Still Dreaming (Joshua Redman album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Still Dreaming
| type = studio
| artist = Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Scott Colley and Brian Blade
| cover = Still Dreaming JR.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 25 May 2018
| recorded = 2–3 April 2017
| venue =
| studio = Sear Sound, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 39:59
| label = Nonesuch
| producer = Joshua Redman
| chronology = Joshua Redman
| prev_title = Nearness
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = Come What May
| next_year = 2019
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = All About Jazz
| rev1score= {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |last1=Reid |first1=Geannine |title=Joshua Redman: Still Dreaming |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/still-dreaming-joshua-redman-nonesuch-records-review-by-geannine-reid.php |website=All About Jazz |accessdate=10 July 2018 |date=June 24, 2018}}
| rev2 = AllMusic
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last1=Collar|first1=Matt|title=Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau Nearness|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/still-dreaming-mw0003158972|website=Allmusic|publisher=|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
| rev3 = The Arts Desk
| rev3score={{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last1=Scotney |first1=Sebastian |title=Joshua Redman Still Dreaming, Barbican review - world-class quartet |url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/joshua-redman-still-dreaming-barbican-review-world-class-quartet |website=The Arts Desk |accessdate=16 June 2020 |date=20 February 2019}}
| rev4 = Financial Times
| rev4score={{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Hobart |first1=Mike |title=Joshua Redman: Still Dreaming — ‘solos flow freely’ |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f4c4dcc4-5da8-11e8-ad91-e01af256df68 |website=Financial Times |access-date=25 November 2020|date=25 May 2018}}
| rev5 = The Guardian
| rev5Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Fordham |first1=John |title=Jazz CD of the month: Joshua Redman/Ron Miles/Scott Colley/Brian Blade: Still Dreaming review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/08/jazz-cd-of-the-month-joshua-redmanron-milesscott-colleybrian-blade-still-dreaming-review |website=The Guardian |accessdate=10 July 2018 |date=8 June 2018}}
| rev6 = Jazzwise
| rev6score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Le Gendre|first1=Kevin |title=Reviews |url=https://www.jazzwise.com/reviews?page=1&pageSize=10&tid=02DCB48D-C20C-41FE-B857-36D061153E83 |website=Jazzwise |accessdate=10 October 2020 |language=en |date=July 2018}}
| rev7 = Le Devoir
| rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Bourgault-Côté |first1=Guillaume |title=Still Dreaming, Redman, Blade, Miles, Colley |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/529235/still-dreaming-redman-blade-miles-colley |website=Le Devoir |accessdate=28 October 2020 |language=fr |date=1 June 2018}}
| rev8 = The Times
| rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Pearson |first1=Chris |title=Jazz review: Joshua Redman: Still Dreaming |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/jazz-review-joshua-redman-still-dreaming-9xkdlkjzx |website=The Times |access-date=10 July 2018 |date=1 June 2018}}
| rev9 = Tom Hull
| rev9score = 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}}
}}
Still Dreaming is a studio album by American jazz musician Joshua Redman.{{cite web |last1=Chinen |first1=Nat |title=Joshua Redman, 'Still Dreaming,' Pays Emotional Tribute To His Father |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/05/17/610975043/first-listen-joshua-redman-still-dreaming |website=NPR |accessdate=10 July 2018 |date=May 17, 2018}} The album was recorded with Ron Miles on cornet, Scott Colley on bass, and Brian Blade on drums, and released on 25 May 2018 via Nonesuch label. The album is inspired by Joshua Redman's father Dewey Redman's 1976–1987 band, Old and New Dreams.{{cite web |title=Nonesuch Releases "Still Dreaming," featuring Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Scott Colley, Brian Blade, on May 25 |url=http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/nonesuch-releases-still-dreaming-joshua-redman-ron-miles-scott-colley-brian-blade-2018-03-13 |publisher=Nonesuch Records |accessdate=10 July 2018 |date=13 March 2018}} The record consists of eight compositions, six of which are originals written by band members.
