Saxofonist

Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists working today. Joshua was born in Berkeley, California, and he is the son of legendary saxophonist Dewey Redman and dancer Renee Shedroff. He was exposed at an early age to a variety of music (jazz, classical, rock, soul, Indian, Indonesian, Middle-Eastern, African). Also, a wide range of instruments (recorder, piano, guitar, gatham, gamelan). Then, Redman began playing clarinet at age nine before switching to the tenor saxophone one year later.

Joshua Redman Quartet

Dakota

For Joshua Redman, the search for new sounds often flows from his most enduring musical relationships. In assembling the quintet for his 2023 album Where Are We  the Berkeley saxophone star turned to an all-star cast of players with whom he’s shaped the contemporary jazz scene for some three decades.

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Joshua Redman Group

SFJAZZ Center

Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the 1990s. Redman has worked and played with a vast array of jazz luminaries, released over 20 albums, and has garnered top honors in critics and readers polls of DownBeat, Jazz Times, The Village Voice and Rolling Stone. A Harvard grad, Redman has eight Grammy nominations.

Joshua Redman featuring Gabrielle Cavassa

The Sheldon

Over the past three decades, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Joshua Redman(Opens in a new window) has consistently demonstrated how to honor music’s verities while expanding its reach in contemporary settings. He is touring in support of his latest album, where are we, with typically brilliant supporting partners, including drummer Brian Blade, pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Joe Sanders, and dynamic young vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa.

Joshua Redman Group Featuring Gabrielle Cavassa—where are we Tour

Berklee College of Music

Joshua Redman, a highly acclaimed saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, emerged onto the Brooklyn jazz scene in the 1990s upon winning the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition. Over the past three decades, the multi-hyphenate musician has consistently demonstrated the art of honoring jazz history while expanding its reach in contemporary settings.

Joshua Redman Group ft Gabrielle Cavassa “where are we” tour

Ridgefield Playhouse

### Event Description: Joshua Redman Group feat. Gabrielle Cavassa - Where Are We Tour at Monterey Jazz Festival

**Event:** Joshua Redman Group feat. Gabrielle Cavassa - Where Are We Tour  
**Date:** Saturday, September 28  
**Time:** 1:50 pm - 2:40 pm  
**Stage:** Jimmy Lyons Stage  
**Location:** Monterey Jazz Festival

**Overview:**
Join us for an unforgettable performance by the Joshua Redman Group featuring Gabrielle Cavassa as part of their "Where Are We" tour. This event is a highlight of the Monterey Jazz Festival, showcasing the extraordinary talent of one of the most acclaimed jazz artists of the 1990s, Joshua Redman.

**About Joshua Redman:**
Joshua Redman, a Harvard graduate and winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition, is known for his charismatic presence and profound musicality. Influenced by jazz legends like John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman, as well as iconic bands such as The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, Redman has carved out a unique space in the jazz world.

**About the "Where Are We" Album:**
Released in September 2023, "Where Are We" is a groundbreaking project for Redman, marking the first time he has included a vocalist, Gabrielle Cavassa, on a record. The album features Aaron Parks on piano, Joe Sanders on bass, and Brian Blade on drums, with special guests Nicholas Payton (trumpet), Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar), Peter Bernstein (guitar), and Joel Ross (vibes).

The album explores themes of geographical locations across the United States, with songs referencing cities and states such as Bruce Springsteen’s "Streets of Philadelphia," Count Basie’s "Going To Chicago," Rodgers & Hart’s "Manhattan," and John Coltrane’s "Alabama." It is a celebration and critique of America, blending ballads, standards, romantic longing, social reflection, melodic invention, and improvisational adventure.

**Performance Highlights:**
- **Joshua Redman:** Saxophone virtuoso and charismatic performer.
- **Gabrielle Cavassa:** Vocalist of uncommon style, sincerity, and soul.
- **Aaron Parks, Joe Sanders, and Brian Blade:** Sublimely lyrical and deeply grooving musicians.
- **Special Guests:** Nicholas Payton, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Peter Bernstein, and Joel Ross.

