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Sax icon Wayne Shorter is an unconventional mentor

by Martin Wisckol [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[9.Jun.09] :. Like many others’ first encounters with jazz icon Wayne Shorter, pianist Danilo Perez left bewildered. When he’d showed up to audition nearly 10 years ago, he didn’t know what to...

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Lionel Loueke: Karibu

by Will Layman

[6.Jun.08] :. The African guitarist makes an evocative and quietly exciting date for Blue Note.

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The Best Jazz of 2007

by Will Layman

[11.Dec.07] :. In spite of the perception of jazz as an increasingly niche market, the year's best show a style of music that remains ever youthful in its exploration of new territories, expanding its diversity and range of expression.

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Herbie Hancock: River

by Will Layman

[4.Oct.07] :. The great jazz pianist, with Wayne Shorter at his elbow and a list of sympathetic guest singers, makes a stunning Joni Mitchell tribute.

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Steely Dan: Classic Albums [DVD]

by Will Layman

[13.Nov.06] :. The famous pop perfectionism of Steely Dan, dissected at the mixing board by Becker and Fagen themselves -- maybe the best entry in this documentary series.

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Wayne Shorter: Beyond the Sound Barrier

by Will Layman

[17.Jun.05] :. The third release from Shorter's acoustic quartet catches the band at its live best. In three new originals and a diverse selection of classical, film, and older music, the group plays with almost unparalleled democracy and drive. Wayne is back. Boy is he.

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Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter by Michelle Mercer

by Michael Sandlin

[15.Feb.05] :. Dealing with abstract-thinking introverts is no easy task. There's always the pressure to glean conflict and drama from lives short on dramatic excess.

 

Wayne Shorter: Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter

by Robert Wheaton

[13.Dec.04] :. The career retrospective is a particularly fraught commercial exercise when it comes to jazz. Musicians that recorded as sidemen on one label released LPs under their own names on another. Some...

 

Wayne Shorter: Footprints Live!

by Marshall Bowden

[21.Aug.02] :. Wayne Shorter’s Footprints live! is the sax player’s first live album under his own name, which is difficult to believe given the length of his recording career. Of course, we have...