Joshua Redman feat. by WDR BIG BAND - Yesterdays

With the concert project "Subject To Change" (2015) Joshua Redman is a guest of the WDR Big Band for the first time and presents himself as an accomplished instrumentalist and composer. The track "Yesterdays" ( K: Jerome Kern; A: Daniel Jamieson) features Karolina Strassmayer on alto saxophone and Joshua Redman on tenor saxophone. The WDR BIG BAND is led by principal conductor Richard DeRosa. Recorded at WDR Funkhaus (January 2015).
At just twenty years old, Joshua Redman released his first CD in 1993. At that time he was still assigned to the circle of "Young Lions". He has played with countless jazz greats such as Chick Corea and Brad Mehldau, without losing focus of his own projects, and is now one of the tone-setting jazz musicians of his generation.
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[@stuartdryer1352]

Love the sax conversation!

[@floydturner2346]

First, Canada gave the world Gil Evans, then, Rob McConnell, and now, this brilliant, young arranger; makes me doubly proud to be a musician in the Great White North.

[@Azman.]

The great Joshua together with the grand master powerful WDR Big Band!

[@5t3r3054x]

The woman who performed those alto sax solos kicks several asses (mine included) No need to speak about Joshua Redman, his only name is enough to define jazz awesomeness

[@crossleydd42]

That ass-kickin' lady is Austrian-born Karolina Strassmayer.

[@5t3r3054x]

Thanks for providing us that info

[@masapell]

She laid down a beautiful solo there!!!

[@barryogden1]

5t3r3054x Peter Kay

[@lepatche]

deux extraordinaires solistes, plus un big band très performant, et bien c'est évidemment magnifique!bravo à ces musiciens et musiciennes hors pairs qui renouvellent et font perdurer le jazz!

[@ajbfwb]

Always hate when I miss a great chart and performance the first time around but, then again, there's always the bonus of discovering more WDR that is new to me. 😎

[@WDRBIGBAND]

😉 ajbfwb!

[@jeanlucchapelon]

The arrangeur is great !!

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Thank you, Jean-Luc!

[@delicious9824]

I like that arrangement. It's so great.

[@gsteps2]

great arrangement!!!...love it!

[@PaoloLongo]

Joshua : marvelous music!

[@aartman01]

These two are great together.

[@WDRBIGBAND]

🙏😎Kevin!

[@TheLegat65]

ВСЕГДА С УДОВОЛСТВИЕМ СЛУШАЮ ЭТОТ БЭНД. .!!!

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Спасибо, что следишь за нашим каналом и нашей музыкой, TheLegat65!

[@erdwest]

What a sound from every player. Lovin' it.

[@maciejprzeniczny7193]

the most charismatic saxophone player for me :) regards

[@5t3r3054x]

Joshua is the rockstar of my jazz-listening life era

[@zangsax]

The duos between brad Meldhau and Joshua are just amazing. When they play Oleo it’s like a symphony

[@tltate]

Freaking Awesome!!

[@RichardLawn]

Fantastic arrangement by Rich!!

[@bentrass1050]

sehr schön !!

[@longhaulblue1145]

This is a smoking hot arrangment of Yesterdays. And Karolina hit it out of the park with her solo. Loved that bit of cutting at the end. Bravo!

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Hi Longhaul! 🙏🙏🙏

[@soprodoespirito.9517]

joshua redman good good !!!! wdr

[@adoniyeshua424]

Is so 😊

[@dimitrimoliavko-visotzky381]

So nice! Bravo to everyone!

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Hi Dimitri! Thank you! Do you play an instrument yourself?

[@dimitrimoliavko-visotzky381]

@@WDRBIGBAND You welcome. Indeed, I am a musician playing the alto saxophone under the name of D.M. Visotzky. I am more into improvised music but I really enjoy the quality of your orchestra and its musicians.

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Thank you for your answer, Dimitri!

[@dgoy11]

OS MELHORES!!! :)

[@Gusrikh1]

Awesome

[@Stubummer]

Sweet!

[@WDRBIGBAND]

😊TenSopSaxop!

