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| Born August 25, 1933, Wayne Shorter did not pick up a musical instrument until he was sixteen when he started playing the clarinet to placate his father.After earning a degree in music education from New York University in 1956 and a two year army stint, Shorter turned professional in 1959 with the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra, which also included at the time Joe Zawinul.At the same time he became close friends with John Coltrane and the two would often get together to woodshed and discuss music.Here his unique sound and his startling original compositions found a major outlet.It was a little like being knocked down by a chess player.In 1964, he joined Miles Davis and his style changed.He wrote meticulously precise structures, often modal, that swivelled and snaked ...Throughout the sixties, Wayne also recorded an impressive body of work under his own name for Blue Note.From the liner notes,The Best of Wayne Shorter, Blue Note.Speak No Evil, 1964, Blue Note.Find Wayne Shorter on Amazon.Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, the Miles Davis Quintet, Weather Report.Shorter has album credits and accolades that are as numerous as his creative vocabulary is vast.In fact, it was painting and sculpture that initially inspired Shorter as a child in Newark, N.This may explain why his compositions are so evocative of color, mood, and story.Blue Note album Speak No Evil, considered a classic of the bop era, are inspired by folklore, black magic, and legend.He understood that freedom in music was the ability to know the rules in order to bend them to your satisfaction and tastes.In order to comment on an article, you must Log In.This series promises four nights that music lovers must not miss.The band has just released the live album Beyond the Sound Barrier."Shorter's pedigree is probably the most distinguished of all living jazz musicians" Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times
"Wayne Shorter is a master."Jeppe Skovbakke (bass)
A fascinating encounter between Danish guitarist Mikkel Ploug Petersen and Irish drummer Sean Carpio.More information at www.Our accommodation partner for Double Helix is Jurys Croke Park, just ten minutes from the Helix.Click Here for details.Many of his compositions have become standards.Weather Report period, 1970 to 1986
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6.He loved music, being encouraged by his father to take up the saxophone as a teenager (his brother Alan became a trumpeter).Army, during which time he played briefly with Horace Silver.He stayed with Blakey for five years, and eventually became musical director for the group.In 1964, Miles Davis persuaded Shorter to leave Blakey and join the Miles Davis Quintet alongside Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams.Davis had been searching for a saxophonist to replace John Coltrane for some time, and the new quintet is considered by many to have been Davis's strongest working group.Wayne was one of the few people who brought music to Miles that didn't get changed."Shorter remained in Davis's band after the breakup of the quintet in 1968, playing on early jazz fusion recordings including In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew (both 1969).His last live dates and studio recordings with Davis were in 1970.Until 1968 he played tenor saxophone exclusively.The final album on which he played tenor in the regular sequence of Davis albums was Filles de Kilimanjaro.In live Davis recordings from summer 1969 to early spring 1970 he played both saxophones.His first Blue Note album (of nine in total) was Night Dreamer recorded at Rudy Van Gelders studio in 1964 with Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman and Elvin Jones.JuJu and Speak No Evil are two more well known recordings from this era.Adam's Apple of 1966 was back to carefully constructed melodies by Shorter leading a quartet.James Spaulding and strong rhythms by drummer Joe Chambers.These albums have recently been remastered by Rudy Van Gelder.Shorter also recorded occasionally as a sideman (again, mainly for Blue Note) with Donald Byrd, McCoy Tyner, Grachan Moncur III, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, and bandmates Hancock and Williams.He also contributed to several albums by Joni Mitchell.This group was a revival of the 1960s Miles Davis quintet, except that Freddie Hubbard filled the trumpet chair instead of Miles.It was also Shorter's debut as a leader for Verve Records.The Quartet
Shorter formed his current band in 2000, the first permanent acoustic group under his leadership, a quartet with young musicians, pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade, playing his own complex compositions, many of them reworkings of tunes from his substantial portfolio going back to the 1960s.The quartet has received great acclaim from fans and critics, especially for the strength of Shorter's tenor saxophone playing.The Shorter biography Footprints by journalist Michelle Mercer contains an insight into the working life of these musicians as well as insight into Shorter's life, thoughts and Buddhist beliefs.Personal and family life
