SHORTER WAYNE/ADAM S APPLE

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WAYNE SHORTER (TENOR SAXOPHONE) HERBIE HANCOCK (PIANO) REGGIE WORKMAN (BASS) JOE CHAMBERS (DRUMS). PRODUCER: ALFRED LION. RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 3 241966. INCLUDES LINER NOTES BY DON HECKMAN AND MICHAEL CUSCUNA. PERSONNEL: WAYNE SHORTER (TENOR SAXOPHONE) HERBIE HANCOCK (PIANO) JOE CHAMBERS (DRUMS). AUDIO REMASTERER: RUDY VAN GELDER. LINER NOTE AUTHORS: DON HECKMAN BOB BLUMENTHAL. RECORDING INFORMENGLEWOOD CLIFFSNJ (02/24/1966). PHOTOGRAPHER: FRANCIS WOLFF. FOR ADAMS APPLE WAYNE SHORTER RETURNED TO THE SIMPLE QUARTET FORMAT FOR THE LAST TIME IN HIS SOLO CAREER. THIS DATE FROM 1966 SHOWS THE SAXOPHONIST FIRMLY BETWEEN HIS MODAL STYLE OF THE EARLY 60S AND HIS MAS HIS IMPROVISATIONS HERE ARE MORE ADVENTUROUS AND HIS RHYTHMIC DRIVE MORE POINTED AND ANGULAR THAN PREVIOUS EFFORTS. ABOVE ALLTHIS SESSION GIVES US ONE LAST LOOK AT SHORTER AT HIS MOST UNVEILED. THE SOULFUL OPENING TITLE TRACK IS A DIRECT PRECURSOR TO THE JAZZ-ROCK STYLE THAT WOULD DOMINATE THE JAZZ WORLD IN THE LATE 60S AND 70S. A MORE TRADITIONAL FEEL IS INCORPORATED FOR TA BEAUTIFUL SHOWCASE FOR SHORTERS SENSITIVE SIDE. THE BOSSA NOVA EL GAUCHO IS A HIGHLIGHT AND ONE THE SAXOPHONISTS MOST OVERLOOKED COMPOSITIONS. OF SPECIAL NOTETHE CLASSIC FOOTPRINTS IS PRESENTED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIMESEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE IT WAS RECORDED BY THE DAVIS GROUP. THE DELICATE BALLAD TERUTHE BOUNCING CHIEF CRAZY HORSE AND THE BONUS SWINGER THE COLLECTOR COMPLETE THIS MUST-HAVE SESSION.