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"He’s at the highest level of our music—you can’t get any higher than him.” So says Wynton Marsalis of the legendary saxophonist, composer, and band leader Wayne Shorter. With a legendary career spanning over 60 years, the 11-time GRAMMY award winner (including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy) has released countless classic records and amassed a canon of lyrical, introspective music that stands up to the greatest jazz composers. In 2015, the formidable 81-year-old joined the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis onstage for three unforgettable nights; the result is The Music of Wayne Shorter, out Jan. 31 on CD and digital formats.
For the record, JLCO members arranged beautiful, intricate versions of some of his most classic songs, including “Armageddon” (from 1964’s Night Dreamer), “Endangered Species” (from 1985’s Atlantis), and a very tender, Marsalis-penned take on “Teru” (from 1966’s Adam’s Apple). From Art Blakey to Miles Davis, from Weather Report to his own fabled Quartet, Shorter has done perhaps more than anyone to expand the known universe of jazz. Now, The Music of Wayne Shorter takes Shorter to places he’s never been before, giving his beloved compositions and hauntingly lush saxophone sound the big band backdrop they’ve long deserved. As Marsalis says, “Everybody strives to have a personal sound: his sound is definitive.”
Track listing
- Yes or No
- Diana
- Hammer Head
- Contemplation
- Endangered Species
- Lost
- Armageddon
- The Three Marias
- Teru
- Mama G
REEDS
Sherman Irby - alto & soprano saxophones, flute, piccolo, Bb clarinet
Ted Nash - alto & tenor saxophones, flute, alto flute, piccolo, Bb clarinet
Victor Goines - tenor saxophone, Bb & Eb clarinets
Walter Blanding - tenor & soprano saxophones, Bb clarinet
Paul Nedzela - baritone & alto saxophones, bass clarinet
TRUMPETS
Ryan Kisor
Kenny Rampton
Marcus Printup
Wynton Marsalis
TROMBONES
Vincent Gardner
Chris Crenshaw
Elliot Mason
RHYTHM SECTION
Dan Nimmer - piano
Carlos Henriquez - bass
Ali Jackson - drums
FEATURING
Wayne Shorter – tenor & soprano saxophones
"If Wayne Shorter is something like jazz’s Pablo Picasso — a master constantly finding new ways to turn tonality and form upside down — then the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra works as a gilded frame to display his masterpieces.” - NYTimes
“Shorter’s blowing makes it sound as if he wrote it yesterday rather than over 60 years ago. But then that’s the strength of The Music of Wayne Shorter. His compositions and tenor and soprano work continue to radiate creative freshness.” - Offbeat
"The orchestra expand [Shorter’s] oblique aesthetic with urgent rhythms, sharp-angled riffs and shimmers of brass. Shorter, 81 when this concert was recorded in May 2015, plays as if just hitting his stride.” - Financial Times
“Even among a crew as preternaturally gifted as this, [Shorter’s] spotlighted turns stand out, forcing the listener to consider and reconsider." - Relix
