The Bad Plus Joshua Redman is the debut album from the eponymous quartet. Seven of the album's nine tracks are new compositions by quartet members.

In 2011, The Bad Plus invited saxophonist Joshua Redman to join them for a week of enthusiastically received performances at the Blue Note in New York City. They then played a handful of dates before heading into the studio in 2014 to record their debut album, The Bad Plus Joshua Redman, which Nonesuch releases on May 26, 2015 (June 8 outside of North America). Seven of the nine tracks on The Bad Plus Joshua Redman are new compositions by the quartet members who include saxophonist Joshua Redman and The Bad Plus bassist Reid Anderson, pianist Ethan Iverson, and drummer David King. The other two songs on the album, "Dirty Blonde" and "Silence Is the Question," are new arrangements of Bad Plus favorites.

The album is a knockout,"" exclaims the New York Times. ""It is impressive how much vital presence [Joshua Redman] brings to the Bad Plus without altering the band’s dynamic."" It's ""a roaring and beautiful summit meeting,"" says NPR. ""The ideas are impressive by themselves, but become more powerful as Redman and the rhythm section go about developing them ... [T]he real triumph of The Bad Plus Joshua Redman: It exhibits genuinely fresh thinking."

1. As This Moment Slips Away (Reid Anderson)

2. Beauty Has It Hard (David King)

3. County Seat (Ethan Iverson)

4. The Mending (Joshua Redman)

5. Dirty Blonde (Reid Anderson)

6. Faith Through Error (Ethan Iverson)

7. Lack the Faith But Not the Wine (Reid Anderson)

8. Friend or Foe (Joshua Redman)

9. Silence Is the Question (Reid Anderson)

Joshua Redman - Saxophone

Ethan Iverson - Piano

Reid Anderson - Bass

David King - Bass