Dewey Redman
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Dewey Redman was an American jazz
saxophonist, known for performing free jazz
as a bandleader, and with Ornette Coleman
and Keith Jarrett
.
Redman played mainly tenor saxophone
, though he occasionally doubled on alto saxophone
, played the Chinese suona
(which he called a musette) and on rare occasions played the clarinet
.
His son is saxophonist Joshua Redman
.
, but became disillusioned with the program and returned home to Texas. In 1953, Redman earned a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Arts from Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University. While at Prairie View, he switched from clarinet to alto saxophone, then, eventually, to tenor. Following his bachelor's degree, Redman served two-years in the US Army.
Upon his discharge from the Army, Redman began working on a master’s degree in education at the University of North Texas
. While working on his degree, he taught music to fifth graders in Bastrop, Texas
, and worked as a freelance saxophonist on nights and weekends around Austin, Texas
. In 1957, Redman earned a Masters Degree in Education with a minor in Industrial Arts from the University of North Texas
. While at North Texas, he did not enroll in any music classes.
Towards the end of 1959, Redman moved to San Francisco, a musical choice resulting in an early collaboration with Donald Rafael Garrett.
Redman was best known for his collaborations with saxophonist Ornette Coleman
, with whom he performed in his Fort Worth high school marching band. He later performed with Coleman from 1968 to 1972, appearing on the recording New York Is Now, among others. He also played in pianist Keith Jarrett
's American Quartet (1971–1976), and was a member of the collective Old And New Dreams
. The American Quartet's The Survivor's Suite was voted Jazz Album of the Year by Melody Maker
in 1978.
He also performed and recorded as an accompanying musician with jazz musicians who performed in varying styles within the post-1950s jazz idiom, including bassist and fellow Coleman-alum Charlie Haden
and guitarist Pat Metheny
.
With a dozen recordings under his own name Redman established himself as one of the more prolific tenor players of his generation. Though generally associated with free jazz (with an unusual, distinctive technique of sometimes humming into his saxophone as he played), Redman's melodic tenor playing was often reminiscent of the blues and post-bop mainstream. Redman's live shows were as likely to feature standards and ballads as the more atonal
improvisations for which he was known.
Redman was the subject of an award-winning documentary film Dewey Time (dir. Daniel Berman, 2001).
On February 19 and 21, 2004, Redman played tenor saxophone as a special guest with Jazz at Lincoln Center
, in a concert entitled "The Music of Ornette Coleman."audio link
Redman died of liver failure
in Brooklyn, New York, on September 2, 2006. He is survived by his wife, Lidija Pedevska-Redman, as well as sons Tarik and Joshua
, who is also a jazz saxophonist. The father and son recorded two albums together.
With Old and New Dreams
With Ed Blackwell
With Michael Bocian
With Don Cherry
With Ornette Coleman
With Cameron Brown
With Charlie Haden
's Liberation Music Orchestra
With Keith Jarrett
With Leroy Jenkins
With Pat Metheny
With Paul Motian
With Roswell Rudd
& The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
With Clifford Thornton
& The Jazz Composers Orchestra
With Randy Weston
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
saxophonist, known for performing free jazz
Free jazz
Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...
as a bandleader, and with Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s....
and Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music.Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey, moving on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music; as...
.
Redman played mainly tenor saxophone
Tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
, though he occasionally doubled on alto saxophone
Alto saxophone
The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...
, played the Chinese suona
Suona
The suona ; also called laba or haidi is a Han Chinese shawm . It has a distinctively loud and high-pitched sound, and is used frequently in Chinese traditional music ensembles, particularly those that perform outdoors...
(which he called a musette) and on rare occasions played the clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
.
His son is saxophonist Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman is an American jazz saxophonist and composer who records for Nonesuch Records. He won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 1991.-Biography:...
.
Biography
After high school, Redman briefly enrolled in the electrical engineering program at the Tuskegee Institute in AlabamaAlabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
, but became disillusioned with the program and returned home to Texas. In 1953, Redman earned a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Arts from Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University. While at Prairie View, he switched from clarinet to alto saxophone, then, eventually, to tenor. Following his bachelor's degree, Redman served two-years in the US Army.
