Get the latest gossip
Joshua Redman: Words Fall Short review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
The US saxophonist pulls back the vocals of his last record to present a new ensemble and all-original repertoire, resulting in an ideal balance of ingenuity and rapport
Even more smartly, he has introduced a terrific new young road band on an all-original repertoire, and added acclaimed Chilean saxophonist Melissa Aldana and 19-year-old west coast trumpet phenomenon Skylar Tang as guests. The opening A Message to Unsend stretches from a wistful tenor melody over a softly rolling piano ostinato through a Jarrett-trio-like feel and back, while the brisker So It Goes features a delightfully entwined and cool-jazzy duet between Redman’s and Aldana’s saxes. The shrewdly structured Icarus balances a steadily descending sax/trumpet theme with a rising countermelody; it heads the opposite way amid clattering percussion, sparking dramatic crescendos that the spirited Tang eagerly exploits.
Or read this on The Guardian
