Wayning Moments

by Wayne Shorter

Overview

The liner notes, the originals of which are included with this reissue, reflect that "this is not experimental jazz." It isn't. It is finely performed mainstream jazz of the era in which it was made. While this recording does not equal the quality of the sessions to be recorded by Shorter later in the decade for Blue Note, it is pleasantly played bop. Shorter's tenor saxophone shows a conservative side, to be sure, and a young Freddie Hubbard hardly takes any chances. Still, the rhythm section anchored by pianist Eddie Higgins and including bassist Jymie Merritt and drummer Marshall Thompson, keeps a solid beat and the results are pleasant enough. Double takes of all but one of the eight charts is included, though there are really not any important substantive differences from the originals. The short recording times of each track limits the solos, but there is nonetheless an attractive simplicity infusing the set. Overall, this does not represent the best work of either Shorter or Hubbard, but it is still an interesting, if non-essential part of the discography of each of them. ~ Steven Loewy

Product Details

Release Date:	01/25/2019
Label:	Jazz Images
UPC:	8436569193341
Rank:	54607

Tracks

1. Black Orpheus
2. Devil's Island
3. Moon of Manakoora
4. Dead End
5. Wayning Moments
6. Powder Keg
7. All or Nothing at All
8. Callaway Went That-A-Way
9. Sydney

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Wayne Shorter   Primary Artist
Eddie Higgins   Guest Artist
Freddie Hubbard   Guest Artist

Technical Credits

Alfred Newman   Composer
Frank Loesser   Composer
Jack Lawrence   Composer
Luiz Bonfa   Composer
Hugo Peretti   Composer
Wayne Shorter   Composer
Luigi Creatore   Composer
Eddie Higgins   Composer
Antonio Maria   Composer,Composer
George David Weiss   Composer
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
Arthur Altman   Composer