Upon his discharge from the Army, Redman began working on a master’s degree in education at the University of North Texas
University of North Texas
The University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...
. While working on his degree, he taught music to fifth graders in Bastrop, Texas
Bastrop, Texas
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there are 5340 people in Bastrop, organized into 2034 households and 1336 families. The population density is 734.8 people per square mile . There are 2,239 housing units at an average density of 308.1 per square mile...
, and worked as a freelance saxophonist on nights and weekends around Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. In 1957, Redman earned a Masters Degree in Education with a minor in Industrial Arts from the University of North Texas
University of North Texas
The University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...
. While at North Texas, he did not enroll in any music classes.
Towards the end of 1959, Redman moved to San Francisco, a musical choice resulting in an early collaboration with Donald Rafael Garrett.
Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s....
, with whom he performed in his Fort Worth high school marching band. He later performed with Coleman from 1968 to 1972, appearing on the recording New York Is Now, among others. He also played in pianist Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music.Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey, moving on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music; as...
's American Quartet (1971–1976), and was a member of the collective Old And New Dreams
Old and New Dreams
Old and New Dreams was a jazz group that existed from 1976 to 1987 composed of tenor saxophone player Dewey Redman , bassist Charlie Haden, cornet player Don Cherry and drummer Ed Blackwell...
. The American Quartet's The Survivor's Suite was voted Jazz Album of the Year by Melody Maker
Melody Maker
Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
in 1978.
He also performed and recorded as an accompanying musician with jazz musicians who performed in varying styles within the post-1950s jazz idiom, including bassist and fellow Coleman-alum Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
Charles Edward Haden is an American jazz musician. He is a double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman...
and guitarist Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...
.
With a dozen recordings under his own name Redman established himself as one of the more prolific tenor players of his generation. Though generally associated with free jazz (with an unusual, distinctive technique of sometimes humming into his saxophone as he played), Redman's melodic tenor playing was often reminiscent of the blues and post-bop mainstream. Redman's live shows were as likely to feature standards and ballads as the more atonal
Atonality
Atonality in its broadest sense describes music that lacks a tonal center, or key. Atonality in this sense usually describes compositions written from about 1908 to the present day where a hierarchy of pitches focusing on a single, central tone is not used, and the notes of the chromatic scale...
improvisations for which he was known.
Redman was the subject of an award-winning documentary film Dewey Time (dir. Daniel Berman, 2001).
On February 19 and 21, 2004, Redman played tenor saxophone as a special guest with Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center is part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. JALC's performing arts complex, Frederick P. Rose Hall, is located at West 60th Street and Broadway in New York City, slightly south of the main Lincoln Center campus and directly adjacent to Columbus Circle. Frederick P....
, in a concert entitled "The Music of Ornette Coleman."audio link
Redman died of liver failure
Liver failure
Acute liver failure is the appearance of severe complications rapidly after the first signs of liver disease , and indicates that the liver has sustained severe damage . The complications are hepatic encephalopathy and impaired protein synthesis...
in Brooklyn, New York, on September 2, 2006. He is survived by his wife, Lidija Pedevska-Redman, as well as sons Tarik and Joshua
Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman is an American jazz saxophonist and composer who records for Nonesuch Records. He won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 1991.-Biography:...
, who is also a jazz saxophonist. The father and son recorded two albums together.
As leader
- 1966: Look for the Black StarLook for the Black StarLook for the Black Star is the debut album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1966 and originally released on the Dutch Fontana label but later released in the U.S...
(FreedomFreedom RecordsFreedom Records was a jazz record label linked with the producer Alan Bates, as with his Black Lion Records.Individual recordings were distributed via Polydor Records and Transatlantic Records during the early 1970s before the company was bought by Arista Records.-Discography:*1000 Albert Ayler &...
) - 1969: TarikTarik (album)Tarik is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1969 for the French BYG Actuel label.-Reception:...
(BYG ActuelBYG ActuelBYG Actuel was a French record label specializing in free jazz. The label also released a small number of non-jazz recordings by artists such as Musica Elettronica Viva, Freedom and Gong.-History:...
) - 1973: The Ear of the BehearerThe Ear of the BehearerThe Ear of the Behearer is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1973 for the Impulse! label...
