Living on the Edge

Studio album by

Released

1991

Recorded

September 13 & 14, 1989

Genre

Jazz

Length

43:45

Label

Black Saint

Producer

Giovanni Bonandrini

Dewey Redman chronology

The Struggle Continues
(1982)

Living on the Edge
(1991)

Choices
(1992)

Living on the Edge is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1989 for the Italian Black Saint label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "The great tenor Dewey Redman has always been a versatile player and he really gets a chance to show off his individuality on this set... this is an easily recommended set of inside/outside music".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Dewey Redman except as indicated

"Boo Boodoop" - 9:46
"Mirror Windows" - 8:32
"Blues for J.A.M. Part 1" - 5:02
"If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 8:07
"As One" - 5:58
"Lazy Bird" (John Coltrane) - 6:20

Recorded at the A & R Recording Studio in New York City on September 13 & 14, 1989

Personnel

Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
Geri Allen - piano
Cameron Brown - bass
Eddie Moore - drums

References

^ Black Saint Records discography accessed May 2, 2011
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 2, 2011
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1197. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

v t e Geri Allen
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	The Printmakers (1984) Home Grown (1985) Open on All Sides in the Middle (1986) In the Year of the Dragon (1989) Segments (1989) Twylight (1989) Live at the Village Vanguard (1990) The Nurturer (1990) Maroons (1992) Twenty One (1994) Eyes in the Back of Your Head (1995–96) Some Aspects of Water (1996) The Gathering (1998) The Life of a Song (2004) Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006) Flying Toward the Sound (2008) Geri Allen & Timeline Live (2009) A Child Is Born (2011) Grand River Crossings (2012)
With Oliver Lake	Expandable Language (1984) Otherside (1988) Talkin' Stick (1997) At This Time (2008)
With others	Movies (Franco Ambrosetti, 1986) Movies Too (Franco Ambrosetti, 1988) The Collective (Cecil Brooks III, 1989) Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1989) Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990) Feed the Fire (Betty Carter, 1993) Sound Museum: Hidden Man (Ornette Coleman, 1996) Sound Museum: Three Women (Ornette Coleman, 1996) Motherland Pulse (Steve Coleman, 1985) Flute Talk (Buddy Collette, 1988) Etudes (Charlie Haden, 1987) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Charlie Haden, 1989) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989) Reflections in Change (Craig Handy, 1999) Lift Every Voice (Charles Lloyd, 2002) Jumping the Creek (Charles Lloyd, 2004) Decision in Paradise (Frank Lowe, 1984) Monk in Motian (Paul Motian, 1988) Mindgames (Greg Osby, 1988) Living on the Edge (Dewey Redman, 1989) Crunchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993) Munchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993) Bemsha Swing (Woody Shaw, 1986) By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas, 1989)