Joshua Redman Freedom in the Groove 1996 [rapidshare/jazz/mp3 odwnload]

The title Freedom in the Groove expresses the challenge saxophonist Joshua Redman has set for himself: is it possible to practice true jazz improvisation within the soul, funk, and hip-hop rhythms of the past 30 years? Redman takes a different approach than most fusion experiments; instead of plugging in, he has retained his acoustic pianist Peter Martin and his acoustic bassist Christopher Thomas, and has added only electric guitarist Peter Bernstein, who plays more in the hollow-body style of Kenny Burrell than the solid-body style of Mike Stern. Redman responds to this stimulus with sax solos that more than ever resemble gospel-soul singer vocals--at once boldly assertive, yet confessionally open.
The opening track, "Hide & Seek" starts with a slick intro in which Redman does some slap tonging and some altissimo hits, then slides into a nice funky groove.
What a rhythm section -- Brian Blade on drums (probably one of the greatest living drummers nowadays), Peter Martin on keys (It's not Brad Melhdau (sp?), but this cat can swing), Peter Bernstein on guitar, and Christopher Thomas on bass.
Track listings
1. Hide And Seek
2. One Shining Soul
3. Streams Of Consciousness
4. When The Sun Comes Down
5. Home Fries
6. Invocation
7. Dare I Ask?
8. Cat Battles
9. Pantomime
10. Can't Dance
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reaching his most feverish pitches in the frenetic concluding passage of the ten-minute "Trilogy." The numbers written by other members than ged in the past, two-track mixes of the missing album were discovered in the vaults in the late 1990s, paving the way for its official release in 1999. It's thus the last of the three studio albums done by the original Mahavishnu lineup (with Cobham on drums, Goodman on violin, Hammer on keyboards and Laird on bass). Although McLaughlin had been the only composer on the first two Mahavishnu albums, he only penned half of the six tracks here, with Goodman, Hammer and Laird pitching in a song each. It's fiery, if perhaps over-busy at times, fusion, McLaughlinMcLaughlin tend to be a little more subdued, and perhaps unsurprisingly less inclined toward burning guitar solos.
