
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 afterglow of a presidential inauguration, and this one in particular, hardly required more acknowledgment than that. The...
Joshua Redman is a saxophonist of such intelligence and energy that you could probably place him in any musical setting, and he would find a way to make himself at home. Sitting in with the trio Soulive on Thursday night for a JVC Jazz Festival performance at Le Poisson Rouge, he did just that. Mr. Redman and Soulive are not that unlikely a...

The summer jazz festival season is upon us, and as usual, the JVC Jazz Festival New York will be the most visible. Under new management this year, the festival will feature concerts in new theaters and clubs and some curious and challenging double bills, like the pairing of Cecil Taylor and George Cables, pianists representing very different parts...
Joshua Redman (født 1. februar 1969 i Berkeley, Californien) er en jazzmusiker, der spiller tenorsaxofon. Lige efter Joshua Redman blev født flyttede hans far, Dewey Redman, til New York for at spille saxofon med Ornette Coleman. Den eneste måde Joshua Redman i sine unge dage kunne komme i kontakt med sin far var ved at komme på besøg hos faderens bekendte som Coleman og Keith Jarrett eller ved at lytte til faderens indspilninger.
Hans mor, Renee Shedroff, var danser og bibliotekar. Joshua Redman begyndte sin musiktræning, allerede som femårig. Moderen fik ham ind i nogle musikklasser for indonesiske og indiske musikstilarter ved centeret for verdensmusik.
Joshua Redman lærte først at spille guitar og klaver, men begyndte som tiårig at spille klarinet men skiftede snart til tenorsaxofon, da han følte sig tiltrukket af dens lyd. Fold ud