James Farm, the collaborative band featuring saxophonist Joshua Redman, pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Matt Penman, and drummer Eric Harland, launches its world tour this weekend with two nights at Reading 3 in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday and Sunday. The tour continues over the next month with performances throughout Europe—in Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Norway, France, Netherlands, and Belgium—before returning to the States for four-nights at the Jazz Standard in New York City in June plus festival sets at Caramoor, Newport Jazz, and Monterey later this summer. See below for all of the currently scheduled tour dates. For more information, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour or the new James Farm site, jamesfarmmusic.com.

Reviewing the new album in Arts Journal's Rifftides blog, Doug Ramsey says: "The power from these four dynamos throbs beneath the surface. With their degree of intensity, they don’t need volume to transmit urgency. Tension and release operate in harness ... Overall, the album has a fine balance between peacefulness and strength." Read the review at artsjournal.com.

You can pick up a copy of the record in the Nonesuch Store, where orders include 320 kbps MP3s of the complete album at checkout.

JAMES FARM ON TOUR