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Joshua Redman

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I think the Record shows the talent that Redman has and the potential that he has to become a driving Sax influence in the future. In this album he demonstartes the skill level that he has attained as a professional sax player along with sounding great with his Coltranelike style.

This album was recorded and released by Warner Brothers not long after Joshua won the T. Monk jazz competition. I think it's an all around strong and entertaining 1st album. Joshua Redman is the bomb! He's so chill and watching him on the Ken Burns Jazz interviews he seems like a really cool dude. {I heard he got straight A's in school!} This self titled album also has another really bomb musician... Christian McBride on bass! My favorite numbers are the covers actually. Blues on Sunday I think is an original though. What an awesome song to stretch out on. It sounds alot like the solos on "Blue Train" from back in '57. Its so cool that these "young lion's" did James Brown's "I feel good" its so funky and joyus! {probably McBride's suggestion!} Their version of Dizzy's "Salt Peanuts" is just slammin! they really cook on that one! It makes me crack up when they shout it at the end "salt peanuts salt peanuts!" Redman plays a really pleasant duet with McBride during "On the sunny side of the street" These guys are some of the coolest cats in modern jazz! They can play very serious in a straight ahead manner. But they can get really funky and avant guard sounding as well! This Cd has it all standards, ballads, original compostions, blues, and funky old school RandB! What a great first album from a young and very gifted tenor saxaphonist!

Joshua Redman is the son of noted sax man Dewey Redman, but he clearly has the talent to make it on his own. On his self-titled debut CD, he fronts a standard tenor sax quartet with Kevin Hays on piano, Christian McBride on bass, and Gregory Hutchinson on drums. Featuring both standards and original compositions (and throwing in a marvelous rendition of James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)" for good measure), Joshua Redman is the perfect introduction to jazz for those who have not had that much exposure to it. No, it is not at all watered down, but it has a way of communicating across musical styles that should appeal to a wide audience.

Fresh off beating Chris Potter in what must have been an incredible Thelonious Monk competition, Joshua Redman made a solid album foreshadowing the blend of styles he would go on to explore. He hadn't quite found his signature sound yet (you have to assume graduating summa cum laude from Harvard took some attention away from his saxophone), but it's fun to hear how he started his career. With the album's entertaining music selection, it's a "feel good" album. Recommended, though I wouldn't rate this Joshua's best overall album.

A blend of old school mostly and modern jazz together.I like joshuas playing a lot because it gives you those ups and downs very well crafted in his music .Kevin hays puts his piano skills AT JOSHUAS disposal with a lot of maestry exactly when it is needed and nothing more.The final result is more than you would call it satisfying .

I picked this cd up from the library and let me tell ya it's WONDERFUL! It's worth buying (for me burning). The arrangements are mostly traditional with an upbeat swing. Joshua's playing on this cd is similar to John Coltrane. The saxophone playing is very intimate and upfront. Excellent cd for a Sunday brunch atomosphere or just chillin' on a lazy morning, afternoon, or evening.