JOSHUA REDMAN

'Joshua Redman' (born February 1, 1969) is a prominent American Neo-bop jazz saxophonist who records for Nonesuch Records.
Redman, who is both African American and Jewish American, was born in Berkeley, California, to the late jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman and his wife, Renee Shedroff. He graduated from Berkeley High School [1], class of 1986. In 1991 he graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society. During college, he was called Josh Shedroff, Shedroff being his mother's maiden name.
Redman won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition, also in 1991, and began focusing on his musical career. Redman continued to develop his style throughout the 1990s, beginning with a sideman appearance on his father's 1992 record ''Choices''. On his second album as a leader, ''Wish'', he was joined by a notable lineup consisting of guitarist Pat Metheny, bassist Charlie Haden, and drummer Billy Higgins; he would later tour this album as ''The Joshua Redman Quartet'', featuring Christian McBride in place of Charlie Haden . He continued to work with various quartets, including one with pianist Brad Mehldau until forming a new trio, ''Elastic'', with keyboardist Sam Yahel and drummer Brian Blade. The trio debuted under the moniker, ''Yaya3'', producing one album under this name. The same group of musicians made up the core on Joshua's "Elastic" album, before becoming known as the ''Joshua Redman Elastic Band''. Some of his works were featured on The Weather Channel's ''Local On The 8s''.
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 counterpart to the stylistically neo-classicist Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Wynton Marsalis.
Redman has 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. He also appeared on Reading Rainbow, episode 127 "Hip-Cat," where Redman discussed with host Levar Burton the importance of music and how jazz had affected his life, which he followed with a live performance.
Also, he has performed live on a few occasions with ''Umphrey's McGee'', a jam band from South Bend.
On his latest album, ''Back East'', Redman pays tribute to Sonny Rollins' 1957 ''Way Out West'', teaming up with several musicians, including Brian Blade, Christian McBride, Al Jackson, Joe Lovano, and his late father Dewey Redman, to form various trios to complete the several tracks that make up the work.

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Discography

Title	'Year of Release'	'Label'
''Joshua Redman''	1993	Warner Bros.
''Wish''	1993	Warner Bros.
''Moodswing''	1994	Warner Bros.
''Joshua Redman Captured Live''	1994	Warner Bros.
''Spirit of the Moment - Live at the Village Vanguard''	1995	Warner Bros.
''Freedom in the Groove''	1996	Warner Bros.
''Timeless Tales for Changing Times''	1998	Warner Bros.
''Beyond''	2000	Warner Bros.
''Passage of Time''	2001	Warner Bros.
''Elastic''	2002	Warner Bros.
''Momentum''	2005	Nonesuch
''Back East''	2007	Nonesuch

External link

★ Official site