It’s Time: Joshua Redman’s Spirit of the Moment

You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians

Peter Martin

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🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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For the first time ever, we’re digging into an album Peter actually played on. In this episode, we go deep on Spirit of the Moment, saxophonist Joshua Redman’s 1995 double-CD live album, recorded at the legendary Village Vanguard, with Peter on piano, drummer Brian Blade, and bassist Chris Thomas. We explore how Redman rose to stardom in the ’90s, stories from Peter’s New Orleans trio days, and what it’s like to be onstage for a now-classic recording. Plus: crowd gasps, Josh’s nods to Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson and his father Dewey Redman, the art of laying out, and why this record still inspires a specific crowd of 17-year old jazz pianists 30 years later.

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0:00.0	Yo, Peter.
0:00.8	Hey, man.
0:01.7	Man, these intro tunes have been getting kind of out of hand.
0:04.6	I know.
0:05.1	I know.
0:05.3	It's been bonkers, man.
0:06.4	You know what, that's my bad.
0:07.5	A lot of, no, I mean, cool arrangements, but a lot of hits, a lot of re-harmed. It's getting fussy. It's a little fussy. I thought today maybe we go, like, straight down the middle. Oh, what are you thinking?
0:01.6	Well, for this album, you know, St. Thomas is classic on here.
0:04.8	Sonny Rollins' tune.
0:06.0	Yeah.
0:06.6	KeyfC.
0:07.3	I made a lead sheet for everybody.
0:09.3	I don't really need it.
0:10.1	I mean, St. Thomas is classic on here. Sonny Rollins' tune, Key of C. I made a lead sheet for everybody.
0:23.6	I don't really need it.
0:24.6	I mean, Bob probably does.
0:25.6	One, two, a one, two, three, and...
0:27.6	One, two, three, that's what I'm talking about. What do you think, Pete? Can we play St. Thomas?
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