Wish (Joshua Redman album)

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

Wish
Studio album by
Joshua Redman
Released21 September 1993
StudioPower Station (tracks 1-8), Village Vanguard (tracks 9-10)
GenreJazz
Length1:01:35
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerMatt Pierson
Joshua Redman chronology
Joshua Redman
(1993)		 Wish
(1993)		 African Venus
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Tom HullA–[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide[5]

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] and won the DownBeat readers poll for "Album of the year" in 1994.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Turnaround"Ornette Coleman6:24
2."Soul Dance"Joshua Redman6:33
3."Make Sure You're Sure"Stevie Wonder5:26
4."The Deserving Many"Joshua Redman5:40
5."We Had a Sister"Pat Metheny5:47
6."Moose the Mooche"Charlie Parker3:32
7."Tears in Heaven"Eric Clapton3:24
8."Whittlin'"Pat Metheny5:23
9."Wish" (live)Joshua Redman7:25
10."Blues for Pat" (live)Charlie Haden12:07
Total length:1:01:35

Personnel

References
  1. Alex Henderson. "Wish – Joshua Redman". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  2. Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". archive.org. 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.
  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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