Joshua Redman

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  • Wish
    Wish
    Wish

    Joshua Redman debuted in 1993 with Joshua Redman on Warner Bros., establishing himself as a tenor saxophonist to watch at the height of the so-called Young Lions era. His sophomore release, however, was on another level: Joined by Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins, Wish finds Redman not simply holding his own in the presence of three older jazz masters, but leading what sounds like his own band, with its own inflections and sense of swing. Interesting, expressive originals like “Soul Dance”, “The Deserving Many” and “Wish” help make the album an enduring touchstone. Metheny’s ballad “We Had a Sister” resurfaced a few years later on his Trio 99→00. Metheny, Haden, and Higgins had recorded Rejoicing for ECM in 1983 and staked a claim as one of the defining trios of the era. It speaks to Redman’s musical maturity that he could augment the Rejoicing trio and not just emerge unscathed, but in fact take charge and shape the conversation. (The final two tracks are from a live engagement at the Village Vanguard.) Not long before Rejoicing, Metheny recorded 80/81 with a line-up that included Haden as well as Redman’s father, Texas-born avant-garde tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman. The younger Redman is more inside-the-lines as a player and composer, but Metheny clicks with him just as powerfully. They lead off, as it happens, with the same Ornette Coleman tune, “Turnaround”, that Metheny tackled on 80/81—anyone wanting to trace the evolution of Metheny’s guitar sound and technique from the early ’80s to the mid-’90s would do well to start with “Turnaround” in these starkly different versions. There are also two acoustic guitar numbers, Stevie Wonder’s “Make Sure You’re Sure” (from Jungle Fever) and Eric Clapton’s “Tears in Heaven”; a trio rendering of Charlie Parker’s “Moose the Mooche” (sans guitar); and a solid, old-school minor blues by Metheny, unrecorded anywhere else, called “Whittlin’”.

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About Joshua Redman

A standard-bearer in early-21st-century post-bop, saxophonist Joshua Redman is firmly entrenched as one of the most agile and popular figures in small group jazz, a measured improviser at ease in many contemporary settings. Redman was born in 1969 and raised in Berkeley, California, his youth steeped in the arts. After graduating with the highest distinction from Harvard he settled in Brooklyn, where he forged close professional bonds with fellow up-and-coming figures like bassist Christian McBride and pianist Brad Mehldau, with whom he has continued to work off and on over the years. As the son of the superb tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman—who famously worked with Ornette Coleman—he received early scrutiny and attention, but after performing and recording briefly with his father, Joshua stepped out on his own with his eponymous 1993 debut, made with a group of peers. That same year he released Wish, featuring an all-star lineup of guitarist Pat Metheny, double bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Billy Higgins. In 2000 he co-founded the repertory group SFJAZZ Collective, working in the project until 2007. Redman has worked with the Bad Plus as well as the contemporary classical string quartet Brooklyn Rider, but is best known for his ongoing partnerships with Mehldau, McBride and drummer Brian Blade, a collective that has produced several strong albums including the 2022 release LongGone.

FROM
Berkeley, CA, United States
BORN
1 février 1969
GENRE
Jazz

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