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Joshua Redman delivers five choruses of tenor saxophone on his original composition "Tribalism," one of the most adventurous tracks on his 1993 self-titled debut album. The 24-bar form in G-flat minor at approximately 207 BPM features an insistent, hypnotic quality, and Redman's extended solo builds from exploratory opening statements into passages of intense rhythmic and harmonic complexity. His playing reveals the influence of his father Dewey Redman's free-leaning aesthetic alongside the more structured post-bop language that dominates the rest of the album. As the first of two soloists, his five choruses navigate the tune's modal character and unusual phrase lengths with a mixture of intellectual rigor and raw expressive power.
Joshua Redman was 22 to 23 years old at the time.
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