Joshua Redman and pianist Brad Mehldau's Nearness, the longtime friends' and collaborators' first duo album, is out now on Nonesuch. A selection of duets recorded live during their recent European tour, Nearness is available on iTunes, Amazon, and in the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout, and the 96kHz/24bit HD digital album is available to purchase.

"Magic always seems to happen when saxophonist Joshua Redman and pianist Brad Mehldau play together," exclaims Mojo magazine. "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."

Redman and Mehldau take their magic back out on the road this month, performing in select US cities in September and October before heading to Asia, Australia, and Europe. See below for the currently scheduled duo dates; for all the latest, visit the tour page.

Brad Mehldau first came to prominence as a member Joshua Redman's quartet in the 1990s before becoming a bandleader himself. The pair first reunited in 2010 when Redman was featured on Mehldau's album Highway Rider. In 2013, Mehldau was featured as a performer and producer on Redman's Walking Shadows.

"It's like one of those friendships where you don't see someone for a long stretch and then you fall right back where you left off," Mehldau told the Ottawa Citizen when he and Redman performed at the city's jazz festival in 2011. According to the Citizen's Peter Hum, these two friends are "among the most potent and influential jazz instrumentalists of their generation, and what Mehldau calls 'picking up' is in fact world-class improvising before rapt audiences."

JOSHUA REDMAN & BRAD MEHLDAU ON TOUR

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