Jazz Articles about Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter: Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter

by Mark F. Turner
December 24, 2004

It's an insurmountable task to capture the entire career of one of jazz's living legends on a dual CD release, but Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter is a comprehensive attempt that highlights some of the saxophonist's key recordings. If you've been listening to jazz for any length of time, you've more than likely heard Shorter's music. He is debatably more known for his writing and composing, which have produced music that has endured and is recorded by ...

Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter

by John Kelman
December 19, 2004

Michelle Mercer Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter Tarcher/Penguin ISBN1-58542-353-X 2004

Saxophonist Wayne Shorter has often appeared to be something of an enigma. From his early days with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers through his tenure with Miles Davis' second quintet, and from his years with the ground-breaking fusion group Weather Report to his current acoustic group with pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Pattituci and drummer Brian Blade, Shorter's writing has ...

Wayne Shorter: Footprints: The Life And Music Of Wayne Shorter

by Jim Santella
November 9, 2004

Outlining a significant portion of Wayne Shorter's recording career, this two-CD compilation traces the development of an artist who has left his footprint on modern jazz. Younger jazz artists from all facets of this creative field can't help being influenced by his exciting music. Dramatic tension and a relaxed swing give Shorter's performances a lasting appeal.

With Lee Morgan on “Lester Left Town" and Freddie Hubbard on “Speak No Evil," Columbia's portrait of the artist leads off in ...

Miles Davis - Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings, 1963-1964

by Colin Fleming
September 22, 2004

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Miles Davis Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Miles Davis, 1963-1964 Columbia Legacy 2004

One of the more undervalued phases in Miles Davis' career, the years 1963-64 are typically deemed a fallow period, marked by a few mildly inventive studio creations and scattershot radio broadcasts. Davis' transformations were often stylistic, but this collection puts the bulk ...

Miles Davis - Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings, 1963-1964

by Jim Santella
September 22, 2004

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Miles Davis Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Miles Davis, 1963-1964 Columbia Legacy 2004

Seven discs paint a pretty good picture of the sound that Miles Davis gave us back then.

Some of the master's mid-'60s material has not been previously issued. As had been the case time and again, the Miles ...

Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings, 1963-1964

by John Kelman
September 22, 2004

Eagerly anticipated, Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963-1964 documents the emergence of Miles' second great quintet, featuring saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams. It demonstrates, over the course of seven discs and seven hours, how critical each member of that quintet was. As the group coalesces over a period of two years it's tangible how everything falls into place, like a set of tumblers on a complicated lock.

Wayne Shorter: Adam's Apple

by Aaron Rogers
July 10, 2004

By the beginning of '66, Wayne Shorter had already made jazz history twice: forging gospel-drenched hard bop with Art Blakey from '59 to '64 and helping to create the metaphysical artistry of the Miles Davis quintet during the mid-'60s. So it should come as no suprise that Adam's Apple , which was recorded in February of '66, has Shorter compositions in standard AABA blues form and introspective ballads that sound like his work with Davis.

Recorded at the infamous Van ...