Redman, Mehldau simply excellent
Ottawa Citizen  06.28.2011
By Doug Fischer
 

Ah, at last. Jazz.

Sure, the Ottawa jazz festival's first few days featured a few fine jazz shows - Kurt Elling, Brian Browne, Tania Gill - but it wasn't until Day 5, the midway point, for a concert to

 
James Farm
JazzTimes  05.23.2011
By Thomas Conrad
 

Joshua Redman, one-fourth of the new collective band James Farm, has always belonged to a select group of jazz musicians able to attract a broad audience without dumbing down the art form. The basis of this gift

 
Joshua Redman at Newmark - nothing tentative
Oregon Music News  02.28.2011
By Jack Berry
 
Summertime it wasn’t but that’s the way the show began, with one of Gershwin’s major contributions to the Great American Songbook. And for Joshua Redman and his group, rounding out Portland Jazz Festival’s 2011 edition in the Newmark
 
Portland Jazz Festival 2011: Joshua Redman – best of both worlds
Oregon Music News  02.26.2011
By Jack Berry
 
Joshua Redman is, strictly speaking, preposterously articulate.

He is also very up for his date in Portland on February 27 as one of the headliners at the Portland Jazz Festival on Sunday, February 27 at the Newmark
 
Joshua Redman goes solo
  01.13.2011
By Andrew Gilbert
 
For jazz musicians, one might not be the loneliest number, but it's certainly the most fraught with possibilities.

It's true that some pianists and guitarists excel at solo recitals, but few horn players possess the stamina, confidence
 
Beyond Category
Rolling Stone India  11.01.2010
By Sunil Sampat
 
Joshua Redman's two shows in Mumbai were the finest in Mumbai in a long time

Beyond category. This is an expression borrowed from Duke Ellington when he was describing a recording by Ella Fitzgerald that must have
 
At long last, Avner Dorman saxophone concerto gets its due from Alabama Symphony, Joshua Redman
The Birmingham News  10.29.2010
By Michael Huebner
 
For eight years, Avner Dorman's Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra lay silent, thwarted by the cancellation, in 2002, of its premiere performance in Israel. That was made right Thursday, half a world away in Alabama.

The
 
Jazz review: Tenor sax master Joshua Redman and his trio at Spivey Hall, rocking out from bebop to Coldplay
ArtsCriticATL.com  10.25.2010
By Jon Ross
 

“Four in One” by Thelonious Monk is a caffeinated piano roll, a sprightly seesaw melody of leaps and runs that sounds as progressive today as it did when Monk first recorded it in the early 1950s. Saturday at

 
In concert: Joshua Redman at Blues Alley
The Washington Post  10.15.2010
By Aaron Leitko
 

If it's pedigree you want, Joshua Redman has it. The San Francisco-based saxophonist player is the son of another horn player, Dewey Redman, a bona-fide jazz great who performed alongside Keith Jarrett and Ornette Coleman. But as a

 
Eclectic jazzman Redman goes back to basics
St. Louis Today  10.01.2010
By Calvin Wilson
 

Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman could never be accused of standing still artistically. His albums are all over the stylistic map, from acoustic quartet outings to fusion workouts to his latest project: updating the sax-bass-drums trio for the 21st century.

Redman earned critical

 
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
 
Communication is crucial for James Farm’s Joshua Redman
Straight.com  06.24.2010
By Alexander Varty
 

Do a search for James Farm on Google and you’ll find the as-yet-unrecorded jazz quartet’s MySpace page, a YouTube video from its first-ever performance, a couple of concert reviews—and a link to the Missouri birthplace of Wild West

 
Review: The new acoustic group James Farm reveals its amazing potential at Kuumbwa
Mercury News  06.15.2010
By Richard Scheinin
 
SANTA CRUZ — An astrolabe is an ancient device, once used to make astronomical measurements or to calculate latitude at sea. "Astrolabe" is also the name of the tune that launched Monday's late show at the Kuumbwa Jazz
 
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
 
James Farm wants to get Istanbulites’ toes tapping
Today's Zaman  02.04.2010
By Rumeysa Kiger
 

James Farm, a collaborative band featuring saxophonist Joshua Redman, pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Matt Penman and drummer Eric Harland, will be on stage Saturday night at the Iþ Sanat Cultural Center as part of a world tour following

 
James Farm at Salle Pleyel in Paris
All About Jazz  01.26.2010
By David Miller
 
James Farm
Salle Pleyel
Paris, France
January 16, 2010

The musicians in James Farm walked out onto the stage purposefully—four hip cats. The dim lighting at Salle Pleyel accentuated their mysteriousness, casting shadows over their faces as

 
Joshua Redman Makes His Move
Open Letters  01.01.2010
By John G. Rodwan, Jr
 

If it takes rock-steady self-assurance to court comparisons with recognized artistic giants, then saxophonist Joshua Redman may be jazz’s most confident performer. And if it takes bravery to invite judgment against the standards set by legends like Sonny

 
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

 
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.
Collaborations with first-rate piano men have always been part of his schedule, but these

 
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

 
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
 
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

 
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,
 
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
 
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