| Redman Returns Home |
| New York Sun 03.21.2008 |
| By Will Friedwald |
After years of trying to play the saxophone, one of the few things I retained is the sound of a low B flat: It's hard to forget, because it's the bottom note on the horn and it must |
| Joshua Redman's 'Back East' |
| Daily Titan 02.21.2008 |
| By Sean Belk |
For his new all-acoustic album "Back East," tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman steps back from his piercing rhythmic melodies and electrifying arrangements - way back. With a modern touch, he revisits such hits as Sonny Rollins' "Way Out West," John Coltrane's "India" and |
| Soaring Saxophones and American Gothic |
| New York Times 12.23.2007 |
| By Ben Ratliff |
JOSHUA REDMAN: BACK EAST (Nonesuch). A tenor saxophone-bass-drums trio in jazz means a rugged structural challenge, and possibly an exercise in nostalgia, as it was more or less trademarked and sewed up by Sonny Rollins 50 years ago. |
| Joshua Redman's Back East: Four Stars |
| Down Beat 07.01.2007 |
| By Michael Jackson |
Back East mirrors Way Out West, the classic Sonny Rollins trio album from 40 years ago. Including "I'm An Old Cowhand" and "Wagon Wheels" may raise the dander of diehard Rollins devotees, but Joshua Redman slyly revamps "Cowhand" |
| A Jazzman's Farewell and a Rock Manifesto |
| New York Times 12.23.2007 |
| By Nate Chinen |
JOSHUA REDMAN: BACK EAST (Nonesuch). This tenor and soprano saxophonist has never sounded more at ease than he does here, engaging with a few different bass-and-drum teams. A fleeting taste of his father, the saxophonist Dewey Redman, in |
| Stop-Time and Symmetry, Punch Lines and Pathos |
| New York Times 06.22.2007 |
| By Ben Ratliff |
Branford Marsalis and Joshua Redman are in good places. By the end of their JVC Jazz Festival concert on Wednesday at Town Hall — Mr. Redman’s trio went first, Mr. Marsalis’s quartet second — they had put the |
| Goin' Down South |
| Jazztimes 12.01.2007 |
| By Gary Giddins |
Sometimes you have to leave home to find yourself most at home. My recent trip to Brazil, culminating with the sixth annual Festival Tudo é Jazz in Ouro Preto (Sept. 13-16), provided a too brief but intense immersion in |
| Joshua Redman at Catalina Bar & Grill |
| Variety 06.12.2007 |
| By Phil Gallo |
Joshua Redman is offering a nod -- and that's pretty much all it is -- to Sonny Rollins' pianoless trio that recorded "Way Out West" 50 years ago, employing a similar setup, sharing two tunes with the Rollins |
| London Jazz Festival: 192 sound reasons to seek broader horizons |
| The Observer 11.25.2007 |
| By Dave Gelly |
From Jan Garbarek's elegant folk to the tenor sax of Joshua Redman, the London Jazz Festival provided some choice nights - and quite a few surprises. This year's London Jazz Festival, the 16th in an unbroken run, draws |
| Inspired trio sound |
| Monterey County Herald 06.07.2007 |
| By Beth Peerless |
The Joshua Redman Trio played to a full house at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center's early show Monday. The Berkeley-born and raised saxophonist is in the early stages of a tour to support the recent Nonesuch Records release "Back |
| Redman moved by life and death |
| San Jose Mercury News 05.31.2007 |
| By Andrew Gilbert |
Standing on the cusp of life and death, Joshua Redman decided to face his musical fears, plunging into a situation he had long avoided. |
| Redman is a class apart |
| Evening Standard 11.23.2007 |
| By Jack Massarik |
At his best, Joshua Redman seems a class apart for technique, invention and artistry. This US maestro has contemporary saxophone covered. He can do screams, honks and circular-breathing arpeggios with the best of them but merely as adjuncts |
| Backstage With... |
| Down Beat 09.01.2007 |
| By Aaron Cohen |
Saxophonist Joshua Redman embraces challenges, and this past year has been no exception. He features the tough trio format on his disc, Back East (Nonesuch), and is touring while learning about the demands of fatherhood. He spared a |
