Choices (Dewey Redman album)

Choices
Studio album by Dewey Redman
Released 1992
Recorded July 29 & 30, 1992
Genre Jazz
Length 43:45
Label Enja
Producer Horst Weber
Dewey Redman chronology

Living on the Edge
(1989)
Choices
(1992)
African Venus
(1992)

Choices is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1992 for the Enja label.[1] The album features the recording debut of Redman's son Joshua Redman.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Redman himself is in fine form, playing with all of the deep, steamy lyricism he showcased so brilliantly with Ornette Coleman and in Old and New Dreams, but there is something else too, as evidenced by the track selection, and that is a new reverence for the tradition. Redman was always a melodic player, even in his most fiery avant encounters, but his love for jazz tradition, particularly its formalist considerations, was never really apparent until now".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Dewey Redman except as indicated
  1. "Le Clit" - 9:09
  2. "Everything Happens to Me" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) - 10:27
  3. "O'Besso" - 14:09
  4. "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 8:15
  5. "For Mo" - 13:25

Personnel

References

  1. Enja Records catalogue accessed May 2, 2011
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed May 2, 2011