Reception
Rob Adams of The Herald stated "The approach is free-spirited but with each player bringing logic, shape, hunger and direction to a style drawing on folk, blues and gospel influences".{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Rob |title=Album review: Joshua Redman, Still Dreaming |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/16267573.album-review-joshua-redman-still-dreaming/ |website=The Herald |accessdate=10 July 2018 |date=9 June 2018}} Geanine Reid of All About Jazz wrote "Redman's latest exploration is a delight. One of the most accomplished and versatile players on the saxophone scene, his attention to melody and exquisite soloing abilities through salient motivic saturation is breathtaking".{{cite web |last1=Reid |first1=Geannine |title=Joshua Redman: Still Dreaming |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/still-dreaming-joshua-redman-nonesuch-records-review-by-geannine-reid.php |website=All About Jazz |accessdate=10 July 2018 |date=June 24, 2018}}
John Fordham of The Guardian mentioned "This is a supergroup at work, but – as with Coleman’s own bands and Old and New Dreams themselves – they never sound as if they’re trying to make an issue out of that".{{cite web |last1=Fordham |first1=John |title=Jazz CD of the month: Joshua Redman/Ron Miles/Scott Colley/Brian Blade: Still Dreaming review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/08/jazz-cd-of-the-month-joshua-redmanron-milesscott-colleybrian-blade-still-dreaming-review |website=The Guardian |accessdate=10 July 2018 |date=8 June 2018}} Matt Collar of AllMusic added "On his buoyant 2018 album Still Dreaming, Joshua Redman evokes the spirit of his late father, saxophonist Dewey Redman (who died in 2006), and the elder Redman's adventurous work with longtime friend and bandleader Ornette Coleman".{{cite web|last1=Collar|first1=Matt|title=Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau Nearness|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/still-dreaming-mw0003158972|website=Allmusic|publisher=|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
Walter Tunis of Lexington Herald-Leader stated "It all makes for a jazz adventure that begs for repeated listening. The more you tune in, the more you hear the present day curators of a sublime jazz legacy forging its music into something unmistakably new".{{cite news |last1=TUNIS |first1=WALTER |title=Jazzman Joshua Redman’s new album: The more you tune in, the more you hear |url=https://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article211616484.html |accessdate=10 July 2018 |date=May 21, 2018|newspaper=Lexington Herald-Leader}}
Rolling Stone included the release in its 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2018 list, ranking it #20.{{cite web |last1=Shteamer |first1=Hank |title=20 Best Jazz Albums of 2018 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/20-best-jazz-albums-of-2018-766864/joshua-redman-ron-miles-scott-colley-and-brian-blade-still-dreaming-768035/ |website=Rolling Stone |accessdate=10 February 2020 |date=12 December 2018}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| total_length = 39:59
| title_width = 450px
| title1 = New Year
| writer1 = Scott Colley
| length1 = 6:37
| title2 = Unanimity
| writer2 = Redman
| length2 = 5:09
| title3 = Haze and Aspirations
| writer3 = Scott Colley
| length3 = 5:57
| title4 = It's Not the Same
| writer4 = Redman
| length4 = 2:46
| title5 = Blues for Charlie
| writer5 = Redman
| length5 = 6:50
| title6 = Playing
| writer6 = Charlie Haden
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Comme Il Faut
| writer7 = Ornette Coleman
| length7 = 3:27
| title8 = The Rest
| writer8 = Redman
| length8 = 5:56
}}
Personnel
Musicians
- Joshua Redman – liner notes, producer, sax (tenor)
- Brian Blade – drums
- Scott Colley – bass
- Ron Miles – cornet
Production
- Robert Hurwitz – executive producer
- James Farber– associate producer, engineer
- Greg Calbi – engineer (mastering)
- Owen Mulholland – assistant engineer
- John Gall – design
- Hans Jörgen Johansen – cover photo
- Jon Brown – band photo