MoodSwing (Joshua Redman album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Moodswing
| type = studio
| artist = Joshua Redman Quartet
| cover = Joshua Redman - Moodswing.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1994
| recorded = March 8–10, 1994
| studio = Power Station, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = {{Duration|m=69|s=39}}
| label = Warner Bros.
| producer = Matt Pierson
| chronology = Joshua Redman
| prev_title = African Venus
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Spirit of the Moment – Live at the Village Vanguard
| next_year = 1995
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|title=Joshua Redman Moodswing|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/moodswing-mw0000117047|website=Allmusic|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=16 January 2018}}
| rev2 = The Buffalo News
| rev2score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite web |last1=Simon |first1=Jeff |title=IN BRIEF |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/in-brief/article_6c480504-3d1c-571a-907c-a79bcdefc706.html|website=The Buffalo News |accessdate=20 August 2020 |language=en |date=September 23, 1994}}
| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Larkin|first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo06lark/page/4472/mode/2up?q=redman |accessdate=7 August 2020 |page=4473|language=en}}
| rev4 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
| rev4score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |page=1095|url=https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook_1/page/1276/mode/2up |accessdate=31 August 2020 |language=en}}
| rev5 = PopMatters
| rev5Score = 7/10{{cite web|last1=LAYMAN|first1=WILL|title=Joshua Redman: Moodswing|url=https://www.popmatters.com/155167-joshua-redman-moodswing-2495879786.html|website=PopMatters|publisher=popmatters.com|accessdate=16 January 2018|date=1 March 2012}}
| rev6 = The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide
| rev7 = Tom Hull
| rev7score = B+{{cite web |title=Tom Hull: Grade List: Joshua Redman | url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=joshua+redman | publisher=Tom Hull |accessdate=16 July 2020}}
}}
MoodSwing is a 1994 studio album by American jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman.{{cite book |last1=Finkelman |first1=Paul |title=Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: O-T |date=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-516779-5 |page=184 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gbQHxb_P0QC&dq=joshua+redman+moodswing&pg=RA3-PA184 |access-date=22 November 2022 |language=en}}{{cite web|title=Joshua Redman Quartet – MoodSwing|url=https://www.discogs.com/Joshua-Redman-Quartet-MoodSwing/release/2134690|website=Discogs|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=16 January 2018}} All compositions on this album are originals written by Redman.{{cite journal |last1=Leonard |first1=John |title=Recorded Music |journal=New York Magazine |date=10 October 1994 |page=113 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KeMCAAAAMBAJ&dq=joshua+redman+moodswing&pg=PA113 |access-date=22 November 2022 |publisher=New York Media, LLC |language=en}} The album was re-released on vinyl in 2009.{{cite web |title=Joshua Redman's Landmark "MoodSwing" Returns on Vinyl Reissue |url=http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/joshua-redmans-landmark-moodswing-returns-on-vinyl-reissue-2009-09-01 |publisher=Nonesuch Records |accessdate=9 July 2018 |date=1 September 2009}}{{cite magazine |last=Tate |first=Greg |date=January 1995 |title=The Real Music |magazine=Vibe |pages=132 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dywEAAAAMBAJ/page/n133/mode/2up}} Redman's bandmates here are Brad Mehldau on piano, Christian McBride on acoustic bass, and Brian Blade on drums. The next album by this quartet, RoundAgain, was released 26 years later in July 2020.{{cite web |title=Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade Reunite After 26 Years with July 10 Release of "RoundAgain" - Nonesuch Records |url=https://www.nonesuch.com/journal/joshua-redman-brad-mehldau-christian-mcbride-brian-blade-reunite-after-26-years-july-10-2020-03-24 |publisher=Nonesuch Records |accessdate=31 May 2020 |language=en}}
Reception
Will Layman of PopMatters wrote "Moodswing seeks to be that one jazz record you really want to play for your “non-jazz” friends".{{cite web|last1=LAYMAN|first1=WILL|title=Joshua Redman: Moodswing|url=https://www.popmatters.com/155167-joshua-redman-moodswing-2495879786.html|website=PopMatters|publisher=popmatters.com|accessdate=16 January 2018|date=1 March 2012}} Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated "Redman performs a full set of originals which, although not derivative, do fit into the straight-ahead tradition. At this point in time, Redman was growing from album to album, having already started at a high level. A fine outing."{{cite web|title=Joshua Redman Moodswing|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/moodswing-mw0000117047|website=Allmusic|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=16 January 2018}} Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune added "The artistic growth of the young tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman remains something to behold, with virtually every major appearance showing significant advances in the musical breadth, emotional depth and intellectual savvy of his work. Consider "Mood Swing," his most deeply communicative recording to date. Redman, for all his technique and improvisational gifts, has taken pains to make a recording that speaks eloquently to the connoisseur and the casual listener alike."{{cite web |last1=Reich |first1=Howard |title=Joshua Redman Quartet: Mood Swing (Warner Bros.).The... |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-10-02-9410020179-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=29 April 2019 |date=2 October 1994}}
The Buffalo News review by Jeff Simon commented, "Disc titles don't come more apt and succinct than Joshua Redman's "MoodSwing," which collects 11 moods of steadily ascending liveliness in some gorgeous Redman originals that can mostly be reduced to little more than artful vamps. Therein lies the problem. As beautiful and clever as some of these tunes are by everyone's favorite Generation X tenor player... and as superb as his quartet's playing is, there is some unnecessary monotony to this disc." Doug Ramsey of JazzTimes added, "Redman's authority and presence do not depend on volume... But he commands attention and holds it through the album."{{cite journal |last1=Ramsey |first1=Doug |title=CD Reviews |journal=JazzTimes |date=December 1994 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sScEAAAAMBAJ&q=moodswing+redman+review&pg=PA116 |accessdate=20 August 2020 |publisher=JazzTimes, Inc. |language=en}}
The album was nominated in 1995 for Soul Train Music Award for Best Jazz Album.
Track listing
{{Track listing
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| headline =
| all_writing = Joshua Redman
| total_length= 69:39
| title_width = 400px
| title1 = Sweet Sorrow
| length1 = 8:42
| title2 = Chill
| length2 = 7:43
| title3 = Rejoice
| length3 = 11:12
| title4 = Faith
| length4 = 4:33
| title5 = Alone in the Morning
| length5 = 5:06
| title6 = Mischief
| length6 = 5:47
| title7 = Dialogue
| length7 = 5:45
| title8 = The Oneness of Two (In Three)
| length8 = 5:08
| title9 = Past in the Present
| length9 = 4:53
| title10 = Obsession
| length10 = 6:50
| title11 = Headin' Home
| length11 = 4:07
}}
Personnel
Musicians
- Joshua Redman – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Brad Mehldau – piano
- Christian McBride – bass
- Brian Blade – drums
Production
- Matt Pierson – producer
- James Farber – engineer (recording, mixing)
- Greg Calbi – engineer (mastering)
- Scott Hull – engineer (mastering)
- Rory Romano – engineer (assistant)
- Tony Black – engineer (assistant)
- Mary Ann Topper – management, booking
- Jennifer Zeitlin – production coordinator
- Jeri Heiden – art direction, design
- Tom Recchion – art direction, design
- Jim Merrill – photography of band
- Marc Hom – photography of Joshua
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://joshuaredman.com}}
{{Joshua Redman}}
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