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a r t i s t : Wayne Shorter
t i t l e : The Classic Blue Note Recordings
d a t e : 2002
l a b e l : Blue Note
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2003
t r a c k s : 22
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 208,4 MB
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Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone
w/ various artists
Alfred Lion - producer
Rudy Van Gelder - recording engineer
compilation produced by Michael Cuscuna
all compositions by Wayne Shorter
all tracks recorded 1964-1970, Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ,
except:
CD2 track #9, recorded live at The Montreux Jazz Festival, July 16, 1986
CD2 track #10, recorded, NYC, December 16, 1989
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The Newark, New Jersey tenor and soprano saxophonist Wayne Shorter is
the most evocative composer of the modern jazz era. His urgent,
Coltrane-influenced sax sound, his stints with Art Blakey's Jazz
Messengers, Miles Davis, and Weather Report, and his classic
compositions span the ebb of the hard bop era in the late '50s to the
daring avant-garde and fusion period of the late '60s and early '70s.
This two-CD set compiles the best of his songs from his recordings on
the legendary Blue Note label, from 1960 to 1989. The first disc
contains 12 selections from Shorter's recording dates as a leader,
with drummers Elvin Jones and Tony Williams; pianists Herbie Hancock,
Chick Corea, and McCoy Tyner; trumpeters Lee Morgan and Freddie
Hubbard; and bassists Ron Carter and Reggie Workman. Shorter has the
rare ability to simultaneously portray a specific visual image and
evoke mystery. His angular and edgy tenor sound drives the straight-
ahead and Afro-Latin swing of "Witch Hunt," "Speak No Evil," and
"Black Nile." His version of "Footprints" is more meditative than the
one recorded by Miles, while the soulful strut of "Adam's Apple"
rocks with a jazzy boogalo beat. On "Super Nova," Shorter's soaring
sound foreshadows his fearless forays in the "New Thing."
The second disc highlights Shorter's work as a sideman. His post-bop
classics with Art Blakey are included, from his swinging tribute to
Lester Young ("Lester Left Town") to the Latinesque "United." This
collection also includes Shorter's sides with ex-Jazz Messengers
band mates Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan, with the dark and dancing
"Marie Antoinette" from the LP Ready for Freddie, and the
sophisticated bossa nova syncopations of "Rio" from Morgan's album
The Procrastinator. The last two selections, a beautiful live version
of "Limbo" from pianist Michel Petrucciani's 1986 CD, Power of Three,
with guitarist Jim Hall, and a fusion-friendly take on "Nefertiti"
with drummer Lenny White and bassist Stanley Clarke from the
Manhattan Project, demonstrate the timelessness of Wayne Shorter's
music and the soundscapes it charted. - Eugene Holley Jr.
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CD1
01-Black Nile [06:28]
02-Yes Or No [06:37]
03-Speak No Evil [08:22]
04-Infant Eyes [06:53]
05-Witch Hunt [08:09]
06-Angola [04:50]
07-Etcetera [06:21]
08-Adam's Apple [06:51]
09-Footprints [07:31]
10-Tom Thumb [06:12]
11-Super Nova [04:50]
12-Calm [03:24]
CD2
01-The Chess Players [09:29]
02-Lester Left Town [06:26]
03-Ping Pong [07:06]
04-United [07:28]
05-Marie Antoinette [06:27]
06-Children Of The Night [08:51]
07-Contemplation [06:17]
08-Rio [06:12]
09-Limbo [07:59]
10-Nefertiti [08:53]
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