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Quietly, Wayne Shorter Savors a Pressure-Free Approach to Life and Music
LOS ANGELES - Wayne Shorter talks like he plays. Sitting on the couch in his living room high in the West Hollywood hills, the legendary saxophonist is asked to explain his philosophy when it comes to leading a band. Speaking softly, Shorter drops references to actor William Shatner and Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel before settling, of ...
Curtis Fuller: Motor City Messenger
by Russ Musto
The most recorded jazz trombonist of his lifetime, Curtis Fuller's illustrious career spans six decades and includes tenures with many of the greatest names in this music. Born Dec. 15th, 1934 in Detroit, Fuller was orphaned at an early age, but found family in the close-knit jazz community of the musically fertile Motor City. He first ...
Bevort - Schmidt: Playground + 1
by Ian Patterson
Playground + 1 is an apt name for this impressive release by this Danish quartet led by saxophonist/vocalist Pernille Bevort and pianist Marie Louis Schmidt, as in many ways a playground bears analogy to a jazz group. In both, freedom exists within boundaries and individual expression thrives within a group identity. There is a collective dependency ...
Jazz & Blues: A Tribute to B.B. King
by Jim Santella
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Jazz Saxophone Competition and concert Kodak Theater Los Angeles, California October 26, 2008 As Poncho Sanchez opened the concert alone on stage with a serious chant aloud over his conga drums, the audience was reminded that jazz is composed of parts ...
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The Wayne Shorter Quartet is coming to Yoshi’s in Oakland, and The Jazz Observer would like to send you and a friend to see them for free! Yoshi’s has graciously provided us with two tickets to the 10:00 show on Thursday, October 2. To enter our drawing, just fill out the contest form between now and ...
Compositions by Marsalis and Shorter a Seductive Blend
Composers have been marrying elements of jazz and classical music for a century with drastically uneven results. The aesthetic bliss promised by the union is too seductive for many composers to ignore, but the challenge is daunting. So if you're Wynton Marsalis, you seek advice from a master. When Marsalis finished his 1999 oratorio “All Rise" ...
Wayne Shorter Quartet Plays Newport and Montrey Jazz Festivals
One of the most original of all jazz musicians, whether as a tenor and soprano saxophonist or as a composer, Wayne Shorter has always used his own fresh ideas to create new music that is unpredictable but ultimately logical. Shorter headlined the JVC Newport Jazz Festival Saturday with the Wayne Shorter Quartet. Shorter will perform September ...
Wayne Shorter - Blakey, ESP and Nefertiti
JazzCorner.com's Jazz Perspectives producer Reese Erlich sat down for an intimate conversation with saxophonist Wayne Shorter. In this special podcast, Shorter talks about his early years with Art Blakey and Miles Davis. He also reveals what inspired him to write his original compositions, including “ESP" and “Nefertiti." Wayne Shorter will be adjudicating and performing at the ...
Wayne Shorter: The Soothsayer
by Chris May
A good month for tenor saxophone connoisseurs, April 2008, with a second Rudy Van Gelder re-master released alongside Ike Quebec's signature Blue & Sentimental (Blue Note, 2008). The Soothsayer may be comparably less of a benchmark in Wayne Shorter's discography, and remains to some extent overshadowed by its close contemporary Speak No Evil (Blue Note, 1964), ...
Legendary Wayne Shorter Quartet Performs with Terell Stafford Quartet as Part of Mellon Jazz Fridays at the Kimmel Center March 28
Kimmel Center Presents 2007/08 Season Sponsored by Citi “Wayne Shorter is jazz's all-around genius, matchless in his field as a composer, utterly original as an improviser...one of the freshest saxophonists in jazz, as well as possibly its best small-group composer ever."--New York Times “A smart and assertive trumpeter...Mr. Stafford does a superlative job with a broad ...
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