Jazz Articles about Wayne Shorter

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Alan Skidmore is one of the finest saxophonists to come out of the United Kingdom, Europe or indeed anywhere. In fact, it was hearing Skidmore's tenor solo on “Have You Heard?" from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (Decca, 1966) that encouraged a young Michael Brecker to take up the instrument. Skidmore had also served his apprenticeship with blues singer Alexis Kornerin the sixties and by the end of the decade was equally well-versed in the blues and in the ...

Album Review

Wayne Shorter: Adam's Apple To Super Nova Revisited

Read "Adam's Apple To Super Nova Revisited" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
May 21, 2023

In the three and a half years which separate the recording of the Blue Note albums Adam's Apple, in February 1966, and Super Nova, in August and September 1969, jazz went through a paradigm shift going on profound identity trauma. In 1966, though it was already past peak popularity, hard bop was still an important soundtrack among street people and cultural sophisticates alike. But three years later, acid rock had more or less replaced it. Jazz musicians, reeling from the ...

Radio & Podcasts

Mr. Gone

by Patrick Burnette
April 13, 2023

With Wayne Shorter's death at age 89, jazz lost an innovative composer, saxophonist and bandleader. Mike knew a tribute was needed but didn't want to explore the usual suspects, so the boys take a trawl through lesser-known aspects of Shorter's career (while throwing in an overview as well to orient the less familiar). We look at his work as a sideman (both celebrated and little known), his brief re-emergence as a leader in the mid-seventies, and his acoustic comeback with ...

Radio & Podcasts

A Wayne Shorter Tribute

by Jerome Wilson
March 22, 2023

This show is a tribute to Wayne Shorter and touches on his work with Art Blakey, Miles Davis, and Weather Report as well as his recordings as a leader. It also includes interpretations of Shorter compositions by other musicians, including Fred Hersch and Terence Blanchard. Playlist The Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Gil Evans “Time of the Barracudas" from ...

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Wayne Shorter: Footprints of a Soothsayer

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 21, 2023

Rarely has a jazz musician created a body of work in which depth, sophistication and melodies coexist as beautifully as Wayne Shorter. In this episode we selected interpretations of his compositions by musicians we admire and who chose to follow his soothsaying footprints. In loving tribute to Mr. Gone. Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Wayne Shorter, Milton Nascimento “Beauty and the Beast" Native Dancer (Columbia/Legacy) 0:16 Host talks ...

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A Musical Tribute To Wayne Shorter, Plus Brazilian Fusion And Latin Sounds

by Len Davis
March 17, 2023

A musical tribute to the late Wayne Shorter, bassist Francisco Fattoruso from Argentina, some Brazilian fusion, the new one from Nguyen Le and Latin sounds from Meddy Gerville.Playlist Weather Report “Elegant People" from Black Market (CBS) 00:00 Weather Report “Mysterious Traveller" from Mysterious Traveller (CBS) 06:20 Wayne Shorter “On The Milky Way Express" from High Life (Verve Forecast) 12:35 Francisco Fattoruso “Matrix" from Random Archives (Self Produced) 18:56 Atte Aho “Labyrinth" from Atte Aho (Eclipse Music) 25:22 Carlos ...

Big Band in the Sky

Wayne Shorter remembered as Jazz's Shaman Of Musical Influence

by Doug Hall
March 9, 2023

The voice, tone, phrasing--in effect, the signature sound of the saxophone has distinguished a number of artists. The late Wayne Shorter, having just passed away at 89, has been a profound force of interpretation on the tenor, and on the soprano--there is no greater master. He remained at the forefront of influence with his instrument and is intimately associated with a shortlist of the crucially essential innovators in modern jazz, including John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, and Miles Davis. ...