The PBS NewsHour just ran a piece on Joshua Redman's new project with Brad Mehldau. This is really different from his last project with the Bad Plus in that Redman and Mehldau are emphasizing improvisation while The Bad Plus downplayed the improvisatory aspect of their playing. The NewsHour feature was a little frustrating in that they only played brief cuts of Redman and Mehldau improvising. The NewsHour feature really didn't demonstrate Redman and Mehldau's approach to improvisation which involves listening and interacting. The following cut (from SoundCloud) seems to be a good example.
As a brief comparison with Redman's earlier project, The Bad Plus Joshua Redman, try the following piece for comparison.
There is a lot more of Joshua Redman's work to hear on SoundCloud if you are interested:
All of this is great music and a taste of things to come in Jazz. From The Bad Plus, I particularly like the Seven Minute Mind:
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