Joshua Redman on "Moose the Mooche"

This cut appears on Redman’s 1993 Album Wish, featuring Pat Metheny on guitar, Charlie Haden on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums. Clocking in at quarter note = 300+, the solo serves as a great exercise in up-tempo playing…which I woefully need to work on.

The solo is 4 solo choruses of B-flat (written C) rhythm changes, plus two choruses of trading with Higgins, in which Redman demonstrates his hard-bop acumen, while throwing in enough chromaticism and harmonic substitutions/interest to never really become monotonous.

Not a lot more to say about this, so here’s the recording (solo starts at about :25) and the transcription.

Enjoy! And Please feel free to share your thoughts. -BR