SHORTER WAYNE/ADAM S APPLE

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DESCRIPTIONBLUE NOTE CLASSIC VINYL REISSUE SERIES ALL-ANALOG 180G VINYL LP MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY DIRECTLY FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES AND MANUFACTURED AT OPTIMAL IN GERMANYBLUE NOTE RECORDS HAS ANNOUNCED THE CONTINUATION OF THE CLASSIC VINYL REISSUE SERIES WHICH PRESENTS 180G VINYL LP REISSUES IN STANDARD PACKAGING MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY AND MANUFACTURED AT OPTIMAL. THE PRESSINGS ARE ALL-ANALOG WHENEVER AN ANALOG SOURCE IS AVAILABLE WITH GRAY MASTERING DIRECTLY FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES. WHILE THE FIRST 16 TITLES OF THE SERIES FOCUSED ON THE BEST-KNOWN BLUE NOTE CLASSICS FROM THE 1950S AND 60S THE NEW RUN OF TITLES CURATED BY DON WAS AND CEM KUROSMAN BROADENS ITS SCOPE TO SPAN THE MANY ERAS AND STYLES OF THE LEGENDARY LABELS EIGHT-DECADE HISTORY PRESENTED BY THEMES: BEBOP HARD BOP SOUL JAZZ POST-BOP AVANT-GARDE THE 70S THE REBIRTH AND HIDDEN GEMS.WAYNE SHORTER HAD ALREADY SET A HIGH BAR OVER THE COURSE OF HIS FIRST SEVERAL BLUE NOTE ALBUMS WHICH INCLUDED ALL-TIME JAZZ CLASSICS INCLUDING NIGHT DREAMER JUJU AND SPEAK NO EVIL BUT 1966S ADAMS APPLE FEATURING HERBIE HANCOCK ON PIANO REGGIE WORKMAN ON BASS AND JOE CHAMBERS ON DRUMS IMMEDIATELY JOINED THE RANKS OF THE SAXOPHONISTS GREATEST RECORDINGS AND REMAINS A PINNACLE ARTISTIC STATEMENT OF BLUE NOTES FERTILE POST-BOP ERA. SHORTER COMPOSED FIVE OF THE SESSIONS SIX TRACKS INCLUDING THE GROOVING TITLE TRACK WHICH SURELY HAD PRODUCER ALFRED LION DANCING AROUND RUDY VAN GELDERS STUDIO.OTHER HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS SUBLIME SET INCLUDE JIMMY ROWLES ARRESTING 502 BLUES (DRINKIN AND DRIVIN) SHORTERS BOSSA-INFLECTED EL GAUCHO THE TENDER BALLAD TERU AND THE FIRST RECORDING OF HIS TIMELESS COMPOSITION FOOTPRINTS WHICH SHORTER WOULD RECORD AGAIN LATER THAT YEAR WITH THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET FOR THE ALBUM MILES SMILES. THE ALBUM CLOSES WITH THE EVOCATIVE COMPOSITION CHIEF CRAZY HORSE FEATURING SHORTERS TRADEMARK HARMONIC TWISTS AND A CHURNING SOLO SPOTLIGHT BY CHAMBERS.MUSICIANS:WAYNE SHORTER TENOR SAXOPHONEHERBIE HANCOCK PIANOREGGIE WORKMAN BASSJOE CHAMBERS DRUMSFEATURES:BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VINYL REISSUE SERIESALL ANALOG 180G VINYL LPMASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY DIRECTLY FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPESMANUFACTURED AT OPTIMAL IN GERMANYSTANDARD PACKAGING