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Joshua Redman leads with six choruses of tenor saxophone on his own composition "Blues on Sunday," the opening track of his 1993 self-titled debut album on Warner Bros. Over the 12-bar blues in E-flat at approximately 133 BPM, Redman's solo reveals a player of remarkable maturity for a twenty-three-year-old, blending post-bop sophistication with a deep, soulful connection to the blues tradition. His tone is robust and focused, his phrasing conversational yet commanding, the six-chorus arc building from earthy simplicity to more complex harmonic explorations. As the first soloist, he establishes the musical standard for a debut album that would reach the top of Billboard's contemporary jazz chart and announce the arrival of a major new voice.
Joshua Redman was 22 to 23 years old at the time.
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