| Joshua Redman: Takes On The Challenge of the Trio |
| All About Jazz 05.28.2007 |
| By R.J. DeLuke |
Joshua Redman, one of the most consistently creative musicians of his generation, a fiend on whatever saxophone he chooses to pick up, and a thoughtful, imaginative person, is at it again. He's not re-inventing the wheel, he says |
| CD Reviews: Joshua Redman |
| San Francisco Chronicle 05.27.2007 |
| By Lee Hildebrand |
Improvising without the aid of a chordal safety net supplied by a keyboardist (or guitarist) in the rhythm section has been a challenge for jazz horn players ever since Sonny Rollins traveled from New York to Los Angeles |
| Earning His Spurs: Joshua Redman finds himself in Sonny Rollins's Oklahoma!, OK! |
| The Village Voice 07.17.2007 |
| By Francis Davis |
Whatever your opinion of the movers and shakers of '60s and '70s free jazz, you can't say they didn't pass on good genes. Start with Ravi Coltrane, Nas (the son of cornetist Olu Dara), and Deval Patrick (governor |
| Joshua Redman (show review) |
| The Washington Post 05.12.2007 |
| By Matt Schudel |
Since winning the 1991 Thelonious Monk competition at age 22, saxophonist Joshua Redman has carried the burden of high expectations. He's been hailed as a savior of jazz and battered by the inevitable critical backlash. Redman has made |
| Joshua Redman Comes Back East to Blues Alley |
| DCist 05.11.2007 |
| By n/a |
The sax/bass/drums trio is an interesting format for a jazz band. Back East, saxophonist Joshua Redman's latest release, marks his first foray into this lineup. The excellent album features Redman along with a variety of drummers, bassists, and |
| Fathers and son |
| The Phoenix 05.01.2007 |
| By Jon Garelick |
It must be daunting to have Joshua Redman's talent. Raised by a single mother of modest means in Berkeley, he graduated summa cum laude from Harvard and was accepted to Yale Law School in 1991, the same year |
| Swinging to Beats in the Past and Present Tense |
| The New York Times 04.29.2007 |
| By Ben Ratliff |
"Back East" (Nonesuch) isn't a stopgap or an experiment for the saxophonist Joshua Redman; it's a record that scales back and takes inventory of his roots and strengths. It pulls vigorously toward the example of Sonny Rollins (the |
| Joshua Redman: Back East |
| Billboard 04.28.2007 |
| By Dan Ouellette |
Arguably the brightest star of the new jazz generation of the '90s, Joshua Redman has consistently recorded top-drawer albums that have explored stratospheric altitudes of ensemble interplay and improvisation. But the saxophonist has outdone himself with his latest |
| Critic's Pick: Jazz |
| The Lexington Herald Leader 04.27.2007 |
| By n/a |
After spearheading San Francisco's SFJazz Collective in recent years, along with records of groove-oriented R&B and soul, Redman has sought a move that is stylistic and somewhat geographical. Back East is largely an acoustic trio record ripe with |
| Redman returns to his roots on 'Back East' |
| The Boston Globe 04.24.2007 |
| By Siddhartha Mitter |
In the early 1990s, when major record labels revived their flagging interest in jazz, the self-serving logic of industry hype dictated that the new artists in whom they invested be anointed saviors of the genre. Tenor saxophonist Joshua |
| Back East Review |
| allmusic.com 04.23.2007 |
| By Matt Collar |
Back East showcases saxophonist Joshua Redman as he leads a few different trios through a cerebral and muscular set of originals and standards. Redman has long evinced the influences of such similarly inclined legends like Sonny Rollins, Dexter |
| Disc Review: Joshua Redman, Back East |
| The Buffalo News 04.20.2007 |
| By Jeff Simon |
What a great disc this is. To say that it's one of the jazz discs of this year, already, is almost pitifully mild. It presents, in fact, a remarkable 38-year-old jazz saxophonist in full bloom. Redman has been |
