LongGone
Studio album by
Redman, Mehldau, McBride and Blade
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2022
RecordedSeptember 10–12, 2019
StudioSear Sound Studio C, New York City
GenreJazz
Length47:13
LabelNonesuch
ProducerJoshua Redman, James Farber
Joshua Redman chronology
RoundAgain
(2020)		 LongGone
(2022)		 Where Are We
(2023)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic88/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Financial Times[3]
The Guardian[4]
Jazzwise[5]
Mojo[1]
Rolling Stone (India)[6]
Tom HullB+[7]

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.

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

Publications' year-end list appearances for The 7th Hand
Critic/Publication List Rank Ref
JazzTimes JazzTimes Top 40 Albums of 2022 6 [13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joshua Redman

No.TitleLength
1."Long Gone"7:21
2."Disco Ears"6:21
3."Statuesque"8:18
4."Kite Song"6:00
5."Ship to Shore"6:31
6."Rejoice"12:42
Total length:47:13

Personnel

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

Charts

Chart performance for LongGone
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 68
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[15] 11[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "LongGone by Joshua Redman". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 Collar, Matt. "Brian Blade, Christian McBride, Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman - LongGone Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Hobart, Mike (9 September 2022). "Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade: LongGone album review — impressive dialogues". Financial Times. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. 1 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.
  5. ↑ Fordham, John (October 2022). "Joshua Redman Quartet: Long Gone". Jazzwise. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  6. ↑ Sampat, Sunil (13 September 2022). "When Jazz Is at The Four-Front". Rolling Stone India. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Joshua Redman". Tom Hull. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  8. ↑ Flynn, Mike (13 July 2022). "Redman/Mehldau/McBride/Blade return with LongGone and share video for 'Disco Ears'". Jazzwise. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade Return with 'LongGone,' Out Now on Nonesuch | Nonesuch Records". Nonesuch Records. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  10. ↑ Hamilton, Andy (12 November 2022). "Joshua Redman Quartet: LongGone". Jazz Journal. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  11. ↑ "Air Date For 2023 GRAMMYs Announced: Taking Place On Feb. 5 In Los Angeles; GRAMMY Nominations To Be Announced Nov. 15, 2022". Grammys.com. July 14, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  12. ↑ Tamarkin, Jeff (17 October 2022). "Redman Mehldau McBride Blade: LongGone (Nonesuch)". JazzTimes. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  13. ↑ "JazzTimes Top 40". JazzTimes. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Redman / Mehldau / McBride / Blade – LongGone". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Josha Redman Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Joshua Redman". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
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