Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Wayne Shorter


 


Artist:  Wayne Shorter
Born:  August 25, 1933.   Newark, New Jersey, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Modal Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Progressive Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

Wayne Shorter is an American Jazz Saxophonist and Composer, and many of his compositions have become Jazz Standards.  He worked with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1950s and in 1960s, he went to join Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, and co-founded the Jazz Fusion Band Weather Report.  He has recorded over 20 albums as a Bandleader, he got 10 Grammy Awards.

























Title:  The Soothsayer (2025)
Genre:  Jazz, Modal Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Progressive Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Blue Note
Rating:   *****

Format:   LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Lost (7:12)
 2.  Angola (4:48)
 3.  The Big Push (8:18)

Side B:

 1.  The Soothsayer (9:35)
 2.  Lady Day (5:31)
 3.  Valse Triste (7:37)

Personnel:

Wayne Shorter:  Tenor Saxophone
Freddie Hubbard:  Trumpet
James Spaulding:  Alto Saxophone
McCoy Tyner:  Piano
Ron Carter:  Bass
Tony Williams:  Drums

The Soothsayer is the seventh album by Wayne Shorter, originally released in 1979 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on August 15, 2025 by Blue Note.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.






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