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Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau embark on a two-month world tour in support of their new album, Nearness. The duo tour starts in the US this week, making stops in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, NYC, and LA, before a four-night run at SFJAZZ with an orchestra performing Mehldau's album Highway Rider. The international leg of the duo tour begins in Tokyo, Seoul, and Shanghai, then heads to Australia for shows in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, and to Europe for dates in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France, Netherlands, and the UK.

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Saxophonist Joshua Redman and pianist Brad Mehldau embark on a two-month world tour in support of their just-released duo album, Nearness. The tour starts at the Krannert Center in Urbana, Illinois, this Friday, followed by shows at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis, Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, which the New York Times includes in its Fall Preview, and the Broad Stage in Los Angeles.

Melhdau and Redman then head to San Francisco for four nights at the SFJAZZ Center performing Mehldau’s acclaimed 2010 double album Highway Rider, October 6–9. As on the album, Mehldau will be joined by Redman; his Trio, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard; and a chamber orchestra led by conductor Dan Coleman. Another collaborator of Mehldau's, drummer Mark Guiliana, will join as well.

The duo launches the international leg of the Nearness tour in Asia in mid-October, with two nights at Blue Note Tokyo, a night at the Cotton Club in Tokyo, and shows in Seoul and Shanghai. Redman and Mehldau then head to Australia for shows in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, and to Europe for dates in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France, Netherlands, and the UK in November.

See below for all of the currently announced tour dates; for all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

"Magic always seems to happen when saxophonist Joshua Redman and pianist Brad Mehldau play together," exclaims Mojo magazine in a review of Nearness. "They create a special telepathic musical synergy in each other’s company." BBC Music magazine gives the album a perfect five stars, explaining: "The pair are so well matched. Both are extraordinary, scintillating improvisers bursting with energy, yet they have great ears for one another." The Wall Street Journal says: "Few records released this year better define what jazz sounds like today."

To pick up a copy of Nearness, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout.

JOSHUA REDMAN AND BRAD MEHLDAU ON TOUR

Sep 23 Krannert Center Urbana, IL
Sep 24 Dalton Center Recital Hall Kalamazoo, MI
Sep 25&26 Dakota Jazz Club Minneapolis, MN
Sep 30 Rose Theater, Lincoln Center New York, NY
Oct 2 The Broad Stage Santa Monica, CA
Oct 6–9 Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center* San Francisco, CA
     
Oct 12&13 Blue Note Tokyo, JAPAN
Oct 14 Cotton Club Tokyo, JAPAN
Oct 15 LG Arts Center Seoul, SOUTH KOREA
Oct 16 JZ Festival Shanghai, CHINA
     
Oct 19 The Concourse Chatswood, AUSTRALIA
Oct 21 Melbourne Festival Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Oct 23 Queensland Performing Arts Centre Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
     
Oct 31 Victoria Hall Geneva, SWITZERLAND
Nov 2 Jazznojazz Festival Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Nov 3 Teatro Regio Parma, ITALY
Nov 4 Jazzfest Berlin Berlin, GERMANY
Nov 5 Jazzdor Festival Strasbourg, FRANCE
Nov 6 BASF-Feierabendhaus Ludwigshafen, GERMANY
Nov 8 Roma Jazz Festival Rome, ITALY
Nov 9 Philharmonie Essen Essen, GERMANY
Nov 11 Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Nov 12 London Jazz Festival London, UK
Nov 13 Auditorium de Lyon Lyon, FRANCE
Nov 14 Philharmonie Paris Paris, FRANCE
     

*Highway Rider w/Brad Mehldau Trio, Mark Guiliana & orchestra

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    Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau Embark on World Tour
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    Saxophonist Joshua Redman and pianist Brad Mehldau embark on a two-month world tour in support of their just-released duo album, Nearness. The tour starts at the Krannert Center in Urbana, Illinois, this Friday, followed by shows at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis, Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, which the New York Times includes in its Fall Preview, and the Broad Stage in Los Angeles.

    Melhdau and Redman then head to San Francisco for four nights at the SFJAZZ Center performing Mehldau’s acclaimed 2010 double album Highway Rider, October 6–9. As on the album, Mehldau will be joined by Redman; his Trio, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard; and a chamber orchestra led by conductor Dan Coleman. Another collaborator of Mehldau's, drummer Mark Guiliana, will join as well.

    The duo launches the international leg of the Nearness tour in Asia in mid-October, with two nights at Blue Note Tokyo, a night at the Cotton Club in Tokyo, and shows in Seoul and Shanghai. Redman and Mehldau then head to Australia for shows in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, and to Europe for dates in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France, Netherlands, and the UK in November.

    See below for all of the currently announced tour dates; for all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

    "Magic always seems to happen when saxophonist Joshua Redman and pianist Brad Mehldau play together," exclaims Mojo magazine in a review of Nearness. "They create a special telepathic musical synergy in each other’s company." BBC Music magazine gives the album a perfect five stars, explaining: "The pair are so well matched. Both are extraordinary, scintillating improvisers bursting with energy, yet they have great ears for one another." The Wall Street Journal says: "Few records released this year better define what jazz sounds like today."

    To pick up a copy of Nearness, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout.

    JOSHUA REDMAN AND BRAD MEHLDAU ON TOUR

    Sep 23 Krannert Center Urbana, IL
    Sep 24 Dalton Center Recital Hall Kalamazoo, MI
    Sep 25&26 Dakota Jazz Club Minneapolis, MN
    Sep 30 Rose Theater, Lincoln Center New York, NY
    Oct 2 The Broad Stage Santa Monica, CA
    Oct 6–9 Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center* San Francisco, CA
         
    Oct 12&13 Blue Note Tokyo, JAPAN
    Oct 14 Cotton Club Tokyo, JAPAN
    Oct 15 LG Arts Center Seoul, SOUTH KOREA
    Oct 16 JZ Festival Shanghai, CHINA
         
    Oct 19 The Concourse Chatswood, AUSTRALIA
    Oct 21 Melbourne Festival Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
    Oct 23 Queensland Performing Arts Centre Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
         
    Oct 31 Victoria Hall Geneva, SWITZERLAND
    Nov 2 Jazznojazz Festival Zurich, SWITZERLAND
    Nov 3 Teatro Regio Parma, ITALY
    Nov 4 Jazzfest Berlin Berlin, GERMANY
    Nov 5 Jazzdor Festival Strasbourg, FRANCE
    Nov 6 BASF-Feierabendhaus Ludwigshafen, GERMANY
    Nov 8 Roma Jazz Festival Rome, ITALY
    Nov 9 Philharmonie Essen Essen, GERMANY
    Nov 11 Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
    Nov 12 London Jazz Festival London, UK
    Nov 13 Auditorium de Lyon Lyon, FRANCE
    Nov 14 Philharmonie Paris Paris, FRANCE
         

    *Highway Rider w/Brad Mehldau Trio, Mark Guiliana & orchestra

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