Wish (Joshua Redman album)

Wish
Studio album by Joshua Redman
Released	21 September 1993
Studio	Power Station (tracks 1-8), Village Vanguard (tracks 9-10)
Genre	Jazz
Length	1:01:35
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Matt Pierson
Joshua Redman chronology

Wish is the second studio album by jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman; it was released in 1993 by Warner Bros. Records.[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Tom Hull	A–[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	[3]

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."[5]

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.[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Turnaround"	Ornette Coleman	6:24
2.	"Soul Dance"	Joshua Redman	6:33
3.	"Make Sure You're Sure"	Stevie Wonder	5:26
4.	"The Deserving Many"	Joshua Redman	5:40
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 Redman	7:25
10.	"Blues for Pat" (live)	Charlie Haden	12:07
Total length:			1:01:35

Personnel

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References

Alex Henderson. "Wish – Joshua Redman". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
"Tom Hull: Grade List: Joshua Redman". Tom Hull. Retrieved 16 July 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.

External links

Official website

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[allmusic-1] Alex Henderson. "Wish – Joshua Redman". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

[2] "Tom Hull: Grade List: Joshua Redman". Tom Hull. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[3] Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. Retrieved 6 August 2020. Joshua Redman

[4] Group, Vibe Media (November 1993). "Joshua Redman". Vibe. Vibe Media Group. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[5] "Wish by Joshua Redman". Joshuaredman.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

[6] "Wish – Joshua Redman|Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.