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
Review scores
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

References

  1. ↑ Linn, Dave (24 September 2023). "Joshua Redman: Where Are We album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz . Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 Collar, Matt (2023). "Joshua Redman - where are we Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Scotney, Sebastian (16 September 2023). "Album: Joshua Redman - Where Are We". The Arts Desk . Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Alkyer, Frank (September 2023). "Joshua Redman: Where Are We (Blue Note)". DownBeat . Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. 1 2 Hobart, Mike (15 September 2023). "Joshua Redman: Where Are We album review — a bittersweet musical odyssey across America". Financial Times . Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Harris, Selwyn (2023). "Joshua Redman: where are we". Jazzwise . Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Joshua Redman: where are we" . Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  8. ↑ Pearson, Chris (21 September 2023). "Joshua Redman: Where Are We review — the saxophonist tackles Trump's America". The Times . Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Joshua Redman". Tom Hull . Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  10. ↑ Black, Keith (20 October 2023). "Album reviews: Sufjan Stevens, Bad Bunny, Joshua Redman, Steven Osborne". Winnipeg Free Press . Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "Joshua Redman : Where Are We (CD)". Dusty Groove . Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Joshua Redman - where are we". Blue Note Records . Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  13. ↑ Baltin, Steve (September 17, 2023). "Sunday Conversation: Joshua Redman On His Stunning New Musical Road Trip Of America". Forbes . Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Joshua Redman feat. Gabrielle Cavassa – Where Are We" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
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