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Joshua Redman takes an open-form tenor saxophone solo on his original composition "Sublimation," one of the most harmonically adventurous tracks on his 1993 self-titled debut album. The AB form in F minor at approximately 130 BPM provides a canvas for extended exploration, and Redman's improvisation gradually builds in intensity and complexity as he probes the tune's harmonic depths. His playing reveals a more introspective, searching quality than some of the album's more extroverted tracks, with long, winding phrases that seem to turn inward before erupting into moments of passionate expression. As the first of two soloists, his extended statement embodies the composition's title: the transformation of raw emotion into something elevated and refined.
Joshua Redman was 22 to 23 years old at the time.
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