Wish (Joshua Redman album)

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Wish
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Studio album by
Joshua Redman
Released21 September 1993
Studio
Genre Jazz
Length1:01:35
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Matt Pierson
Joshua Redman chronology
Joshua Redman
(1993)		Wish
(1993)		 African Venus
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Tom Hull A− [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Wish is the second studio album by jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman; it was released in 1993 by Warner Bros. Records. [6]

Contents

Background

Joshua Redman said that "one of the reasons I wanted to work with these guys — aside from the obvious fact that they're masters — is because they're master storytellers." He said he was pleased with it because "it has a definite collective identity, a real organic unity." [7]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Alex Henderson notes that although the album could have easily been avant-garde (due to Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins having been part of Ornette Coleman's quartet), it is actually a "mostly inside post-bop date". He also praises Redman's "ability to provide jazz interpretations of rock and R&B songs", saying that "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", noting that the latter could be called "smooth jazz with substance." [1]

It peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Turnaround" Ornette Coleman 6:24
2."Soul Dance"Joshua Redman6:33
3."Make Sure You're Sure" Stevie Wonder 5:26
4."The Deserving Many"Joshua Redman5:40
5."We Had a Sister" Pat Metheny 5:47
6."Moose the Mooche" Charlie Parker 3:32
7."Tears in Heaven" Eric Clapton 3:24
8."Whittlin'" Pat Metheny 5:23
9."Wish" (live)Joshua Redman7:25
10."Blues for Pat" (live) Charlie Haden 12:07
Total length:1:01:35

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Alex Henderson. "Wish – Joshua Redman". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 4473. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Joshua Redman". Tom Hull . Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. p. 1095. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide . Random House. Retrieved 6 August 2020. Joshua Redman
  6. ↑ Group, Vibe Media (November 1993). "Joshua Redman". Vibe. Vibe Media Group. Retrieved 30 April 2019.{{cite magazine}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  7. ↑ "Wish by Joshua Redman". Joshuaredman.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Wish – Joshua Redman|Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
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