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Wayne Shorter: Alegria

Read "Alegria" reviewed by Jeff Stockton

by Jeff Stockton
April 16, 2003

"Sacajawea," the first track on Wayne Shorter's new CD, Alegría, is a monster. Shorter makes a succinct statement on soprano saxophone, and the rhythm section is off to an instant boil. His first tenor solo has a familiar urgency, and Danilo Perez's piano is striving yet economical. When the full quartet returns, Shorter duets with himself ...

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Wayne Shorter: Alegria

Read "Alegria" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
March 5, 2003

Wayne Shorter raised high expectations after last year's critically acclaimed Footprints Live . His new release, Alegria, continues to reveal the creativity and vitality in one of today's true jazz icons. Footprints was the first time Shorter had recorded live with his own acoustic group. The group, featuring the younger jazz talents of drummer Brian Blade, ...

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Wayne Shorter: The Man and the Legacy

by Philip Gordon
January 16, 2003

During our conversation--shared just as he was preparing to put the finishing touches on his ideas for his upcoming show with the SFJAZZ Festival in October--Wayne revealed his sincere feelings towards his life, his music, his friendships and, his respect for the many world-class musicians with whom he has collaborated with throughout his impressive career; and ...

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Wayne Shorter: The Classic Blue Note Recordings

Read "The Classic Blue Note Recordings" reviewed by Keiran Smalley

by Keiran Smalley
January 15, 2003

An artist undergoes many stages in his personal and creative development. Typically this can range from a period of youthful experimentation, a mid-period where he hit his professional peak, followed by the mature reflection of an old master. With Wayne Shorter, who has towered over the tenor saxophone for 40-odd years, it is difficult to assess ...

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Wayne Shorter: The Soothsayer

Read "The Soothsayer" reviewed by Robert Gilbert

by Robert Gilbert
January 8, 2003

The mid-1960's were a heady time for Wayne Shorter. Newly enshrined as the permanent heir to Coltrane in Miles Davis's working group, he was the final puzzle piece to the band that would spur Davis to some of the most fruitful years of his career. At the same time, Shorter was in the midst of recording ...

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Footprints Live!

By Wayne Shorter

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2002
Track listing: Sanctuary; Masqualero; Valse Triste; Go; Aung San Suu Kyi; Footprints; Atlantis; JuJu.

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All Or Notthing At All

By Wayne Shorter

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2002

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Mysterious Traveller

By Weather Report

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Nubian Sundance; American Tango; Cucumber Slumber; Mysterious Traveller; Blackthorn Rose; Scarlet Woman; Jungle Book.

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Black Market

By Weather Report

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 1976
Track listing: Black Market; Cannon Ball; Gibraltar; Elegant People; Three Clowns; Barbary Coast; Herandnu.

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Wayne Shorter: Footprints Live!

Read "Footprints Live!" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland

by Celeste Sunderland
August 1, 2002

Could saxophonist Wayne Shorter have known that the songs he wrote and recorded back in the '60s would be fresher than ever over 30 years later? Of course not, but he cranks them out on his new disc Footprints Live! with confident, fresh, Scope-tinged breath. Perhaps the jazz icon didn't realize how timeless his tunes would ...