Joshua Redman
Tenor Sax Solo on
Wish

About

Joshua Redman delivers one chorus of tenor saxophone on his own composition "Wish," a tender ballad from his 1993 self-titled debut album. The unusual 28-bar AABC form in G major unfolds at a gentle 60 BPM, giving Redman space to explore the melody's emotional terrain with patience and sensitivity. His solo reveals a player whose expressiveness belies his youth, each phrase shaped with a vocalist's sense of dynamics and phrasing. As the first of two soloists, his chorus sets the introspective tone of the performance, the ballad format allowing listeners to appreciate the lyrical depth that would later be further showcased on his album Wish with Pat Metheny.

Joshua Redman was 22 to 23 years old at the time.