★★★★★
Joshua Redman, one of the most technically accomplished saxists in jazz today, parades his powers on this live set of three originals and four covers, recorded in New York and Washington DC. Matt Penman and Reuben Rogers share the bass role and Gregory Hutchinson is on drums, as Redman performs with a skill that sometimes justifies comparison with early Sonny Rollins - notably on the old Rollins vehicle Moritat (Mack the Knife)...
- www.theguardian.com
2014-06-27
★★★★★
Trios Live is a shameless vehicle for Redman to flaunt his saxophone chops. Culled from a pair of club engagements spaced four years apart, the album is sequenced for maximum impact: Bookended by covers of "Mack the Knife" and Led Zeppelin's "The Ocean," it aims for, and delivers, instant gratification. At 45, decades removed from being an overhyped wunderkind, Redman plays with a near-perfect blend of swagger and authority...
- www.wonderingsound.com
2014-06-20
★★★★★
Saxophonist Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman
b.1969 saxophone
combines some really attractive virtues: deep jazz knowledge and formidable technique on his instrument. Combine this with a balanced but slightly assertive style that is a prime example of fluency and inventiveness, and you have a musician of such intelligence and energy, who is so adaptable, that he easily finds a way to make himself at home in any given musical...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2013-07-01
★★★★★
A blues guitarist once told me that, when judging the musicianship of others, he always paid close attention to how they finished their notes. This rule of thumb echoed around my brain as I watched two saxophones duke it out late one night at a club in my hometown. They played fast, they played with groove, but their notes were not pure from start to finish. The notes concluded either too raggedly or not at all, shifting all the emphasis to the start of the notes...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-05-18
★★★★★
How do you characterize an album in which current musical prodigies take on some of the greatest musicians who ever lived? Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman has the answer.
The appropriately-titled Walking Shadows is Redman's latest, a quartet album with an orchestra ensemble. Produced by pianist/genius Brad Mehldau, the album, Redman's fourth album for Nonesuch as a leader, also features prolific jazz bassist Larry Grenadier, frequent collaborator Brian Blade on drums, and composer/publisher Dan...
- www.musicomh.com
2013-05-08
★★★★★
US saxophonist Josh Redman is partnered on this ballad set by an orchestra and a gold-standard trio featuring pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Brian Blade. Walking Shadows is just as persuasively played as its postbop-to-world music predecessor, James Farm, but a tracklist of well-known tunes should broaden its appeal...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2013-05-03
★★★★★
The two-year-old co-operative James Farm - saxophonist Joshua Redman, pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Matt Penman and drummer Eric Harland - have the look of a postbop supergroup. Improvisationally, they sound like that, too, particularly with Redman's slow-burn subtlety and purity on ballads, and agility and punch on fast pieces. The faster stuff reflects a similar expressive breadth from rising star Parks...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2011-04-25
★★★★★
Track Listing: Uncharted; Faraway; Identity Thief; Just Like You; Hutchhiker's Guide; Ghost; Insomnomaniac;Moonlight; Un Peu Fou; March; Round Reuben; Little Ditty; Through the Valley. Personnel: Joshua Redman: tenor saxophone (1-5, 7-9, 11, 13), soprano saxophone (6, 10, 12); LarryGrenadier: bass (1-6, 8, 10, 12, 13); Reuben Rogers: bass (1, 3, 4, 7-13); Brian Blade: drums(2-4, 6, 8-13); Gregory Hutchinson: drums (1, 2-5, 7, 8, 10, 12)...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Track Listing: Before; Free Speech (Phase I); Free Speech (Phase II); Our Minuet; Bronze; Enemies Within; After. Personnel: Joshua Redman: tenor saxophone; Aaron Goldberg: piano; Reuben Rogers: bass; Gregory Hutchinson: drums. Style: Straightahead/Mainstream Read more reviews of Passage of Time Joshua Redman is growing more consistent. Each new record is more profound and individual than the last...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
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