Where Are We

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Where Are We
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Studio album by
Joshua Redman
ReleasedSeptember 15, 2023
StudioEsplanade Studios, New Orleans
Genre Jazz
Length60:30
Label Blue Note
Producer Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman chronology
LongGone
(2022)		Where Are We
(2023)
Professional ratings
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SourceRating
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Arts Desk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
DownBeat Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Jazzwise Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Tom Hull B+ [9]
Winnipeg Free Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [10]

Where Are We is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman recorded with vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa. [11] Blue Note released the album on September 15, 2023. [12] This is his first studio album for Blue Note label and the 16th release as a leader overall. [2] This is also his first album to feature vocal parts.

Contents

Reception

Steve Baltin of Forbes wrote, "Thirty years into his career, acclaimed jazz saxophonist/composer Joshua Redman is continuing to chart new territory. On his stunning new album, Where Are We, Redman marks a few firsts. For starters it's his debut on iconic jazz label Blue Note. And, much more importantly, it marks his first album working with a featured vocalist, as rising star Gabrielle Cavassa takes the vocal lead throughout the collection." [13] Mike Hobart of Financial Times stated, "Technical levels are high, stylistic references broad and moods are subtle and bittersweet — the album’s theme is both the joy of gathering and the angst suffered when people are unjustly separated." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."After Minneapolis (face toward mo[u]rning)" Woody Guthrie 7:44
2."Streets of Philadelphia" Bruce Springsteen 5:20
3."Chicago Blues" Count Basie, James Rushing, Sufjan Stevens 4:53
4."Baltimore" Gabriel Kahane 5:37
5."By the Time I Get to Phoenix" Jimmy Webb 4:41
6."Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" Louis Alter, Eddie De Lange 5:05
7."Manhattan" Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers 3:55
8."My Heart in San Francisco (Holiday)" George C. Cory, Douglass Cross, Thelonious Monk 3:13
9."That's New England" Charles Ives, James Sinclair4:47
10."Alabama (intro)" John Coltrane 0:17
11."Stars Fell on Alabama" Frank S. Perkins, Mitchell Parish 1:55
12."Alabama" John Coltrane 7:54
13."Where Are You?" Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh 5:10
Total length:60:30

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Where Are We
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [14] 49

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