(Impulse!Impulse! RecordsImpulse! Records was an American jazz record label, originally established in 1960 by producer Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, based in New York City...
) - 1974: CoincideCoincide (album)Coincide is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1974 for the Impulse! label. Four performances from Coincide were included on the 1998 CD reissue of The Ear of the Behearer as bonus tracks....
(Impulse!) - 1975: Look for the Black StarLook for the Black StarLook for the Black Star is the debut album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1966 and originally released on the Dutch Fontana label but later released in the U.S...
(Arista Freedom) - 1979: MusicsMusicsMusics is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1978 for the Galaxy label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This is one of tenor-saxophonist Dewey Redman's more accessible sessions.....
(GalaxyGalaxy RecordsGalaxy Records was a subsidiary of Fantasy Records. It was established in 1951 and has been reactivated several times. Its first incarnation was as a 1950s jazz label. It was revived again in 1961 as a gospel and R&B label. It was last active from 1978 until the mid eighties.-Circa late...
) - 1979: SoundsignsSoundsignsSoundsigns is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1978 for the Galaxy label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Recorded at the same sessions that resulted in Musics, this LP is actually more...
(Galaxy) - 1980: Red and Black in WillisauRed and Black in WillisauRed and Black in Willisau is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman and drummer Ed Blackwell featuring performances recorded at the Willisau Jazz Festival in 1980 for the Italian Black Saint label.-Reception:...
with Ed BlackwellEd BlackwellEd Blackwell was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for his extensive work with Ornette Coleman....
(Black SaintBlack Saint/Soul NoteBlack Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian jazz independent record labels. Since their conception in the 1970s, they have released albums from a variety of influential jazz musicians, particularly in the genre of free jazz.-History:...
) - 1982: The Struggle ContinuesThe Struggle Continues (Dewey Redman album)The Struggle Continues is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1982 for the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM) - 1989: Living on the EdgeLiving on the Edge (Dewey Redman album)Living on the Edge is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1989 for the Italian Black Saint label.-Reception:...
(Black Saint) - 1992: ChoicesChoices (Dewey Redman album)Choices is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1992 for the Enja label. The album features the recording debut of Redman's son Joshua Redman.-Reception:...
(Enja) - 1992: African VenusAfrican VenusAfrican Venus is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1992 and released on the Evidence label.-Reception:...
(Evidence) - 1996: In LondonIn London (Dewey Redman album)In London is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1996 for the BBC and released on the Palmetto label.-Reception:...
(Palmetto) - 1998: Momentum SpaceMomentum Space (album)-Track listing:# "Nine" - 10:52# "Bekei" - 4:19# "Spoonin'" - 7:27# "Life as..." - 8:31# "It" - 7:15# "Is" - 20:47# "Dew" - 0:49*Recorded at Avatar Recording Studio, New York, New York on August 4 & 5, 1998...
(VerveVerve RecordsVerve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...
) with Cecil Taylor and Elvin Jones
With Old and New Dreams
Old and New Dreams
Old and New Dreams was a jazz group that existed from 1976 to 1987 composed of tenor saxophone player Dewey Redman , bassist Charlie Haden, cornet player Don Cherry and drummer Ed Blackwell...
- Old and New Dreams (Black Saint, 1976)
- Old and New Dreams (ECM, 1979)
- PlayingPlaying (album)Old and New Dreams is a live album by jazz quartet Old and New Dreams featuring trumpeter Don Cherry, saxophonist Dewey Redman, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Ed Blackwell recorded in 1980 for the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1980) - A Tribute to BlackwellA Tribute to BlackwellA Tribute to Blackwell is a live album by jazz quartet Old and New Dreams featuring trumpeter Don Cherry, saxophonist Dewey Redman, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Ed Blackwell recorded in 1987 and released on the Italian Black Saint label.-Reception:...
(Black Saint, 1987)
As sideman
With Jon BallantyneJon Ballantyne
Jon Ballantyne is a Jazz musician, composer, artist, and piano player who now resides in New York City, USA.-Biography:...
- 4tets (Real Artist Works, 2000)
With Ed Blackwell
Ed Blackwell
Ed Blackwell was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for his extensive work with Ornette Coleman....
