Music Review

MoodSwing

Joshua Redman Quartet
Reviewed by Josef Woodard | Sep 30, 1994
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Joshua Redman Quartet; Genre: Jazz

Joshua Redman Quartet MoodSwing (Warner Bros.) On his first album with his own band and the first one to entirely feature his own material, saxist Redman finds ingenious ways of creating a mode of acoustic jazz that is both entertaining and enlightening. Accessible soul and blues riffs coexist with brainier moments, even including a touch of the avant-garde (a nod to his saxophonist father, Dewey). MoodSwing plays like an artistic journey. A- --Josef Woodard

Originally posted Sep 30, 1994 Published in issue #242 Sep 30, 1994 Order article reprints
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