**Experience:**
This performance is a meditation on the power and importance of place, capturing the unique human beauty created when we come together in shared physical spaces. It promises to be a transformative experience, blending diverse musical roles and styles to serve the songs with the fullest imagination and without reservation.

**Tickets:**
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Join us for an afternoon of exceptional jazz music that celebrates the essence of place and community.

Joshua Redman Group feat. Gabrielle Cavassa “Where Are We” Tour

Jimmy Lyons Stage

Monterey Jazz Festival brings together 20 of the most accomplished high school jazz musicians from across the country to form the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra (NGJO), directed by GRAMMY-nominated pianist and composer Gerald Clayton. Established in 1971, tenure in this year's NGJO culminates in a main stage performance in September at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Combo

Monterey County Fairgrounds

11-time Grammy nominated saxophonist and composer Joshua Redman is one of today’s foremost contemporary jazz artists. Raised in a musical home, Redman released his first record in 1993, and now with more than 20 albums as a leader and sideman under his belt, his prolific career shows no signs of slowing down.

Joshua Redman Group featuring Gabrielle Cavassa where are we Tour

Duke University

Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the decade of the 1990s. Born in Berkeley, California, he is the son of legendary saxophonist Dewey Redman and dancer Renee Shedroff. He was exposed at an early age to a variety of music (jazz, classical, rock, soul, Indian, Indonesian, Middle-Eastern, African) and instruments (recorder, piano, guitar, gatham, gamelan), and began playing clarinet at age nine before switching to what became his primary instrument, the tenor saxophone, one year later.

Widely revered as the greatest jazz saxophonist of his generation, Joshua Redman returns following his sold-out Koerner Hall concert last season with a brand new project.

Redman’s new album where are we marks his first-ever with a vocalist – the mesmerizing Gabrielle Cavassa. Co-winner of the 2021 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, Cavassa is an enthralling emerging musician whose artistry is as influenced by Amy Winehouse as by Billie Holiday.

Joshua Redman: where are we

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Following the success of MoodSwing in 2022, Redman returns with his latest project Where Are We. An album of songs about specific places in the USA, it is both a celebration and a critique of America, as much as it's also a project of ballads, standards, romance, social reflection, melodic invention, improvisation and even tribute. Above all, it is a meditation on power and the importance of place.

Joshua Redman Group featuring Gabrielle Cavassa

Barbican Centre

Saxman Joshua Redman joins forces with mesmerizing vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa on his celebrated Blue Note debut where are we. Redman calls where are we “a meditation on America and the power and importance of place.” The artists take on music from Rodgers & Hart to Springsteen, interpreted with the improvisational brilliance and melodic invention that is a hallmark of Redman’s artistry.

Kennedy Center

Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman kicks off Stanford Live’s 2023-24 season with his new album. Where We Are is a musical journey across the United States of America that also marks Redman’s first-ever album featuring a vocalist—the dynamic young singer Gabrielle Cavassa. The album makes reference to specific geographical locations like Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Philadelphia,” Count Basie’s “Going To Chicago,” Rodgers & Hart’s “Manhattan,” John Coltrane’s “Alabama, ”Baltimore” and more.

Stanford University

For Joshua Redman, the search for new sounds often flows from his most enduring musical relationships. In assembling the quintet for his 2023 album Where Are We the Berkeley saxophone star turned to an all-star cast of players with whom he’s shaped the contemporary jazz scene for some three decades.

Since making a name for himself in Redman’s 1994 MoodSwing quartet, Brian Blade has become one of the era’s definitive drummers. They’ve maintained a close working relationship over the years though their collaborations accelerated with the Ornette Coleman/Dewey Redman-inspired quartet Still Dreaming and the reassembled MoodSwing quartet with Brad Mehldau and Christian McBride.

