Wayne Shorter Discography
“A Shorter Story” The World’s Greatest Jazz Band (Again). It’s 1960 and the world’s greatest jazz band is falling apart. The Miles Davis…
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[Review] Wayne Shorter: Night Dreamer (1964)
Pleasant dreams from Miles’ new tenor man in his first session for Blue Note, with Trane’s gang riding along.
[Review] Wayne Shorter: Juju (1964)
A smart set of modal jazz featuring John Coltrane’s band and more than a little of his mojo.
[Review] Wayne Shorter: Adam’s Apple (1966)
One of the least diabolical of Shorter’s Blue Note albums, featuring Herbie Hancock on piano.
[Review] Freddie Hubbard: Here To Stay (1976)
An early session from the Jazz Messengers, led by Hubbard, that apparently got lost in the mail until 1976.
[Review] Steely Dan: Aja (1977)
The greatest studio rock album ever made, up to 1977 anyway.
[Review] Wayne Shorter: Etcetera (1980)
An unreleased Blue Note session from 1965 featuring Herbie Hancock and four Shorter originals.
[Review] Herbie Hancock: Sound-System (1984)
The not-quite-as-shocking sequel to Future Shock, featuring more futuristic funk.
Wayne Shorter: Atlantis (1985)
Invariably stacked alongside the magnificent bounties of Miles Davis and Weather Report, and ultimately found wanting. There are percolating and purposeful rhythms, swinging…
Wayne Shorter: Joy Ryder (1988)
You know, these Wayne Shorter albums are more trouble than they’re worth. The tantalizing traces of Weather Report hold my attention initially, but…