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Originally posted May 31, 2015
Wayne Shorter Quartet
Festival des Cinq Continents
Parc de Longchamp
July 23, 2013
Marseille, France
Excellent FM source @224
Excellent FM source @224
Saxophonist Wayne Shorter will be 80 on August 25 and this performance
at the Festival des Cinq Continents in Marseille has been touted as an
80th birthday celebration. If only all of us could be so fortunate! And
in February 2013, Shorter made his return to Blue Note Records after 43
years and released Without A Net, his new album with his long-running
Quartet featuring pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci, and
drummer Brian Blade.
Reviewing Without A Net for the BBC, Marcus J. Moore wrote:
Reviewing Without A Net for the BBC, Marcus J. Moore wrote:
Jazz
great Wayne Shorter recently spoke to the heart of his genre. “The six
years I was with Miles (Davis), we never talked about music,” he told
National Public Radio in the US. “We never had a rehearsal. How do you
rehearse the unknown?”
He’s absolutely right. When done properly, jazz is a boundless medium through which improvisation is allowed to breathe. In fact, it’s encouraged…So in the truest essence of jazz, Without a Net is a sharp return to the music’s brighter days. Orbits is a repurposed version of the Miles Davis Quintet’s 1967 song of the same name. Shorter played on the original, a sprightly number of quick drum snares and lively piano chords. Shorter’s version is a bit darker and more methodical: above unsettled piano keys and cascading percussion, he infuses the melody with sporadic horn fills. It all makes for an exceptional recording, the saxophonist’s first since 2005’s Beyond the Sound Barrier. Here, Shorter is firmly at the helm, yet benevolent enough to play the background when needed. The rhythm has taken him far.
He’s absolutely right. When done properly, jazz is a boundless medium through which improvisation is allowed to breathe. In fact, it’s encouraged…So in the truest essence of jazz, Without a Net is a sharp return to the music’s brighter days. Orbits is a repurposed version of the Miles Davis Quintet’s 1967 song of the same name. Shorter played on the original, a sprightly number of quick drum snares and lively piano chords. Shorter’s version is a bit darker and more methodical: above unsettled piano keys and cascading percussion, he infuses the melody with sporadic horn fills. It all makes for an exceptional recording, the saxophonist’s first since 2005’s Beyond the Sound Barrier. Here, Shorter is firmly at the helm, yet benevolent enough to play the background when needed. The rhythm has taken him far.
Lineup:
Wayne Shorter - saxophone
Danilo Perez - piano
John Patitucci - bass
Brian Blade - drums
Untitled Set List @ 75:02
Wayne Shorter - saxophone
Danilo Perez - piano
John Patitucci - bass
Brian Blade - drums
Untitled Set List @ 75:02
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Wayne Shorter Quartet
With Herbie Hancock
Live Newport Jazz Festival
August 04, 2013
Newport, RI.
Live Newport Jazz Festival
August 04, 2013
Newport, RI.
NPR webcast rip @128
Untitled Set List
1 uncut track 79:52
Wayne Shorter, saxophones
Danilo Pérez, piano
John Patitucci, bass
Brian Blade, drums
Herbie Hancock, piano
Wayne Shorter, saxophones
Danilo Pérez, piano
John Patitucci, bass
Brian Blade, drums
Herbie Hancock, piano