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Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman is touring to promote his new album, Timeless Tales (for Changing Times...
Passing is an issue the Hemings descendants have hardly been able to ignore. Diane Redman, a Madison Hemings descendant who lives in Columbus, recalls looking at family pictures from the 1920s, '30s and '40s, with her parents ruefully pointing out relatives who had passed. Indeed, passing is the reason Madison's link to Jefferson cannot be genetically confirmed. Establishing a DNA link requires a continuous male line; but of Madison's three sons, one died childless and the other two disappeared, passing for white...
...always hear about college dropouts who did so well in life, but here's proof that someone with a Harvard degree can beat the odds and really make a name for himself. Joshua Redman '91 graduated summa cum laude and phi beta kappa and yet is still able to maintain his status as one of the top saxophonists in the world. Check out the Joshua Redman Quartet as they celebrate the release of their new CD, Timeless Tales. 8 p.m., Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass. Ave., Boston, 876-7777. $29.50 to $24.50, $5 student discount...
Tonight head to the Regattabar at the Charles Hotel to cultivate your taste for smooth sound as you attempt some serious networking with nostalgic graduates while their hearts are still warm from watching mother Harvard's crew teams take home the prize. The Joshua Redman Quartet will be playing along to your ass-kissing. 8 p.m., 1 Bennett St, 876-7777. Tickets...
...Wilson turned the Monkees' Last Train to Clarksville into a torchy, caramelized ballad nearly worthy of Billie Holiday. Herbie Hancock followed with The New Standard, an entire album of rock-era tunes in which he improvised on changes derived from the Beatles, Sade and Kurt Cobain, among others. Joshua Redman's forthcoming Timeless Tales (for Changing Times) (Warner Bros.) covers similar ground, with songs by Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder and the Beatles again; included is a winning, credibly swinging version of Eleanor Rigby--some surprise for those of us who will slowly peel the skin off our faces...