Artist: Joshua Redman

Album: Wish

Label: Warner Bros

CD Release Date: 1993-09-21

ASIN: B000002MLX

UPC: 093624536529

Description: Joshua Redman's sophomore effort found him leading a piano-less
quartet that also included guitarist Pat Metheny and half of Ornette Coleman's
trailblazing late-'50s/early-'60s quartet: acoustic bassist Charlie Haden and
drummer Billy Higgins. With such company, Redman could have delivered a strong
avant-garde or free jazz album; Haden and Higgins had played an important role
in jazz's avant-garde because of their association with Coleman, and Metheny
had himself joined forces with Coleman on their thrilling Song X session of
1985. But 'Wish' isn't avant-garde; instead, it's a mostly inside post-bop date
that emphasizes the lyrical and the introspective. The musicians swing hard and
fast on Charlie Parker's 'Moose the Mooche', but things become very reflective
on pieces like Redman's 'The Undeserving Many' and Metheny's 'We Had a Sister'.
One of the things about Redman is his ability to provide jazz interpretations
of rock and R&B songs. While neo-conservatives ignore them and many NAC artists
simply provide boring, predictable, note-for-note covers, Redman isn't afraid
to dig into them and show their jazz potential. In Redman's hands, Stevie
Wonder's 'Make Sure You're Sure' becomes a haunting jazz-noir statement, while
Eric Clapton's ballad 'Tears in Heaven' is changed from moving pop/rock to
moving pop-jazz. The latter, in fact, could be called 'smooth jazz with
substance'. Some of bop's neo-conservatives disliked the fact that Redman was
playing with two of Coleman's former sidemen and a fusion icon like Metheny,
but then, Redman never claimed to be a purist. Although 'Wish' isn't innovative,
it's an appealing CD from an improviser who is willing to enter a variety of
musical situations.

"...The smoky, full-bodied tone of Joshua Redman's tenor saxophone goes straight
to the soul, but credit his passionate and eloquent playing for making this,
his sophomore effort, an unequivocal success..." [Down Beat]

Personnel: Joshua Redman [tenor saxophone]

           Pat Metheny [acoustic & electric guitars]

           Charlie Haden [acoustic bass]

           Billy Higgins [drums]

Performances: 01 - Turnaround [06:24.53]

              02 - Soul Dance [06:32.67]

              03 - Make Sure You're Sure [05:26.18]

              04 - The Deserving Many [05:39.70]

              05 - We Had a Sister [05:47.30]

              06 - Moose the Mooche [03:32.35]

              07 - Tears in Heaven [03:24.17]

              08 - Whittlin' [05:22.65]

              09 - Wish (Live) [07:25.18]

              10 - Blues for Pat (Live) [12:07.37]

[Recorded at Power Station and live at The Village Vanguard, New York City]

Liner Scans: No

Format: FLAC [Free Lossless Audio Codec]

Extraction: EAC v1.0 beta 2 [Exact Audio Copy]

File Size: 369 MiB

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