| Listen up, jazz man is superb |
| The Age 05.02.2009 |
| By Jessica Nicholas |
Joshua Redman began his masterclass on Thursday with an earnest discussion on the importance of listening. Later that night, the American saxophonist played to a packed house at the Recital Centre and — with brilliant clarity — demonstrated |
| Berkeley's Joshua Redman soars in Yoshi's homecoming |
| Contra Costa Times 04.03.2009 |
| By Jim Harrington |
It seems passé to rave about Joshua Redman in 2009.
The trendy time to sing the praises of this Berkeley-born musician was back in the early 1990s, after he won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition and was |
| Joshua Redman: Three Times Two |
| JazzTimes 03.01.2009 |
| By Jeff Tamarkin |
Joshua Redman didn’t set out to make a double-trio record, but once
that notion entered his head, the tenor and soprano saxophonist knew he
would have to go ahead and give it a try. The result, Compass
(Nonesuch), doesn’t so much |
| Joshua Redman - Uncharted |
| glideMagazine.com 02.23.2009 |
| By Doug Collette |
Joshua Redman returned to the acoustic realm of modern jazz in 2007 with Back East where his playing carried a definite sense of breaking free from preconceptions, self-imposed and otherwise. The saxophonist’s new album Compass extends that sensation of abandon in |
| Redman doubles up with poise and power |
| The Boston Globe 01.26.2009 |
| By Steve Greenlee |
Two years ago, the Harvard-educated saxophonist Joshua Redman stripped his band down to a trio, Sonny Rollins-style, and produced his finest album, "Back East." Perhaps operating under the assumption that a double trio would be twice as good, |
| Redman fans flame of jazz fire at Berklee |
| Boston Herald 01.24.2009 |
| By Bob Young |
A jazz wunderkind during his undergrad days at Harvard, Joshua Redman hasn't taken the easy road to stardom. He cleared a unique path for himself, and now at 39, ranks with the top saxophonists in the world.
Redman tested |
| A Single Jazz Band, by Way of Two Trios |
| The New York Times 01.21.2009 |
| By Nate Chinen |
Joshua Redman walked onstage at the Highline Ballroom on Tuesday, tenor saxophone in hand, and flashed a smile. “Sure does feel like a different world, doesn’t it?” he said simply, a moment before starting his opening tune. The |
| 100 Essential Jazz Albums |
| The New Yorker 05.19.2008 |
| By David Remnick |
While finishing “Bird-Watcher,” a Profile of the jazz broadcaster and expert Phil Schaap, I thought it might be useful to compile a list of a hundred essential jazz albums, more as a guide for the uninitiated than as |
