Wayne Shorter

Speak No Evil (2021 Audiophile Reissue) (602507440428)

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Speak No Evil (2021 Audiophile Reissue)

Wayne Shorter

Blue Note

602507440428

LPS 162548

602507440428

JAZZ

1

LP 39,98 €

180 GRAM VINYL

AUDIOPHILE VINYL REISSUES

MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG TAPES

1964 was one of the most momentous years in the musical life of Wayne Shorter. Early in the year the saxophonist was still a member of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, appearing on classic Blue Note albums like Free for All and Indestructible. Shorter made his own auspicious label debut that spring with Night Dreamer and quickly recorded the impressive follow-up JuJu. That summer he joined the Miles Davis Quintet, cementing a line-up that would become one of the seminal bands in jazz history. And when Shorter entered Van Gelder Studio with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Elvin Jones on Christmas Eve 1964 they created a masterpiece with Speak No Evil, a transcendent set of six Shorter originals including the swinging title track, “Witch Hunt,” and sublime ballad “Infant Ey

PERSONNEL:

  • Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
  • Wayne Shorter - tenor sax
  • Herbie Hancock - piano
  • Ron Carter - bass
  • Elvi Jones - drums

Engelwood Cliffs, N.J., December 24, 1964

TRACKS:

  • SIDE A
  • A1: Witch Hunt
  • A2: Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
  • A3: Dance Cadaverous
  • SIDE B
  • B1: Speak No Evil
  • B2: Infant Eyes
  • B3: Wild Flower