LongGone

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LongGone

2022 studio album by Redman, Mehldau, McBride and Blade


LongGone is a studio album by Joshua Redman's quartet, consisting of himself on saxophone, Brad Mehldau on piano, Christian McBride on bass, and Brian Blade on drums.[8][9] This is the quartet's third release after MoodSwing in 1994 and RoundAgain in 2020.[10] The album features six tracks written by Redman: five originals and one ("Rejoice") taken from MoodSwing.

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The album was nominated as Best Jazz Instrumental Album at 65th Annual Grammy Awards.[11]

Reception

At Metacritic, that assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 88, based on four reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[1]

Jeff Tamarkin writing for JazzTimes stated, "Redman’s dominance aside, LongGone ultimately isn’t about the dexterity of the individual. Like its predecessors, it’s a textbook display of what happens when a group of musicians—each a leader in his own right—understand and trust one another enough to let the music go where it must."[12] John Fordham of The Guardian commented, "The quartet’s mid-90s rapport was enthralling, but burgeoning solo careers separated them until 2020’s RoundAgain reunion showed that their individual experiences since had only sharpened their intuition as a foursome. Now 2022’s LongGone takes the story forward."[4] Matt Collar of AllMusic added, " Most of LongGone feels deeply organic, with Redman and his bandmates feeding off each other and working to build something cohesive and bigger than their individual contributions."[2]

Accolades

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Track listing

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All tracks are written by Joshua Redman

Personnel

Band
Production
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • James Farber – associate producer, engineer, mixing
  • Brian Montgomery – engineer
  • Owen Mulholland – assistant engineer
  • Steven Sacco – assistant engineer

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References

  1. "LongGone by Joshua Redman". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. Fordham, John (2 September 2022). "Joshua Redman Quartet: LongGone review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. Fordham, John (October 2022). "Joshua Redman Quartet: Long Gone". Jazzwise. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  4. Sampat, Sunil (13 September 2022). "When Jazz Is at The Four-Front". Rolling Stone India. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  5. Hamilton, Andy (12 November 2022). "Joshua Redman Quartet: LongGone". Jazz Journal. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  6. Tamarkin, Jeff (17 October 2022). "Redman Mehldau McBride Blade: LongGone (Nonesuch)". JazzTimes. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  7. "JazzTimes Top 40". JazzTimes. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  8. "Joshua Redman". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2022.

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