Harvard graduate Joshua Redman (born on February 1st, 1969) was on course for a
career in law and had been accepted into Yale before he decided to take a gap
year. Redman moved east to a house in Brooklyn with some friends and started to
indulge in his passion for jazz, playing saxophone in local clubs in bars. He
won the prestigious Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition in 1991 and a career
in law fell by the wayside. Signing a deal with Warner Bros, he released his
first album in 1993, simply titled Joshua Redman. The album earned him a Grammy
nomination and was quickly followe...