- Walls-Bridges (Black Saint, 1992)
With Michael Bocian
- Reverence (Enja 1994)
With Don Cherry
Don Cherry (jazz)
Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...
- Relativity SuiteRelativity SuiteRelativity Suite is a free-jazz LP by Don Cherry on Jazz Composer's Orchestra Records JCOA LP 1006, which was released in 1973.-Criticism:...
(JCOA, 1973)
With Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s....
- New York Is Now!New York Is Now!__notoc__New York Is Now! is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman released on the Blue Note label in 1968....
(Blue Note, 1968) - Love CallLove Call (album)Love Call is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman released on the Blue Note label in 1968.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3 stars and stated "The other half of the New York Is Now session, which is, in a sense, ridiculous. Blue Note...
(Blue Note, 1968) - CrisisCrisis (Ornette Coleman album)Crisis is a live album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman recorded at New York University in 1969 and released on the Impulse! label.-Reception:...
(Impulse!, 1969) - Friends and Neighbors: Live at Prince Street (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
- Science FictionScience Fiction (Ornette Coleman album)Science Fiction is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman recorded in 1971 and released on the Columbia label.-Reception:...
(Columbia, 1971) - Broken ShadowsBroken ShadowsBroken Shadows is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman recorded in 1971 at the same sessions that produced Science Fiction and but not released on the Columbia label until 1982.-Reception:...
(Columbia, 1971-2 [1982])
With Cameron Brown
- Here and How! (OmniTone, 1997)
With Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
Charles Edward Haden is an American jazz musician. He is a double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman...
's Liberation Music Orchestra
Liberation Music Orchestra
Liberation Music Orchestra is a jazz album by Charlie Haden, released in 1969 . It was Haden's first album as leader.The inspiration for the album came when Haden heard songs from the Spanish Civil War...
- Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse!, 1970)
- The Ballad of the FallenThe Ballad of the FallenThe Ballad of the Fallen is a jazz album by bassist Charlie Haden, recorded in 1982 and released in 1983. The album was voted "Jazz album of the year" in Down Beat magazine's 1984 critic's poll...
(ECM, 1982) - Dream KeeperDream KeeperDream Keeper is a jazz album by bassist Charlie Haden, recorded in 1990 and released by Blue Note Records. The album was nominated for a Grammy award and was voted "Jazz album of the year" in Down Beat magazine's 1991 critic's poll...
(Blue Note, 1990)
With Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music.Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey, moving on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music; as...
- El Juicio (The Judgement)El Juicio (The Judgement)El Juicio is an album by pianist Keith Jarrett featuring performances by Jarrett, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "Gypsy Moth" - 8:18...
(Atlantic, 1971) - BirthBirth (Keith Jarrett album)Birth is an album by pianist Keith Jarrett featuring performances by Jarret, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Not everything works, and there are some wandering moments, but the music always holds one's...
(Atlantic, 1971) - ExpectationsExpectations (Keith Jarrett album)Expectations is a 1971 recording by pianist, saxophonist and composer Keith Jarrett, released on Columbia Records. The recording features, in addition to Jarrett, tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman, bassist Charlie Haden, drummer Paul Motian, guitarist Sam Brown, percussionist Airto Moreira, and a...
(Columbia, 1972) - Fort YawuhFort YawuhFort Yawuh is the first album released on the Impulse Records label by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Originally released in 1973, it features a live performance recorded at the Village Vanguard on February 24, 1973, by Jarrett, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, and Danny...
(Impulse!, 1973) - Treasure IslandTreasure Island (album)Treasure Island is the second album on the Impulse label by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Originally released in 1974, it features performances by Jarrett, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, and Danny Johnson....
(Impulse!, 1974) - Death and the FlowerDeath and the FlowerDeath and the Flower is the third album on the Impulse label by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Originally released in 1974 it features performances by Jarrett's 'American Quartet' which included Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian with Guilherme Franco added on percussion.-Reception:The...
(Impulse!, 1974) - BackhandBackhand (album)Back Hand is the fourth album on the Impulse label by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Originally released in 1974 it features performances by Jarrett's 'American Quartet' which included Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian with Guilherme Franco added on percussion.Aside from its appearance in...
