Jazz Articles about Joshua Redman

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Radio & Podcasts

Improvising the Classics: Jazz Goes Baroque

by Larry Slater
November 28, 2025

I love classical music almost as much as jazz. Like jazz, classical music is a big tent, spanning the entire musical spectrum from medieval chant to twelve tone atonality. Jazz musicians today get most of their music education in universities and colleges, and often in conservatories. A great many of today's jazz artists have a deep appreciation for classical music, and on occasion use the melodies from the classical canon as springboards for improvisation. Improvisation was ...

Album Review

Joshua Redman: Words Fall Short

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by Doug Collette
July 6, 2025

After extended tenures on Warner Brothers and Nonesuch Records, saxophonist/composer/bandleader Joshua Redman debuted on the Blue Note jazz label in 2023 with Where We Are. And while its successor, Words Fall Short, is right in line with that record by featuring vocals, it initiates a new phase in the leader's career by showcasing his new quartet in its recorded debut. Formed as prelude to the world tour designed to support the previous effort, pianist Paul Cornish, bassist Philip ...

Radio & Podcasts

Jazz Interpretations Of Jerome Kern, Part III

by Larry Slater
February 14, 2025

Jerome Kern left a legacy of over seven hundred songs, written over four decades for more than one hundred stage productions and Hollywood filmsIn this, the final hour of “Jazz Interpretations of the music of Jerome Kern," we turn to Kern's late works. “The Last Time I Saw Paris," “I'm Old Fashioned" , “Dearly Beloved" , “Long Ago and Far Away" and “Nobody Else But Me" Performances by Joshua Redman, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Wes Montgomery, Bill Evans, ...

Live Review

Joshua Redman Group At Gates Concert Hall

by Steven Roby
March 6, 2024

Joshua Redman Group Gates Concert Hall Denver, Colorado March 1, 2024 A luminary of contemporary jazz, Joshua Redman graced Gates Concert Hall last Friday with his stellar group featuring Paul Cornish (piano), Philip Norris (bass), Nazir Ebo (drums), and the outstanding vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa. The 100-minute sold-out performance relied heavily on songs from Redman's 2023 Blue Note Records debut where are we. Yes, it's all lowercase and without a question mark--all intentional.

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Joshua Redman: The Folks Who Live On The Hill

by Scott Lichtman
January 24, 2024

While there's a long list of jazz performers recording with strings, it's unusual for those recordings to have the sheer elegance of tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman's “The Folks Who Live on the Hill." Featured on his Walking Shadows album, the tune's every melodic line has just the right amount of tone, range and redirection to qualify as transcendental beauty. And the strings and backing trio sway just enough to caress and enliven the lead line. Take a breath and appreciate ...

Live Review

Joshua Redman Group at the Cleveland Museum of Art

by C. Andrew Hovan
January 19, 2024

Joshua Redman Group featuring Gabrielle Cavassa Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, Ohio January 10, 2024 While the Cleveland Museum of Art is acknowledged worldwide for its fine collection of works, the performance space provided by the 683-seat Gartner Auditorium has seen its share of ups and downs. Built in 1971, the hall boasts a renowned Holtkamp pipe organ and was home to many concerts of all genres over the decades. With ...

In Pictures

Day 3 at Newport Jazz Festival: Hearing the Future and Honoring the History

by Dave Kaufman
October 4, 2023

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Sunday, the fest's final day, was glorious, with perfect weather and large, enthusiastic crowds. Friday and Saturday had killer lineups, but the festival arguably saved the best for last. There were a total of 17 acts. This included young emerging stars such as Samara Joy and Matthew Whitaker. My festival experience was bookended by two octogenarians, Charles McPherson and Herbie Hancock. Both were in peak form and among the day's ...