Gettin' to It

Joshua Redman

played Tenor Saxophone on this track

I realized almost immediately that this band wouldn't stay together for very long. They were without a doubt, for our generation, among the most accomplished and innovative on their respective instruments.

On the 2020 reunion of his 1994 quartet, describing why the original band with Mehldau, McBride and Blade could not last.

Ray Brown was one of these ... he was one of the very few bass players where drums seem superfluous, because his beat was so strong.

On the strength of his mentor Ray Brown's time feel, in a 2015 NPR interview.