Joshua Redman Leads A Young Band of Adepts

My Review of Joshua Redman's February 1, 2024 Performance in Rochester

During the cloistered days of COVID, Joshua Redman came up with the notion of an album with songs about American places. As he explained in an interview with Don Was (along with a confession to a long-term struggle with “rhythm section envy”), Redman expected such a contrivance would likely be cast aside but, to his surprise, it had legs.