Rooted in tradition. Driven by curiosity. Defined by nuance.
Touring in celebration of his new Blue Note album Words Fall Short, Joshua Redman is a Berkeley-born, Grammy-nominated saxophonist, composer, and bandleader who has been a prominent figure in contemporary jazz for over 30 years. His signature improvisational style blends post-bop tradition with advanced harmony and playful exploration.
Fluent in the language of jazz, but never bound by it, Redman channels echoes of the past into lush improvisations that are uniquely engaging and unmistakably his own. Creating music that gives voice to the questions, sentiments, and ideas that resist simple definition, he embraces the in-between: the moments where thought blurs into feeling, where certainty gives way to wonder. This is art that effortlessly bridges spaces — between listener and performer, between reason and emotion, and between the music and what lies beneath.
About Words Fall Short
For Joshua Redman, the shifting moods of wistfulness, aspiration, sadness and resolve contained in his new Blue Note album Words Fall Short signify his embrace of what he describes as “the beauty of human imperfection. We face huge questions about what our future looks like,” he stresses, “and a mathematical approach to language has even left us questioning what it means to be ‘intelligent’ or ‘productive’ or ‘creative.’ At heart I’m a humanist, and I believe in the shadows of the words, the things you can’t crunch with technology.” Words Fall Short is Redman’s latest exploration of the words — and the shadows.
Learn more about Joshua Redman on his website.
Joshua Redman Quartet
Joshua Redman, saxophone
Philip Norris, bass
Nazir Ebo, drums
Paul Cornish, piano
Run time: 90 minutes (with intermission)
