Elastic (album)

Elastic is a 2002 studio album by American jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman.[3]

Elastic
Studio album by
Joshua Redman
Released2002
RecordedMarch, 2002
StudioSear Sound, New York City
GenreJazz
Length64:19
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerJames Farber, Matt Pierson
Joshua Redman chronology
Passage of Time
(2001)		 Elastic
(2002)		 Momentum
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Guardian[2]

Background

The album is positioned as the Redman's first full-length record with electric instruments—after eight acoustic albums. Also, Elastic follows the self-titled CD by Yaya3, which features the same lineup: Redman with keyboardist Sam Yahel and drummer Brian Blade. The Yaya3 CD came out on Loma Records, once the R&B subsidiary of Warner Bros. The concept for Yaya3 and Elastic began when Redman started playing with Yahel and Blade at the New York’s Small’s club in the late 1990s.[4][5][6]

Reception

David R. Adler of Allmusic wrote "Coming fast on the heels of Redman's collaborative Yaya3 date with the same players (organist Sam Yahel and drummer Brian Blade), Elastic is more about pop/soul-funk than jazz, but it doesn't sacrifice any of Yaya3's organic feeling and improvisational focus. Here Yahel plays not only Hammond organ, but also Fender Rhodes, clavinet, and other assorted electric keys. Redman makes liberal use of overdubbing and signal processing, much of which is surprisingly subtle. The result is quite a lot of sound for three people, quite a lot of inspired blowing, and quite a lot of stylistic ground covered." John Fordham of The Guardian noted "...the afterglow, as so often with recent Redman discs, is surprisingly brief."[2]

Track listing
  1. "Molten Soul"
  2. "Jazz Crimes"
  3. "The Long Way Home"
  4. "Oumou"
  5. "Still Pushin' That Rock"
  6. "Can a Good Thing Last Forever"
  7. "Boogielastic"
  8. "Unknowing"
  9. "News from the Front"
  10. "Letting Go"
  11. "The Birthday Song"

Personnel

References
  1. "Joshua Redman Elastic". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. Fordham, John (13 September 2002). "CD: Joshua Redman, Elastic". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media. 28 May 2005. p. 38. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  4. Nicholson, Stuart (1 November 2002). "Joshua Redman: Elastic". JazzTimes. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  5. Hovan, C. Andrew (October 2, 2002). "Joshua Redman: Elastic". All About Jazz. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  6. Group, The Jazzsippers (2017). From Jazz Novice to Jazz Connoisseur. Lulu.com. p. 129. ISBN 9781365887819. Retrieved 29 April 2019.


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