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Joshua Redman Group

Featuring Gabrielle Cavassa

Info & Tickets

Four men and a woman stand against a stone wall, wearing suits and a dress. Joshua Redman stands in the center.

Apr 03, 2025

Thu, Apr 03, 7:00 PM
Thu, Apr 03, 9:00 PM

Performance Space

$20 members and adults 55 and over
$30 general public
$10 students

ACCESSIBILITY
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Saxophonist Joshua Redman returns to perform material from his stunning new album, Where Are We, featuring vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa.

Rounding out Wexner Center’s 2024–25 jazz series, this can’t-miss performance showcases music from Redman’s latest album, Where Are We (Blue Note)—a remarkable collection of covers in which each song references “a specific geographical location (city or state or region) in the United States.” Lending his remarkable tone and nuance to songs by Woody Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen, and John Coltrane, among others, and accompanied by rising young vocalist Cavassa, Redman’s return to the Wex is sure to be a show to remember.

All ticket holders and Wexner Center members are invited to join us in the Mershon Auditorium Lobby at 8:00 PM for an exclusive reception to close out our 2024–25 jazz series. This is an opportunity to connect with our community at the Wex, enjoy an evening of incredible music, and toast to the season with our new head of performing arts Nathalie Bonjour.

Join or renew your membership today to enjoy this and more exclusive member events.

IMAGE CAPTION
Joshua Redman Group, photo: Sisi Kreft.

Performers

Joshua Redman – Saxophone
Gabrielle Cavassa – Vocals
Paul Cornish – Piano
Philip Norris – Bass
Nazir Ebo – Drums

"A graceful triumph of understated virtuosity."

MOJO, on Where Are We

More about the artist

Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the 1990s. The early influences of John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Cannonball Adderley, and his father, Dewey Redman, as well as the Beatles; Aretha Franklin; the Temptations; Earth, Wind and Fire; Prince; the Police; and Led Zeppelin drew Redman more deeply into music. Although he loved playing the saxophone, academics were always his first priority, and he never seriously considered becoming a professional musician. After graduating from Harvard College with a BA in social studies, he had already been accepted by Yale Law School, but deferred entrance for what he believed was only going to be one year to join friends in Brooklyn. Redman almost immediately found himself immersed in the New York jazz scene. In November 1991, five months after moving to New York, Redman was named the winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition.

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