Timeless Tales (For Changing Times)

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Timeless Tales (For Changing Times), from 1998, is saxophonist Joshua Redman's sixth album for Warner Bros. Many of the pieces are a tribute to the composers behind the title, from Gershwin and Kern to Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Cole Porter, Lennon and McCartney, and Prince. Between the songs are seven short Interludes that Redman wrote himself.

He plays tenor saxophone, with Brad Mehldau on piano, Larry Grenadier on bass and Brian Blade on drums. JazzTimes praised the band: Blade and Mehldau keep Redman out of sentimentality on I Had a King, and on one of the pieces Mehldau plays like a jazzy Glenn Gould. The Buffalo News called it a clever, pleasant standards record by a younger player who had done better before.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Summertime6:18Apple Music ↗
2. 2Interlude 10:45Apple Music ↗
3. 3Visions4:25Apple Music ↗
4. 4Yesterdays7:20Apple Music ↗
5. 5Interlude 20:35Apple Music ↗
6. 6I Had a King5:40Apple Music ↗
7. 7The Times They Are a-Changin'5:08Apple Music ↗
8. 8Interlude 30:20Apple Music ↗
9. 9It Might As Well Be Spring6:28Apple Music ↗
10. 10Interlude 40:14Apple Music ↗
11. 11How Deep Is the Ocean4:04Apple Music ↗
12. 12Interlude 50:25Apple Music ↗
13. 13Love for Sale6:31Apple Music ↗
14. 14Interlude 60:59Apple Music ↗
15. 15Eleanor Rigby8:47Apple Music ↗
16. 16Interlude 70:35Apple Music ↗
17. 17How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore5:00Apple Music ↗

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