—Berkeley, California. Even before becoming known as the son of Dewey Redman – the highly original saxophonist and rebellious spirit who played alongside Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett – Joshua grew up in a home filled with books, dance, and silence. His mother, Renée Shedroff, is not a musician, but she taught him the value of slowness, reflection, and meaningful words. He, on the other hand, chose the saxophone almost as a game. How could it be otherwise with a father like that? The instrument entered his life at age ten, but music was not his predetermined path. First came Harvard, then law school at Yale. Yet something – a call, an echo – led him to put everything on hold and spend a year in New York. No profession, just music. In 1991, the Big Apple still carried the burning scent of post-bop. Joshua was twenty-two, and within months […]