PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Dcist Preview: Joshua Redman Trio

Despite the success of artists like Wynton Marsalis, the 1980s were a somewhat dark period in jazz. There was no particular movement breathing new life into the music, as fusion had done in the '70s, and the masters who came up during the classic days were aging. Fortunately, jazz experienced a bit of a renaissance in the '90s as a crop of young lions came to the fore. These musicians were all highly trained, and steeped in jazz tradition, but not beholden to it...

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