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JOSHUA REDMAN COVERS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WITH A RIVETING NEW VERSION OF “STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA”

ACCLAIMED SAXOPHONIST’S BLUE NOTE DEBUT where are we IS A MUSICAL JOURNEY ACROSS THE U.S.A.

 

FEATURING VOCALIST GABRIELLE CAVASSA WITH AARON PARKS, JOE SANDERS & BRIAN BLADE

PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS KURT ROSENWINKEL, JOEL ROSS, NICHOLAS PAYTON & PETER BERNSTEIN

 

PHOTO BY ZACK SMITH | DOWNLOAD HI-RES

 

25 AUGUST 2023 (TORONTO, ON) — Acclaimed saxophonist Joshua Redman has shared his riveting cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Philadelphia,” the third single to be revealed from his forthcoming Blue Note debut where are we out September 15. One of his most compelling albums to date, where are we is a musical journey across the United States of America that also marks Redman’s first-ever album with a vocalist—the dynamic young singer Gabrielle Cavassa—who is featured throughout along with a brilliant quartet comprised of pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Joe Sanders, and drummer Brian Blade.

 

“Streets of Philadelphia” also features special guest Kurt Rosenwinkel on guitar and follows the previous singles “Chicago Blues”—a mash-up of Count Basie’s “Goin’ to Chicago” with Sufjan Stevens’ “Chicago” featuring vibraphonist Joel Ross—and “Baltimore,” a song by the classically influenced songwriter Gabriel Kahane, which Redman’s quartet performs as an instrumental.

 

Redman will be touring the project across the U.S. and Europe following the album’s release including concerts at SFJAZZ in San Francisco (Sept. 21), 92NY in New York (Sept. 27), and The Kennedy Center in Washington DC (Oct. 3). See a full list of confirmed tour dates at joshuaredman.com.

 

“The surface concept of where are we is rather simple,” explains Redman. “Each of the songs on the album is about, or at least makes reference to, a specific geographical location (city or state or region) in the United States: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Streets of Philadelphia,’ Count Basie’s ‘Going To Chicago,’ Rodgers & Hart’s ‘Manhattan,’ John Coltrane’s ‘Alabama,’ etc… So, on one level, this is an album ‘about’ America — at once a celebration and a critique. But it is also, to varying degrees, a ballads album, a standards album, an album of romantic longing, an album of social reflection, an album of melodic invention, an album of improvisational adventure, an album of mashups, perhaps even a tribute album of sorts.”

 

The track listing for where are we is as follows:

 

Side A

  1. After Minneapolis (face toward mo[u]rning)

Lyrics written by Joshua Redman, Music written by Joshua Redman and Woodie Guthrie

  1. Streets Of Philadelphia

Written by Bruce Springsteen

  1. Chicago Blues

Written by Count Basie, James Rushing, Sufjan Stevens

 

Side B

  1. Baltimore

Written by Gabriel Kahane

  1. By The Time I Get To Phoenix

Written by Jimmy Webb

 

Side C

  1. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?

Written by Eddie DeLange and Louis Alter

  1. Manhattan

Written by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers

  1. My Heart In San Francisco (Holiday)

Written by Joshua Redman, Douglass Cross, George Cory, Thelonious Monk

  1. That’s New England

Written by Joshua Redman, Charles Ives, James Sinclair

 

Side D

  1. Alabama (intro)

Written by John Coltrane

  1. Stars Fell On Alabama

Written by Frank S. Perkins and Mitchell Parish

  1. Alabama

Written by John Coltrane

  1. Where Are You?

Written by Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson

 

 

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