Shorter's wife Ana Maria and their niece Dalila were both killed on TWA Flight 800 in 1996, and he married Carolina Dos Santos, a close friend of Ana Maria, in 1999.Shorter is a Nichiren Buddhist and a member of Soka Gakkai.Gone
1979 8:30
1980 Night Passage
1982 Weather Report
1983 Procession
1983 Domino Theory
1984 Sportin' Life
1985 This is This!All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.See Copyrights for details.Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.This video has been added to your favorites.Content of this nature is not necessarily prohibited on YouTube, however we will review this video and take action as appropriate.Per our Community Guidelines, hate speech is specifically defined in reference to "protected groups."Thank you for sharing your concerns.We can only process copyright complaints submitted by authorized parties in accordance with processes defined in law.There may be significant legal penalties for false notices.Please refer to our Help Center for more information and the complete instructions.Thank you for sharing this video!"Composition is just improvisation slowed down, and improvisation is just composition speeded up.""When I was in Miles' band, he wanted every note to count, to push the story forward.He used to bring up Humphrey Bogart in those mystery movies.How about some love and recognition for the pianist, Danilo Perez?One of the most uniquely brilliant pianists to emerge in this generation.After making your selection, copy and paste the embed code above.The code changes based on your selection.Beyond the Sound Barrier.Caught Shorter's vaunted quartet (Perez, Pattituci, Blade) in Indpls.Shorter played a lot of short, repetitive phrases; Perez engaged in a lot of percussive comping; Pattituci and Blade displayed a lot of propulsive, climactic energy that didn't particularly lead anywhere.Anybody else catch this tour yet?There's been a discussion on Shorter's latest tour on allaboutjazz.Shorter played a lot of short, repetitive phrases; Perez engaged in a lot of percussive comping; Pattituci and Blade displayed a lot of propulsive, climactic energy that didn't particularly lead anywhere.In fact, the whole performace was marked by a sort of directionless, meditative quality.Meditative sounds much better.Unfortunately, my "review" of last night's concert in Boston joins in with the "disappointed" ones of this and the other board's for much the same reasons.I'm much happier though listening to Alegria which I love!Of course all groups have off nights, but I don't think those negative reactions are for off nights by this group, but for the group's approach itself.Of course all groups have off nights, but I don't think those negative reactions are for off nights by this group, but for the group's approach itself.Pete C, as well as others here: Thought you would be interested in this review of the Sunday evening Boston concert.Wayne Shorter, jazz's greatest living composer, for the most part eschewed form for the entirety of his quartet's concert Sunday night at Berklee Performance Center.It was an enthralling event.Not only does the album revel in the composed form, but half of the compositions don't belong to Shorter, and they aren't jazz tunes, either.Also, the quartet creates only the core of the disc's music; woodwinds, cellos, horns, and percussion round out the sound, which is equal parts jazz, classical, and world music.What they played Sunday may not have technically fit the definition of free jazz, but it came as close as you can without crossing that line.The quartet seemed less a collection of personnel than a large organism with four brains.Shorter's ideas were clearly there, though it would be wrong to say that any one of the five pieces the group played was a 'song.Shorter wanted the audience to know right from the beginning that something was up.Aha, this is the first tune.Even though I felt the concert was disappointing, Wayne still "walks on water" as far as I'm concerned!!One musician introduced an idea, another picked up the thread, and all converted over it, until someone decided how to alter it.It should be "all conversed over it..."There were lots of posts re: Alegria but unfortunately I can't tell you where they are.They're probably in the archives now.When a jazz musician ( maybe it can be applied to some other kind of music as well with probably classical music as an exception) try to move forward (again, in the case of Wayne) and cross the border, shifting things around it should deserved the highest respect and applause from the people.Blakey, Miles, Weather Report etc.The only Jazz Cd I've seen on the front of their review section!Alegria is certainly one of the best CDs I've bought this year and I wouldn't be suprised to see it winning awards, everywhere !!Perhaps one of the two best jazz concerts of my life.The time now is 11:37 AM.All material copyright 2007 jazzcorner.If "q" is empty, this will display a search form. |
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