Joshua Redman Plugs In

“I always thought someday I’m gonna do a different kind of record. I’m gonna do a record that has more electric textures, that has wider sonic variety, I’m gonna do a record that relies more heavily on other sorts of rhythms – not just swing-bass rhythms but more backbeat rhythms… But it took me ten years to do a record like and I’ve finally done it and I’m so happy with it. It was a risk and it was a challenge but it’s been very rewarding for me.” That’s Joshua Redman talking about his new CD, Elastic, which is out tomorrow. Redman’s Elastic Band consists of Sam Yahel on multiple keyboards and Brian Blade on drums (the same group also composes YaYa3, who released their self-titled album earlier this summer). Joshua says that this music is more his own than any other music he’s ever written and that it has more of a personal identity ot it. After listening to this CD, it sounds like he’s a guy I want to get to know better.