(Impulse!, 1974) - Shades (Impulse!, 1975)
- MysteriesMysteries (album)Mysteries is the fourth album on the Impulse label by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Originally released in 1975 it features performances by Jarrett's 'American Quartet' which included Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian with Guilherme Franco added on percussion.In October 2011, Shades was...
(Impulse!, 1975) - The Survivors' SuiteThe Survivors' SuiteThe Survivors' Suite is an album by American pianist Keith Jarrett which was released on the ECM label in 1976. It features performances by Jarrett's 'American Quartet' which included Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, and Paul Motian.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1976) - Bop-BeBop-BeBop-Be is the final album on the Impulse label by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett's 'American Quartet'. Originally released in 1977 it features performances by Jarrett, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, and Paul Motian...
(Impulse!, 1977)
With Leroy Jenkins
- For Players Only (JCOA, 1975)
With Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...
- 80/8180/8180/81 is a double album by jazz artists Pat Metheny, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker, and Jack DeJohnette, which was released in 1980.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Pat Metheny - Guitar*Charlie Haden - Bass*Jack DeJohnette - Drums...
(ECM, 1980)
With Paul Motian
Paul Motian
Stephen Paul Motian was an American jazz drummer, percussionist and composer of Armenian extraction.He first came to prominence in the late 1950s in the piano trio of Bill Evans, and later led several groups...
- Monk in MotianMonk in MotianMonk in Motian is the first album by Paul Motian to be released on the German JMT label. It was released in 1988 and features ten compositions by Thelonious Monk performed by Motian with Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano. Geri Allen and Dewey Redman make guest appearances...
(JMT, 1988) - TrioismTrioismTrioism is an album by jazz drummer Paul Motian be released on the German JMT label. Recorded in 1993, it was first released in 1994 and features performances by Motian with Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano with Dewey Redman added on one track...
(JMT, 1993)
With Roswell Rudd
Roswell Rudd
Roswell Rudd is a Grammy Award-nominated American jazz trombonist and composer....
& The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
Jazz Composer's Orchestra
Jazz Composer's Orchestra was an American jazz group founded in 1965, to further avant-garde jazz in New York. Carla Bley and Michael Mantler were important in its organization and style....
- Numatik Swing BandNumatik Swing Band-Track listing:# "Vent" - 4:50# "Breathahoward" - 2:52# "Circulation" - 10:15# "Lullaby For Greg" - 11:10# "Aerosphere" - 14:15-Personnel:*Roswell Rudd - trombone, french horn, producer...
(JCOA, 1973)
With Clifford Thornton
Clifford Thornton
Clifford Thornton was an American free jazz trumpeter and trombonist. Born in Philadelphia in 1939, he studied with trumpeter Donald Byrd in the mid-1950s and worked with various players such as tuba player Ray Draper. After a stint in the army, Thornton moved to New York City...
& The Jazz Composers Orchestra
- The Gardens of Harlem (JCOA, 1975)
With Randy Weston
Randy Weston
Randy Weston , is an American jazz pianist and composer, of Jamaican parentage.-Biography:Weston studied classical piano as a child. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he ran a restaurant that was frequented by many of the leading bebop musicians...
- Spirits of Our AncestorsSpirits of Our AncestorsSpirits Of Our Ancestors is an album by pianist, Randy Weston, and was recorded in 1991. While all of the compositions were penned by Weston himself, the music on the album is more specifically a collaborative arranging effort between Weston and arranger Melba Liston...
(Antilles, 1991)
External links
- "Dewey Redman: The Sound of a Giant", from All About Jazz site
- "Dewey Redman: an Enduring Original, 1931-2006", obituary in Jazz Police magazine, by Andrea Carter.
- The Bad Plus obituary
- Dewey Redman obituary from All About Jazz
- http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/04/arts/music/04redman.html?_r=1&oref=slogin, obituary in The New York Times by Ben Ratliff.
- Dewey Redman Audio Interviews - Jazz History Database
- Dewey Redman performance with Jazz at Lincoln Center
- Dewey Redman tracks on YouTube