Joshua Redman

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Joshua Redman (born February 1, 1969) is a prominent American jazz saxophonist who records for Nonesuch Records.

Redman, who is Black and Jewish, was born in Berkeley, California. He is the son of jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman. He is a graduate of Berkeley High School. Then in 1991 he graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Redman won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition the same year and began focusing on his musical career. Redman continued to develop his style through the 1990s, beginning with a sideman appearance on his father’s 1992 record Choices. On his sophomore effort as a leader, Wish, he was joined by a notable lineup consisting of guitarist Pat Metheny, bassist Charlie Haden, and drummer Billy Higgins. He continued to work with various quartets until forming a new trio, Elastic, with keyboardist Sam Yahel and drummer Brian Blade.

In addition to his efforts with Elastic, he is the artistic director of San Francisco’s SFJAZZ Collective, which is considered by many to be an emerging geographic and philosophic rival to the stylistically neo-classicist Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Wynton Marsalis.

Redman has also made a guest appearance on an episode of the TV show Arthur as the uncle of Francine, one of the main characters. The episode also depicts him in a boxing match against classic cellist Yo-Yo Ma

1	Jazz Crimes	78
2	Tears in Heaven	69
3	Turnaround	64
4	Soul Dance	60
5	Make Sure You're Sure	58
6	Hide and Seek	51
7	One Shining Soul	50
8	Boogielastic	49
9	Cat Battles	39
10	News From the Front	37
10	Moose the Mooche	37
12	Whittlin'	36
12	The Deserving Many	36
14	Streams of Consciousness	34
15	Still Pushin' That Rock	33

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MirkoFait wrote:
24 days ago

great one!

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JoJodingens wrote:
27 days ago

great to relax

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[deleted-user] wrote:
June 2008

Nobody's white.
MelomanXXXL wrote:
May 2008

Who says he is black? No, he isn't at all! You can believe me, I've seen him live in Paris in the year 2000!

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Prederick wrote:
February 2008

I think I enjoy Boogielastic the most.

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krzychunPL wrote:
December 2007

Cool music.

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Wirmeth wrote:
September 2007

I'm Indonesian, and there's a song titled Indonesia in his back east album. The song's really good, Joshua plays in a pentatonic melody, a melody that commonly uses in our traditional Javanese songs. He plays damn well, and I'm proud he uses Indonesia as a title for that particular song. Thanks Josh!

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KidJester wrote:
August 2007

Love redman's version of St. Thomas. Amazing range.

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8thlight wrote:
June 2007

http://www.last.fm/group/The+Juice+Box+Crew

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qabulic3 wrote:
May 2006

I'm the #1 fan, who the hell are these foolz?

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Sep 14 Jazz à la Villette Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France
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Oct 27 Joshua Redman Jazzhaus, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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Mar 12 Joshua Redman Trio de Bijloke, Ghent, Belgium
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