Wish (Joshua Redman album) (original) (raw)
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1993 studio album by Joshua Redman
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| Studio album by Joshua Redman | |
| Released | 21 September 1993 |
| Studio | Power Station, New York City (tracks 1-8) Village Vanguard, New York City (tracks 9-10) |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 1:01:35 |
| Label | Warner Bros. |
| Producer | Matt Pierson |
| Joshua Redman chronology | |
| Joshua Redman(1993) Wish(1993) African Venus(1994) |
Professional ratings
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [2] |
| Tom Hull | A−[3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide | [5] |
Wish is the second studio album by jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman; it was released in 1993 by Warner Bros. Records.[6]
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]
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]
- Joshua Redman – tenor saxophone
- Pat Metheny – guitar
- Charlie Haden – double bass
- Billy Higgins – drums
- ^ a b Alex Henderson. "Wish – Joshua Redman". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 4473. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Joshua Redman". Tom Hull. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ Cook, Richard. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. p. 1095. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. Retrieved 6 August 2020. Joshua Redman
- ^ Group, Vibe Media (November 1993). "Joshua Redman". Vibe. Vibe Media Group. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Wish by Joshua Redman". Joshuaredman.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ "Wish – Joshua Redman|Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.