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MoodSwing (Cassette)

By: Joshua Redman Quartet (Artist)
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DISC 1 for MoodSwing (Cassette) Album By Joshua Redman Quartet (Artist)
1   Sweet Sorrow
2   Chill
3   Rejoice
4   Faith
5   Alone In The Morning
6   Mischief
7   Dialogue
8   Oneness Of Two, The (In Three)
9   Past In The Present
10   Obsession
11   Headin' Home
 
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Review

Entertainment Weekly (9/30/94, p.60) - "...Redman finds ingenious ways of creating a mode of acoustic jazz that is both entertaining and enlightening....MOODSWING plays like an artistic journey..." - Rating: A-
Q (12/94, p.142) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Its eclectic collection of 11 originals represents an extended palette after the previous, much-hyped WISH....Will do his enviable reputation no harm at all..."
JazzTimes (12/94, p.116) - "...variety within a unifying compositional style and a balance of harmonic interest and harmonic openness that neither chains soloists...nor leaves them wallowing....Meticulous musicianship..."
Vibe (9/94, p.121) - "...This collection of original compositions is not perfect, but it's strong, and surely a sign that he can become all that the hype contends..."

Title Note

Joshua Redman Quartet: Joshua Redman (tenor & soprano saxophone); Brad Mehldau (piano); Christian McBride (acoustic bass); Brian Blade (drums).

Recorded at Power Station, New York on March 8-10, 1994. Includes liner notes by Joshua Redman.

All songs written by Joshua Redman.

Saxophonist Joshua Redman's third album as a leader is cause for celebration, because here's a young jazzman gifted with all manner of technical gifts, yet he places a premium on feeling and communication. MOODSWING is just that, a series of changes, alternating between the cool and the hot--each arrangement depicting some aspect of Redman's wide-ranging musical personality.

So it comes to pass that a long jump tune such as "Rejoice" (the centerpiece of MOODSWING) celebrates the gospel aspects of jazz in the tried and true manner of the original Jazz Messengers, even as a low-key "Faith" derives its inspiration from quieter forms of devotion, while "Dialogue" manages to combine both as Redman expounds on a quiet Aylerish hymn with escalating intensity.

As with his previous recordings, listeners are left with the sense that young Joshua Redman is mature beyond his years. On a cool, swinging minor blues vamp such as "Chill," the ease with which he manipulates the timbres of his saxophone recall old-time tenor kings from the swing era. And yet, Redman is very much the contemporary thinker, as his funky closing tune "Headin' Home" illustrates. Whether playing R&B or hard bop, ballads or swing, blues or latin, it's the total conviction Joshua Redman brings to every note that makes MOODSWING a joy.

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