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The album's greatest strength lies in its high-caliber personnel. Redman assembled a piano-less quartet featuring veterans Pat Metheny (guitar), Charlie Haden (bass), and Billy Higgins (drums). By enlisting Haden and Higgins—both former sidemen for free-jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman —Redman signaled a desire to move beyond standard post-bop conventions into a realm of collective storytelling and "organic unity". The Repertoire: Standards and Subversion

The album opens with the title track, “Wish” — a Redman original built on a deceptively simple bluesy head. The interplay between Redman’s tenor and Mehldau’s harmonically adventurous comping immediately signals that this is no nostalgic hard-bop retread. Joshua Redman - Wish -1993- -Lossless FLAC-

: The final two tracks on the CD were recorded live at the Village Vanguard , capturing a bolder and more exploratory side of the group. Track Listing Turnaround (Ornette Coleman) Soul Dance (Joshua Redman) Make Sure You're Sure (Stevie Wonder) The Deserving Many (Joshua Redman) We Had a Sister (Pat Metheny) Moose the Mooche (Charlie Parker) Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton) Whittlin' (Pat Metheny) Wish (Live at the Village Vanguard) Blues for Pat (Live at the Village Vanguard) (Sources:) Legacy & Format The album's greatest strength lies in its high-caliber

had previously recorded with Joshua’s father, , on the 1980 album 80/81 . Wish essentially saw Metheny moving from the father’s generation to the son’s. The Repertoire: Standards and Subversion The album opens

Released on September 21, 1993, Joshua Redman's sophomore album,