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- Artist(s): Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade
- Summary: 26 years after 1994's MoodSwing, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade return for the jazz quartet's second full-length release together.
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- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Genre(s): Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative, Post-Bop, Trumpet Jazz
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Jul 22, 2020Seven originals (three from Redman, two from Mehldau, and one each from McBride and Blade) may seem a paucity after so long an interval since the last group endeavor these men undertook, but in this case, it’s a surfeit of riches. Needless to say, as it may be, it’s worth declaring RoundAgain is a top candidate for ‘Best of 2020’ lists.
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Jul 22, 2020As each of the four musicians here have distinguished themselves as distinctive bandleaders in their own right, it's fascinating to hear their individual styles come to the fore throughout the album.
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Jul 22, 2020If “RoundAgain” has anything notably in common with “MoodSwing,” it is the feeling of musicians with a scary level of talent playing into the moment, with full faith that they belong within a lineage.
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Jul 22, 2020The new jazz of this century is taking more risks, and these players remind us that forward movement in any art is leavened with history. RoundAgain displays both, and, despite the literal suggestion of the title, it is more than a retread.