Joshua Redman at Rialto Center

Among the most acclaimed and respected jazz artists with a career spanning three decades, 10-time Grammy nominee Joshua Redman won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition only months into his professional career. Now with nearly two dozen albums, he helmed creation of the ensemble SFJazz Collective, later writing music for film including Louis Malle’s final work “Vanya on 42nd Street” and in Robert Altman’s “Kansas City.” Redman also collaborated with Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, The Dave Matthews Band, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, B.B. King, Yo Yo Ma, Stevie Wonder, The Roots and The Rolling Stones.