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Wish is the second studio album by jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman; it was released in 1993 by Warner Bros. Records.[6]

Wish
Studio album by Joshua Redman
Released	21 September 1993
Studio	Power Station (tracks 1-8), Village Vanguard (tracks 9-10)
Genre	Jazz
Length	1:01:35
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Matt Pierson
Joshua Redman chronology
Joshua Redman (1993) Wish (1993) African Venus (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Tom Hull	A−[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	[5]

Background

Joshua Redman said that "one of the reasons I wanted to work with these guys — aside from the obvious fact that they're masters — is because they're master storytellers." He said he was pleased with it because "it has a definite collective identity, a real organic unity."[7]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Alex Henderson notes that although the album could have easily been avant-garde (due to Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins having been part of Ornette Coleman's quartet), it is actually a "mostly inside post-bop date". He also praises Redman's "ability to provide jazz interpretations of rock and R&B songs", saying that "in Redman's hands, Stevie Wonder's "Make Sure You're Sure" becomes a haunting jazz-noir statement, while Eric Clapton's ballad "Tears in Heaven" is changed from moving pop/rock to moving pop-jazz", noting that the latter could be called "smooth jazz with substance."[1]

It peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[8]

Track listing

Personnel

• Joshua Redman – tenor saxophone
• Pat Metheny – guitar
• Charlie Haden – double bass
• Billy Higgins – drums

References

External links

• Official website

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