https://aritang.github.io/tags/jazz/Recent content in Jazz on ariana's blogHugo -- 0.164.0en-usSat, 26 Sep 2026 22:00:00 -0500https://aritang.github.io/posts/joshua_redman_solo/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 22:00:00 -0500https://aritang.github.io/posts/joshua_redman_solo/<p>Tonight at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival I went to see Joshua Redman play solo at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.</p> <figure class="align-center "> <img loading="lazy" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aritang/aritangPictures/main/static/concert/jazzAtRockefellaRemote.jpeg#center" alt="Rockefeller Chapel, full house." width="100%"/> <figcaption> <p>Rockefeller Chapel, full house.</p> </figcaption> </figure> <p>He has decent technique.</p> <figure class="align-center "> <img loading="lazy" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aritang/aritangPictures/main/static/concert/jazzAtRockefellaCloseup.jpeg#center" alt="Joshua Redman, just him and a tenor." width="100%"/> <figcaption> <p>Joshua Redman, just him and a tenor.</p> </figcaption> </figure> <p>But even with a well-trained ear, I couldn&rsquo;t appreciate the chords, and the melodies felt clueless to me. Sometimes I couldn&rsquo;t tell whether a note was intentional or a mistake, though often I could tell it was a mistake.</p>