Joshua Redman and I had gotten to know each other when SF Jazz presented a double bill of my trio Plays Monk and Josh’s trio featuring Joe Lovano. Later I invited Josh to sit in with my quintet, and he suggested that we make a record together. Ron Miles and I are both from Denver and I had always been crazy about his playing so I invited him (this was before we recorded Go Home). Of course anything can happen when the rhythm section is Good For Cows. We rehearsed for a day and then recorded at the legendary (and lamented) Bay Records in Berkeley, California. The session had a loose, swinging feel, and we tried a wide range of tunes, from the avant-swing of “Evolution” to the exuberant funereal march of “Possible,” and I even made an arrangement of Bob Dylan’s version of “Satisfied Mind.”
PERSONNEL
BEN GOLDBERG, clarinet
JOSHU REDMAN, tenor sax
RON MILES, trumpet
DEVIN HOFF, bass
CHES SMITH, drums
SCOTT AMENDOLA, drums
Recorded February 2012
TRACKS:
01 Evolution
02 Ethan’s Song
03 Study of the Blues
04 Doom
05 The Because Of
06 Possible
07 Asterisk
08 Satisfied Mind
09 Who Died And Where I Moved To
10 Lopse
11 How To Do Things With Tears
12 Song #1 (Bonus Track)