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:  Introducing Wayne Shorter (Original Jazz Classics Series) (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Modal Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Progressive Jazz, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Craft Recordings

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Blues A La Carte ((5:35)

 2.  Harry's Last Stand (4:40)

 3.  Down In The Depths (9:41)

Side Two:

 1.  Pug Nose (6:49

 2.  Black Diamond (6:00)

 3.  Mack The Knife (4:27)

Personnel:

Wayne Shorter:  Tenor Saxophone

Lee Morgan:  Trumpet

Wynton Kelly:  Piano

Paul Chambers:  Double Bass

Jimmy Cobb:  Drums

Introducing Wayne Shorter is the debut album by Wayne Shorter, originally on August 1960 by Vee-Jay, remastered and reissued on August 1, 2025 by Craft Recordings.  Original Jazz Classic Series 180 Gram Vinyl.