Wayne Shorter – Juju (LP Vinyl)
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Recorded just months before Shorter's compositional voice would help reshape the Miles Davis Quintet's entire sonic direction, Juju captures a saxophonist at a singular crossroads, bringing his own harmonic logic to bear alongside Coltrane's rhythm section. The pairing is revelatory; Shorter's oblique melodic sensibility pushes against and through the modal intensity that Tyner, Workman, and Jones had honed with Trane, creating something that belongs fully to neither camp.
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. 1964 was a momentous year in the musical life of Wayne Shorter. At the start of the year the saxophonist was still a member of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, appearing on classic Blue Note albums like Free for All and Indestructible. Shorter made his own auspicious label debut that spring with Night Dreamer and that summer he joined the Miles Davis Quintet cementing a line-up that would become one of the seminal bands in jazz history. When he returned to the studio for Blue Note in August it was in the company of three musicians with strong ties to John Coltrane: pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Reggie Workman, and drummer Elvin Jones. The resulting album JuJu is a marvel in Shorter's formidable discography which presents six of his evocative original compositions including the churning title track, the mesmerizing "House of Jade," and the brightly swinging "Yes Or No."
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Side B
UPC: 602458807868
Label: Blue Note Records
Release Date: 8.16.24
Format: LP Vinyl