Home » Jazz Musicians » Redman

Redman

Redman (born Reggie Noble on April 17, 1970 in Newark, New Jersey) made his rapping debut on the EPMD songs "Hardcore" and "Brothers on my Jock", after Erick Sermon of the seminal group spotted him freestyling in a New York club and added him to their crew of aspiring emcees (along with K-Solo among others). Redman's 1992 Def Jam debut Whut? Thee Album broke into the US Top 50, achieved gold status in the United States, and prominent hip-hop magazine The Source subsequently named Redman Rap Artist of the Year for 1993. Redman's solo career continued throughout the remainder of the decade, with each of his albums selling at least half a million copies. His musical style has remained very consistent, rarely deviating from a combination of Redman's unique braggadocious wit and hard, p-funk-influenced beats. In addition to releasing albums under his own name, he is part of the group Def Squad (along with Keith Murray and Erick Sermon) with whom he released the 1998 album El Nino, and also has formed a close partnership with labelmate Method Man (of the Wu-Tang Clan) with whom he released the 1999 album Blackout!. He has also collaborated extensively, both with hip-hop artists and with artists from other genres; the long list of artists and groups he has worked with includes Wyclef Jean, Snoop Dogg, Scarface, The Offspring, Christina Aguilera, Eminem, Gorillaz, D'Angelo, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, 2Pac, Jodeci, Cypress Hill, De La Soul, KRS-One and IAM. In 2001 Redman co-starred with Method Man in the stoner comedy film How High, which featured the pair playing two marijuana-addled students attempting to survive at Harvard. Method Man and Redman also appear in the Def Jam Vendetta video game series, often as Tag Team partners, and briefly had their own television sitcom, Method & Red, on Fox during the 2004-2005 season. Redman is also featured on the video game "True Crime: New York City", in which the central character interacts with an undercover street cop based upon the rap star, who also provides the voice for him. Aliases * Funk Doc * Funk Doctor Spock * Doc * Reggie * Reggie Noble * Soopaman Luva Discography: Albums * 1992: Whut? Thee Album * 1994: Dare Iz a Darkside * 1996: Muddy Waters * 1998: Doc's Da Name 2000 * 1998: El Nino (with Eric Sermon and Keith Murray) * 1999: Blackout! (Method Man & Redman) * 2001: Malpractice * 2007: Red Gone Wild Singles * 1992: "Blow Your Mind" * 1993: "Time 4 Sum Aksion" * 1993: "Tonight's da Night" * 1994: "Rockafella" * 1995: "Can't Wait" (US #94) * 1995: "How High" (with Method Man) (US #13) * 1996: "Funkorama" (from Insomnia: The Erick Sermon Compilation Album) * 1996: "It's Like That (My Big Brother)" (US #95) * 1997: "Pick It Up" * 1997: "Whateva Man" (US #42) * 1998: "I'll Bee Dat!" * 1999: "Da Goodness" * 1999: "Let Da Monkey Out" * 2001: "Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in Da Club)" (US# 97) * 2001: "Smash Sumthin'" * 2007: "Put it Down" Filmography * 1999: Colorz of Rage * 1999: PIGS * 2000: Boricua's Bond * 2001: Statistic: The Movie * 2001: How High * 2002: Stung * 2003: Thaddeus Fights the Power! * 2004: Method & Red * 2004: Seed Of Chucky * 2006: High Times Stony Awards (Cohost)

Tags

Redman

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Joshua Redman's birthday today!

Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the decade of the 1990s. Born in Berkeley, California, he is the son of legendary saxophonist Dewey Redman and dancer Renee Shedroff. He was exposed at an early age to a variety of musics (jazz, classical, rock, soul, Indian, Indonesian, Middle-Eastern, African) and instruments (recorder, piano, guitar, gatham, gamelan), and began playing clarinet at age ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Joshua Redman's birthday today!

Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the decade of the 1990s. Born in Berkeley, California, he is the son of legendary saxophonist Dewey Redman and dancer Renee Shedroff. He was exposed at an early age to a variety of musics (jazz, classical, rock, soul, Indian, Indonesian, Middle-Eastern, African) and instruments (recorder, piano, guitar, gatham, gamelan), and began playing clarinet at age ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Joshua Redman's birthday today!

Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the decade of the 1990s. Born in Berkeley, California, he is the son of legendary saxophonist Dewey Redman and dancer Renee Shedroff. He was exposed at an early age to a variety of musics (jazz, classical, rock, soul, Indian, Indonesian, Middle-Eastern, African) and instruments (recorder, piano, guitar, gatham, gamelan), and began playing clarinet at age ...

1

Recording

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade Reunite After 26 Years with RoundAgain, out now on Nonesuch

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade Reunite After 26 Years with RoundAgain, out now on Nonesuch

Source: Nonesuch Publicity

The members of the original Joshua Redman Quartet—Redman (saxophone), Brad Mehldau (piano), Christian McBride (bass), and Brian Blade (drums)—reunite with the July 10, 2020 release of RoundAgain, the group’s first recording since 1994’s MoodSwing. The album features seven newly composed songs: three from Redman, two from Mehldau, and one each from McBride and Blade. On Wednesday, July 22 at 4pm ET on the NPR Music YouTube channel, NPR Music and Jazz Night In America will host a live chat and ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Joshua Redman's birthday today!

Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the decade of the 1990s. Born in Berkeley, California, he is the son of legendary saxophonist Dewey Redman and dancer Renee Shedroff. He was exposed at an early age to a variety of musics (jazz, classical, rock, soul, Indian, Indonesian, Middle-Eastern, African) and instruments (recorder, piano, guitar, gatham, gamelan), and began playing clarinet at age ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Joshua Redman's birthday today!

Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the decade of the 1990s. Born in Berkeley, California, he is the son of legendary saxophonist Dewey Redman and dancer Renee Shedroff. He was exposed at an early age to a variety of musics (jazz, classical, rock, soul, Indian, Indonesian, Middle-Eastern, African) and instruments (recorder, piano, guitar, gatham, gamelan)... Read more.

Place our Musician of ...

4

Recording

Joshua Redman's New Album, "Still Dreaming"—Featuring Ron Miles, Scott Colley & Brian Blade—Out Now

Joshua Redman's New Album, "Still Dreaming"—Featuring Ron Miles, Scott Colley & Brian Blade—Out Now

Source: Nonesuch Publicity

Saxophonist and composer Joshua Redman is joined by drummer Brian Blade, bassist Scott Colley, and cornetist Ron Miles for Still Dreaming—an album inspired by his father Dewey Redman's 1976–1987 band, Old and New Dreams—released on Nonesuch Records on May 25, 2018. Along with the senior Redman, Old and New Dreams featured an all-star lineup of Ornette Coleman collaborators—cornetist Don Cherry, bassist Charlie Haden, and drummer Ed Blackwell—who continued pushing musical boundaries as they had with Coleman even after their former ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Joshua Redman's birthday today!

Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the decade of the 1990s. Born in Berkeley, California, he is the son of legendary saxophonist Dewey Redman and dancer Renee Shedroff. He was exposed at an early age to a variety of musics (jazz, classical, rock, soul, Indian, Indonesian, Middle-Eastern, African) and instruments (recorder, piano, guitar, gatham, gamelan)... Read more.

Place our Musician of ...

Performance / Tour

Jazz this week: Joshua Redman and more

Jazz this week: Joshua Redman and more

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

With the area still in a post-holiday deep freeze, the calendar of live jazz and creative music this week in St. Louis unsurprisingly features just one significant touring performer, but there also will be the usual contingent of local musicians and singers braving the arctic-like conditions for your listening enjoyment. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, January 3 Saxophonist Joshua Redman returns with his quartet to perform for the first of five nights continuing through Sunday at Jazz at the ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Joshua Redman's birthday today!

Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the decade of the 1990s. Born in Berkeley, California, he is the son of legendary saxophonist Dewey Redman and dancer Renee Shedroff. He was exposed at an early age to a variety of musics (jazz, classical, rock, soul, Indian, Indonesian, Middle-Eastern, African) and instruments (recorder, piano, guitar, gatham, gamelan)... Read more.

Place our Musician of ...

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.