| Review: Joshua Redman Double Trio |
| LondonJazz Blog 07.08.2010 |
| By Sebastian Scotney |
Joshua Redman Double Trio (Copenhagen Jazz House, part of Copenhagen Jazz Festival, July 7th 2010) I went to the second packed-out night of Joshua Redman's Double Trio at the Copenhagen Jazzhouse. He introduced the audience to their |
| Intimate show a real winner |
| Times Union 04.18.2010 |
| By Greg Haymes |
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- A year ago, when saxophonist Joshua Redman blew into town for an electrifying performance with his double trio at The Egg, he came armed with two drummers and two bassists. On Friday night at |
| Joshua Redman turns Grace Cathedral into his living room |
| San Jose Mercury News 02.27.2010 |
| By Richard Scheinen |
Saxophonist Joshua Redman began his solo concert at Grace Cathedral on Friday by playing long, velvety tones at the back of the great Gothic church. As the notes echoed through the vaulted spaces, they sounded like the lonesome |
| Joshua Redman Trio: Stars, Keys, and Hutch |
| A Blog Supreme: NPR Jazz 10.24.2009 |
| By Josh Jackson |
Joshua Redman's set at the Jazz Standard last Thursday showed tremendous equipoise, and the saxophonist wore the boutonniere of stardom so nonchalantly as to render it a useless ornament. Strangely, this five-night run marks his first appearance at |
| Redman and Tepfer bring golden jazz |
| Indy Star 09.20.2009 |
| By Jay Harvey |
If you have a hard time thinking of a jazz trio without a piano, you could both learn something from Joshua Redman and feel reassured by Dan Tepfer. Both men led trios at Clowes Hall on Saturday night, |
| Saxman Redman focusing on trios with drums and bass |
| Indianapolis Star 09.18.2009 |
| By Jay Harvey |
He's not about to have photos of Brad Mehldau or Aaron Goldberg put on a milk carton, but Joshua Redman says he misses pianists. |
| Montreal Jazz Festival: Days 4-6, July 4-6, 2009 |
| AllAboutJazz.com 07.08.2009 |
| By John Kelman |
July 4: Joshua Redman/Aaron Parks/Matt Penman/Eric Harland |
| Joshua Redman's "restless musical energy" |
| The Gazette 07.03.2009 |
| By Juan Rodriguez |
When it’s suggested to Joshua Redman that his latest album, Compass, may well represent a new artistic plateau for him – just the saxophonist accompanied by the rare set-up of two sets of standup-bass-and-drums – he immediately launches |
| 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 at Berklee Performance Center |
| The Tech (MIT) 01.28.2009 |
| By Sam Markson |
Joshua Redman has high notes. He has low notes. He has trills. I could go further, and talk about brilliant expressionism, the emotive quality of his playing and that of his ensemble. It’s easy to hear that he |
| Local Saxophonist Blows In Oakland |
| KTVU.com 04.02.2009 |
A product of Berkeley High School's renowned jazz program and the son of firebrand saxophonist Dewey Redman, award-winning horn player Joshua Redman has become one of the leading jazz voices of his generation. Despite his background and obvious |
| What's happening in the Bay Area |
| San Jose Mercury News 04.02.2009 |
| By Richard Scheinin |
Joshua Redman keeps moving forward.
At age 40 when most musicians are busy repeating themselves saxophonist Joshua Redman is plowing new ground. His recent tunes come at the listener from oblique angles and latch on. At once rambunctious and |
| Joshua Redman - Compass |
| Barnes & Noble 03.16.2009 |
| By Ted Panken |
Joshua Redman's new release, Compass, reminds us that any artist in any media who focuses on creativity and personal growth in the spotlight of career success is one to be admired. Highly visible since 1993, when he signed |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Redman finds his bearings with “Compass” |
| The Buffalo News 01.21.2009 |
| By Los Angeles Times |
A marquee name on the contemporary jazz scene since winning the Thelonious Monk Institute's Jazz Saxophone Competition in 1991, Joshua Redman has played electric, acoustic, rock, funk and just about every musical style fit for a celebrated jazz |
| Middleman: Joshua Redman and jazz’s vanishing division |
| PopMatters 01.23.2009 |
| By Will Layman |
Joshua Redman is not trying to make a statement.
But, you might argue, the saxophonist's intentions are often to no avail. With his new recording, Compass, Redman set out to make a second consecutive album of saxophone trio music, |
| Redman finds his bearings with “Compass” |
| Schenectady Daily Gazette 01.24.2009 |
| By Michael Hochanadel |
The billing - Joshua Redman Double Trio - suggested the wrong math; suggesting addition when Redman and two rhythm sections actually performed an alchemical musical multiplication at The Egg on Friday.
Everybody was together at the start and end |
| 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 |
| 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, |
| The Week Ahead: Jan. 18-24 |
| The New York Times 01.16.2009 |
| By Ben Ratliff |
Now 39, the saxophonist JOSHUA REDMAN has been playing a professional game since his early 20s ‹ he was a beneficiary of the last wave of major-label support for jazz ‹ but a few years ago something freed |
| 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 |
| Joshua Redman, "Compass" |
| Springfield Republican 01.25.2009 |
| By Kevin O'Hare |
When a jazz trio works out well, then why not take things a step further by expanding the combo to a double jazz trio?
That's what sax great Joshua Redman did with his new album "Compass." Building off the |
| Joshua Redman - Compass |
| The Aquarian |
| By Mike Greenblatt |
For his second straight trio album (and 13th overall since 1993), super-talented/adventurously creative tenor and soprano saxophonist Joshua Redman, 40, has taken what he started on 2007's Back East (acoustic sax/bass/drums) a step further on Compass. The previous |
