosenblatt, Jason (May 2001). "Joshua Redman: Passage of Time". Vibe. Vibe Media Group: 166. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Joshua Redman". Tom Hull . Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. p. 1095. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Adler, David (May 1, 2001). "Joshua Redman: Passage of Time". All About Jazz . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Passage of Time - Joshua Redman official website (accessed August 29, 2011)
  7. ↑ Wynn, Ron (1 June 2001). "Joshua Redman: Passage of Time". JazzTimes . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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