Description: On his third date for Blue Note within a year, Wayne Shorter changed the bands that played on both 'Night Dreamer' and 'Juju' and came up with not only another winner, but also managed to give critics and jazz fans a different look at him as a saxophonist. Because of his previous associations with McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, and Reggie Workman on those recordings, Shorter had been unfairly branded with the 'just-another-Coltrane-disciple' tag, despite his highly original and unusual compositions. Here, with only Jones remaining and his bandmates from the Miles Davis Quintet, Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter on board (with Freddie Hubbard filling out the horn section), Shorter at last came into his own and caused a major reappraisal of his earlier work. The odd harmonic frameworks used to erect Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, with its balladic structure augmented with a bluesy regimen of hard bop and open-toned modalism, create the illusion of a much larger band managing all that timbral space. Likewise on the title track, with its post-bop-oriented melodic line strewn across a wide chromatic palette of minors and Hancock's piano pushing through a contrapuntal set of semi-quavers, the avant-garde meets the hard bop of the '50s head on and everybody wins. The loping lyric of the horns and Hancock's vamping in the middle section during Shorter's solo reveals a broad sense of humor in the saxophonist's linguistics and a deep, more regimented sense of time and thematic coloration. The set ends with the beautiful 'Wild Flower,' a lilting ballad with angular accents by Hancock who takes the lyric and inverts it, finding a chromatic counterpoint that segues into the front line instead of playing in opposition. The swing is gentle but pronounced and full of Shorter's singular lyricism as a saxophonist as well as a composer. 1: Witch Hunt2: Fee-fi-fo-fum3: Dance Cadaverous4: Speak No Evil5: Infant Eyes6: Wild Flower IMPORTANT INFO - All orders will ship within 3 business days, with rare exceptions for items being backordered*.My cutoff for shipping is 4pm EST. If you order on, it will ship by: Monday- WedTues-ThursWed-FriThurs-Sat/Mon/Fri-TuesSat-Tues/WedSun-Tues/Wed PRE ORDERS will have the shipping dates listed in the Listing Title as well as the description. These are subject to change. *I do all I can to avoid backorders, but they happen from time to time as a result of the high volume sales I do on multiple platforms. I will contact you to let you know and I ALWAYS get the record. If it says I don't have it, I still might have it. Just ask!Remember, for the lowest prices, always order directly from my official JaysRecordsnStuff website!
Price: 34.99 USD
Location: East Brunswick, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-10-13T06:35:29.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD
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Artist: Wayne Shorter
No Of Discs: 1
Record Label: Blue Note
Release Title: Speak No Evil
Color: Blue
Title: Speak No Evil
MPN: 5879067
Material: Vinyl
Edition: 12" Album
Type: Album
Format: Vinyl
EAN: 0602458790672
Release Year: 2024
Producer: Alfred Lion
Style: Hard Bop
Features: Indies exclusive
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 08/09/2024