Joshua Redman Quintet Featuring Gabrielle Cavassa

The Skaneateles Festival welcomes back the explosive and exploratory saxophonist, Joshua Redman. In over 20 albums he has garnered top honors from critics and audiences, including a 2023 Grammy nomination for the album ‘LongGone’ by Joshua, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear a jazz great at the top of his game.!

Festival Finale: Joshua Redman Quartet

Anyela’s Vineyards

Joshua Redman’s latest project is a celebration of the power of three—the music of three iconic jazz composers (Ellington, Monk, and Shorter) interpreted in the classic trio format of saxophone, bass, and drums.

Joshua Redman 3×3

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

With her vocal prowess, it’s no surprise that Dianne Reeves has received five Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album, an honorary doctorate of music from Julliard, and was recently named a 2018 National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master – the highest honor the United States bestows on jazz artists. The albums in her Blue Note discography are among the finest jazz vocal albums every made, featuring side players who are all giants in their own rights — Herbie Hancock, Stanley Clarke, Tony Williams, Freddie Hubbard, and many others. To close this special 50th Anniversary concert, Dianne will be accompanied by her quintet and by a full orchestra conducted by multi-Grammy winner Vince Mendoza.
The SJW 50th Anniversary Band is truly a superband of musicians who have shaped the sound of jazz in recent decades. The astonishing artists of this ensemble share one thing in common: time at SJW as young jazz musicians. Now they’re going to be raising a glass — and their horns and voices — to celebrate 50 years of the Stanford Jazz Workshop.

Dianne Reeves with Quintet and Orchestra / SJW 50th Anniversary Band

An eagerly-anticipated annual tradition at SJW, this concert presents some of the greatest artists in jazz, performing in combinations familiar and unfamiliar, delivering performances of unrivalled intensity, passion, and excitement. Among the artists you’ll hear are Kenny Barron, George Cables, Peter Bernstein, Rufus Reid, Larry Grenadier, Taylor Eigsti, and many others.

SJW All-Star Jam

James Francies has a talent that comes along only once in a generation. A graduate of the renowned Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and an alumnus of SJW, in what seemed like the blink of an eye, James had joined the Pat Metheny Side-Eye trio, toured with Chris Potter, performed with R&B superstars such as Lauryn Hill and José James, appeared with The Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon alongside his mentor and friend, Questlove — and released his Blue Note debut, Flight.

George Cables one of the true greats of jazz piano. He has the touch and swing of Oscar Peterson, the harmonic inventiveness of Herbie Hancock, the strength of McCoy Tyner, and yet his sound is unmistakably his own. George spent his formative years playing with saxophone giants Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, and Joe Henderson, and his collaborations with alto star Art Pepper, vibes virtuoso Bobby Hutcherson, and trumpet masters Woody Shaw and Freddie Hubbard yielded recordings that are on every critic’s must-have list. George is going to deliver a performance you won’t want to miss.

James Francies Trio and George Cables Trio with Larry Grenadier, Eric Harland And Guests

Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and respected jazz artists of our generation. He is a Blue Note recording artist, has released two dozen albums as a leader and has recorded and/or performed with a vast array of luminaries, both in jazz and beyond: Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, The Dave Matthews Band, Herbie Hancock, Elvin Jones, Quincy Jones, Big Daddy Kane, B.B. King, Yo Yo Ma, The Rolling Stones, The Roots, McCoy Tyner, and Stevie Wonder, to name a few. The stage will be on fire when Joshua Redman joins the SC Jazz Masterworks Ensemble for their season finale.

Saxofonist

Joshua Redman

Events

Upcoming events

Jun 13, 2026

SEASON FINALE: Joshua Redman, Saxophone Extraordinaire · SC Jazz Foundation

Past events

Nov 9, 2025

Joshua Redman Quartet · Dakota

13 - 14 Mar, 2025

Joshua Redman Group · San Francisco Jazz

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