#roundagain

The quartet will tour the US and Europe throughout the fall. Details/tickets here.

The 2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll is out. Among the critics’ favorites are Jeff Parker's Suite for Max Brown, Rob Mazurek — Exploding Star Orchestra's Dimensional Stardust, Pat Metheny's From This Place, and Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade's RoundAgain. Did they make your best of 2020 list? You can read the NPR list here.

The Jazz Journalists Association has announced the 2021 JJA Jazz Awards nominations, including three for Rob Mazurek for the new Exploding Star Orchestra album, Dimensional Stardust; all four members of the RoundAgain quartet, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade; performers on Pat Metheny's album From This Place, including Metheny, Linda May Han Oh, and Grégoire Maret; Jeff Parker for Suite for Max Brown; and Cécile McLorin Salvant, whose Nonesuch debut album is forthcoming.

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade perform “Right Back Round Again,” a song from their upcoming album RoundAgain, in this video directed by Matthew Beighley. The album version is available everywhere now. The band is set to tour this summer and fall.

It was one year ago today: RoundAgain was released on Nonesuch. It’s the first recording from the members of the original Joshua Redman Quartet—Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade—since 1994’s MoodSwing. “A flawless effort,” exclaims NPR. “Each one of them is at the very top of his game now.” What’s your favorite track? You can hear it at here.

"Right Back Round Again," from Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade's RoundAgain; Lianne La Havas's "Can't Fight," from her self-titled album ; and Jeff Parker's "Go Away," from Suite for Max Brown have all made NPR Music's list of the Best Songs of 2020.

NPR Music and Jazz Night in America debuted an hour-long set from shows Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade played at The Falcon in Marlboro, NY, just before recording their new album, RoundAgain, last September. The premiere event on Wednesday also included a live Q&A with the musicians and NPR Music's Nate Chinen. You can watch both again here.

The members of the original Joshua Redman Quartet—Redman (saxophone), Brad Mehldau (piano), Christian McBride (bass), and Brian Blade (drums)—reunite with RoundAgain, the group’s first recording since 1994’s MoodSwing. The album features seven newly composed songs: three from Redman, two from Mehldau, and one each from McBride and Blade. "A flawless effort," exclaims NPR. "Each one of them is at the very top of his game now." Get it and hear it here.