Wayne Shorter
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In a sense this is Shorter’s essay on groove, but his angularity never makes it likely that the whole album would attain that ineffable level, or that he’d even want that. —
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
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Presto Music, Classic Jazz Recording
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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In A Silent Way
RecommendedMiles Davis (trumpet), Josef Zawinul (organ), Dave Holland (bass), Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone), Herbie Hancock (piano), Chick Corea (piano), John McLaughlin (electric guitar), Tony Williams (drums)
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
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Presto Music, Classic Jazz Recording
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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Bitches Brew
RecommendedMiles Davis (trumpet), Don Alias (congas), Jumma Santos (shaker), Chick Corea (piano), Bennie Maupin (bass clarinet), Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone), Dave Holland (bass), Larry Young (piano), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Joe Zawinul (piano), John McLaughlin (guitar), Lenny White (drums), Harvey Brooks...
With Bitches Brew the jazz-rock message was handed down from the mount on tablets of stone. From the title track with Davis, Shorter and Maupin emerging from the matrix of the mix before being... —
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Grammy Awards, 14th Awards (1971), Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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Rolling Stone, Best Jazz Albums of All Time
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The New Yorker, Top 100 Jazz Albums
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
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Bitches Brew
RecommendedMiles Davis (soloist, trumpet), John McLaughlin (electric guitar, soloist, guitar), Chick Corea (piano, soloist), Wayne Shorter (soloist, soprano saxophone), Bennie Maupin (bass clarinet, soloist), Lenny White (drums), Jumma Santos (shaker, congas), Don Alias (congas, drums), Jack DeJohnette (drums),...
With Bitches Brew the jazz-rock message was handed down from the mount on tablets of stone. From the title track with Davis, Shorter and Maupin emerging from the matrix of the mix before being... —
Awards:
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Grammy Awards, 14th Awards (1971), Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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Rolling Stone, Best Jazz Albums of All Time
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The New Yorker, Top 100 Jazz Albums
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
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The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
RecommendedMiles Davis (trumpet), Don Alias (congas), Jumma Santos (shaker), Chick Corea (piano), Bennie Maupin (bass clarinet), Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone), Dave Holland (bass), Larry Young (piano), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Joe Zawinul (piano), John McLaughlin (guitar), Lenny White (drums), Harvey Brooks...
With Bitches Brew the jazz-rock message was handed down from the mount on tablets of stone. From the title track with Davis, Shorter and Maupin emerging from the matrix of the mix before being... —
Awards:
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Grammy Awards, 14th Awards (1971), Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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Rolling Stone, Best Jazz Albums of All Time
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The New Yorker, Top 100 Jazz Albums
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
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Phoenix
RecommendedLakecia Benjamin (saxophone), Angela Davis, Georgia Ann Muldrow, Dianne Reeves (vocals), Patrice Rushen, Sonia Sanchez, Wayne Shorter (saxophone)
Rhythmically, Benjamin’s songs move coherently from heavy, funky backbeats to zestful swing to Dolphy-like avant-blues, and her punchy, high-energy attack and growling, rasping tone lend authority... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, February 2023
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Downbeat, Editor's Pick, February 2023
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th January 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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Stereogum, Best Jazz Albums of 2023
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Reaching number 30 on the Billboard album chart, even today Heavy Weather remains as stunning in its overall effect as the day it was made. —
Awards:
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
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Filles De Kilimanjaro
Miles Davis (trumpet), Ron Carter (bass), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Herbie Hancock (piano), Tony Williams (drums), Dave Holland (bass), Chick Corea (piano)
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Live - Evil
Miles Davis (trumpet), Gary Bartz (soprano saxophone), Gary Bartz (alto saxophone), Keith Jarrett (piano), John McLaughlin (guitar), Michael Henderson (bass guitar), Airto Moreira (percussion), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Keith Jarrett (organ), Herbie Hancock (piano), Chick Corea (piano), Steve Grossman...
