Today's album is another in a series of hidden gems Blue Note archives. Recorded in 1965, first issued until 15 years later. This is all the more surprising that the music quality does not differ from other Wayne Shorter session from this period. On the other hand, in one year and gave the artist zarejsestował 3 very valuable board - The All Seeing Eye, Juju, and Speak No Evil under his own name. To this must be add Etcetera issued shortly after The Soothsayer. To this must still make the ESP Miles Davis quintet. Maybe all these albums, even for big fans of the artist at that time was too much. The session, however, remained in the archives and was released at a time when Wayne Shorter recorded fewer new material. Do ktrykolwiek musician recorded in the studio so much good music in such a short time? Perhaps, but certainly a breakthrough 1965 and 1966 in the career of Wayne Shorter is one of the league of musical creativity of all time.
about other boards with Wayne Shorter, among others I wrote here:
Carlos Santana & Wayne Shorter - Live At The 1988 Montreux Jazz Festival
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition: Copenhagen Live 1969
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition: Copenhagen Live 1969
This album is as good as the above-mentioned sessions of 1964 and 1965. This sophisticated compositions leader. Wayne Shorter has remained a prominent composer today.
Wayne Shorter - 2009
The Soothsayer, it's also a bit wider squad, apart from the the leader of two other wind instruments - alto saxophone and trumpet James Spaulding Freddie Hubbard. The rhythm section is quite unusual, because the percussion supports Tony Williams, who rarely played outside when the Miles Davis quintet, with other musicians. Exceptions do, in principle, only for a session with Wayne Shorter - as the leader board as of today and, for example on CD Graham Moncur III. It is also the only one in the sixties joint session of Tony Williams and McCoy Tyner.
same compositions Already a leader make this disc worth of interest. Perhaps the material landed on the shelf with a rather surprising reason. While Wayne Shorter focuses on the harmonically sophisticated improvisations that show the hidden potential of their composition, the star disc becomes James Spaulding. It is to be the most energetic solos, in which the alto voice seemed to scream - I'm here, too much ... I can certainly feel his voice is stronger than the early albums Sun Ra, where he lost a bit in the crowd other instruments. James Spaulding, he had the company at the most to prove.
Tony Williams also wanted to play a bit more, and gets a chance for a longer solo, in principle, only two versions of the composition Angola. In later editions of today's panels, especially in the editing Rudy Van Gelder Edition is added is longer, no way inferior version of this song, played at a slower pace. Probably time limits have decided to place a shorter and faster version of the first edition of the album, which even then had to fit on one disc LP.
Today's album is, above all, an excellent leader and unexpected compositions, in connection with the accidental nature of the composition of the brass instruments and their co-operation, harmony and mutual understanding in the relevant parts played together for more musicians having a lot of joint appearances, and not those who have met a few times before when other recording sessions. The Soothsayer, is another delicious album that would be a sensation if it appeared in today's time record and was surrounded on shelf yet better recordings of its leader. You may have a slightly better Wayne Shorter from the sixties, but if it likes, is a must.
Format: CD
Label: Blue Note
Number: 5099951437329