Where Are We

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Where Are We
Redman joshua where are we.jpg
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)		 Words Fall Short
(2025)
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

Where Are We 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
Japanese edition bonus track [14]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Bright Mississippi"Monk3:55
Total length:64:36

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Where Are We
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [15] 49

References

  1. ↑ Linn, Dave (September 24, 2023). "Joshua Redman: Where Are We album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz . Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Collar, Matt (2023). "Joshua Redman - where are we Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  3. ↑ Scotney, Sebastian (September 16, 2023). "Album: Joshua Redman - Where Are We". The Arts Desk . Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  4. ↑ Alkyer, Frank (September 2023). "Joshua Redman: Where Are We (Blue Note)". DownBeat . Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Hobart, Mike (September 15, 2023). "Joshua Redman: Where Are We album review — a bittersweet musical odyssey across America". Financial Times . Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  6. ↑ Harris, Selwyn (2023). "Joshua Redman: where are we". Jazzwise . Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Joshua Redman: where are we" . Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  8. ↑ Pearson, Chris (September 21, 2023). "Joshua Redman: Where Are We review — the saxophonist tackles Trump's America". The Times . Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Joshua Redman". Tom Hull . Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  10. ↑ Black, Keith (October 20, 2023). "Album reviews: Sufjan Stevens, Bad Bunny, Joshua Redman, Steven Osborne". Winnipeg Free Press . Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Joshua Redman : Where Are We (CD)". Dusty Groove . Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Joshua Redman - where are we". Blue Note Records . Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  13. ↑ Baltin, Steve (September 17, 2023). "Sunday Conversation: Joshua Redman On His Stunning New Musical Road Trip Of America". Forbes . Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Where Are We [SHM-CD] CD Album". CDJapan. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Joshua Redman feat. Gabrielle Cavassa – Where Are We" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
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