[@thierrydumas]

C'est WDR qui met en valeur les invités vedettes, cette formation est de grande qualité.

[@lucassanmartin982]

bravo

[@arthurholloway-bu4gu]

Go" head brother Joshua!!!

[@suelimoreirarocha7861]

😍

[@lucavolonte7455]

Yeah Karolina ;)

[@basilhendricks788]

Great arrangement

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Thank you, Basil!

[@liriosanz]

Buenísimo !!!!

[@WDRBIGBAND]

🙌Lirio!

[@slmemoric9740]

prelijepo nice

[@WDRBIGBAND]

👍🙏 Šlme!

[@cooldebt]

That groove (from everyone)! And does Joshua even need to breathe?!

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Hi cooldebt! No, Joshua, breathes only on holidays:)

[@bastienbroussard]

3:12 O_O Sick !

[@UkuleleAversion]

The frequent use of perfect fourths in that line is what makes it "sick". Perfect fourths have a tendency to resolve in western music and as a result if they are played consecutively- as Strassmayer does- this generates a level of harmonic ambiguity as the perfect fourths do not resolve. This unusual approach to harmonic exploration is often referred to as the "modern sound" in jazz, something which John Coltrane- who is a very strong influence on Strassmayer- and McCoy Tyner pioneered. Hear how Strassmayer and Redman (8:23-8:33) build dialogue from this approach by extrapolating strong perfect fourth lines to non-tonal dimensions.

[@wyndhleodumegwu253]

Lohvissimo - dialogue and troupe

[@WDRBIGBAND]

👍🙏

[@wyndhleodumegwu253]

The rhythmic groove has me thinking of altoists Steve Coleman and Greg Osby, two of the first visionaries to have incorporated this exciting and danceable rhythm in their Organic Real Jazz presentation. I adore how Joshua and Karolina were able to speak the Organic Real Jazz language without being inhibited or restrained by the nature of the assigned rhythmic context - a virtuosic feat reserved for only a few "Jazzicians" among whom were Stanley Turrentine, David Newnan, Sonny Rollins (Calypso rhythm) and Grover Washington, Jr., as well as are Nelson Rangell and Eric Marienthal. Lohvissimo to the arranger/conductor and the Band.

[@pacrimco]

Hey Joshua, you're bad but Karolina is the Jonathan Livingston Seagull of saxophone artists.

[@kryptonitetime]

Now *there's* an obscure reference

[@annaluiza1400]

UUUUUUUU7UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[@philipph.1914]

is that the neumann tlm 103 mic?

[@wdr]

+Phil Ipp Hey Phil Ipp, the microphone is a tlm 170

[@philipph.1914]

+WDR thank you very much! :)

[@keithhodiak8577]

Karolina surprised me with that solo, the lady can certainly blow the horn soulfully

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Hey Keith, if you like to have more information about Karolina,then have a look at her portrait: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3yoeIikoaiYlbM

[@masapell]

Yes, Karolina is the real deal...world class player.

[@WDRBIGBAND]

👍

[@gersyjose1269]

@@WDRBIGBAND very good. Carolina. Filme. De acao

[@WDRBIGBAND]

👍

[@gerardchumilla7343]

Where i can find the chord changes from the alto solo? they are so sick!

[@RATCLIFFE-LISTENS]

A Glass of Ice cold Lemonade

[@WDRBIGBAND]

😎 michael!

[@jimbosteen2935]

Joshua and karoline ? And answer loved it

[@michaelthompson6452]

After the first sax's solo. I was done. No disrespect to Mr. Joshua. he was great but the alto player left me breathless

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Hi Michael! Great, but do not forgett to breath further while watching...there are so many vidoes still left to watch....

[@yagalamaga]

It doesn't swing :(

[@arthurholloway-bu4gu]

To Karolina:Play that funky music, white girl!!!

[@WDRBIGBAND]

👍Arthur!

[@baldrick1485]

WTF!!!

[@Gator1699]

That Lady kicked his ass no doubt in my mind.Alto will always succeed Tenor.

[@Gusrikh1]

Awesome