Where Are We

Where Are We
Studio album by
Joshua Redman
ReleasedSeptember 15, 2023
StudioEsplanade Studios, New Orleans
GenreJazz
Length60:30
LabelBlue Note
ProducerJoshua Redman
Joshua Redman chronology
LongGone
(2022) 		Where Are We
(2023) 		Words Fall Short
(2025)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[1]
AllMusic[2]
The Arts Desk[3]
DownBeat[4]
Financial Times[5]
Jazzwise[6]
Mojo[7]
The Times[8]
Tom HullB+[9]
Winnipeg Free Press[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.

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 Guthrie7:44
2."Streets of Philadelphia"Bruce Springsteen5:20
3."Chicago Blues"Count Basie, James Rushing, Sufjan Stevens4:53
4."Baltimore"Gabriel Kahane5:37
5."By the Time I Get to Phoenix"Jimmy Webb4:41
6."Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?"Louis Alter, Eddie De Lange5:05
7."Manhattan"Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers3:55
8."My Heart in San Francisco (Holiday)"George C. Cory, Douglass Cross, Thelonious Monk3:13
9."That's New England"Charles Ives, James Sinclair4:47
10."Alabama (intro)"John Coltrane0:17
11."Stars Fell on Alabama"Frank S. Perkins, Mitchell Parish1:55
12."Alabama"John Coltrane7:54
13."Where Are You?"Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh5:10
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 (September 24, 2023). "Joshua Redman: Where Are We album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Joshua Redman feat. Gabrielle Cavassa – Where Are We" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
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