{"id":27141,"date":"2023-03-02T20:26:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T01:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/?p=27141"},"modified":"2023-03-02T20:26:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T01:26:05","slug":"rip-wayne-shorter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/2023\/rip-wayne-shorter\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Wayne Shorter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2013, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/02\/03\/arts\/music\/wayne-shorters-new-album-is-without-a-net.html\">Wayne Shorter said<\/a>, \u201cThe word \u2018jazz\u2019 to me only means \u2018I dare you.\u2019\u201d I love Wayne&#8217;s playing and writing without always understanding it. I got exposed to both via Miles Davis, who put Wayne&#8217;s tunes at the center of his late 1960s albums. Here&#8217;s &#8220;Orbits&#8221; from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miles_Smiles\">Miles Smiles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dDAPROZ1aik?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>And here&#8217;s an orchestral arrangement of the same tune recorded 36 years later on Wayne&#8217;s album <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alegr%C3%ADa_(Wayne_Shorter_album)\">Alegr\u00eda<\/a>. (It includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/2023\/brad-mehldau-plays-the-beatles\/\">Brad Mehldau<\/a> on piano.) Check out Wayne&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Multiphonic\">multiphonics<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y4FeVRFn36Q?t=115\">1:55<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y4FeVRFn36Q?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->Wayne&#8217;s best-known composition also appears on Miles Smiles: &#8220;Footprints&#8221;, a highly abstracted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/2023\/the-twelve-bar-blues\/\">twelve bar blues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XK7uH_pKIAI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a live version from the same year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pxb7pNXJvng?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Two years after Miles Smiles, Wayne appeared on my favorite Miles album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/2021\/miles-davis-in-a-silent-way\/\">In A Silent Way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AotbNbrYR3s?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a super hectic performance of Wayne&#8217;s tune &#8220;Masqualero&#8221; by Miles&#8217; band at the Fillmore East in 1970.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z0UlZ9T9QbY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Wayne before he teamed up with Miles playing &#8220;Three Blind Mice&#8221; with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g3PflnRWtZU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>My favorite of Wayne&#8217;s solo albums is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Speak_No_Evil\">Speak No Evil<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; the tune with the same name has those crazy long notes!<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vdc3KJVopU4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>In my jazz days I played &#8220;Witch Hunt&#8221; and always had a good time doing so.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oJoSrQ6iP0c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Wayne plays a beautifully smoky solo on Gil Evans&#8217; arrangement of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/2021\/spoonful\/\">Spoonful<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cofgvJX76kc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Wayne plays ethereal soprano with McCoy Tyner and Alice Coltrane on this lovely track from McCoy&#8217;s album <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extensions_(McCoy_Tyner_album)\">Extensions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U67TyAYLpno?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Like his frequent collaborator Herbie Hancock, Wayne was equally at home in rock and pop as he was in jazz. You can hear his soprano sax on my favorite Joni Mitchell album, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mingus_(Joni_Mitchell_album)\">Mingus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BjZpVEMUQ9U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I guess I should mention Weather Report, but I haven&#8217;t spent a lot of time with them. I looked them up on WhoSampled and found that they were sampled in a whole bunch of classic hip-hop tracks, including &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whosampled.com\/sample\/12919\/The-Pharcyde-Passin%27-Me-By-Weather-Report-125th-Street-Congress\/\">Passing Me By<\/a>&#8221; by the Pharcyde, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whosampled.com\/sample\/15107\/Portishead-Strangers-Weather-Report-Elegant-People\/\">Strangers<\/a>&#8221; by Portishead, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whosampled.com\/sample\/11444\/A-Tribe-Called-Quest-Butter-Weather-Report-Young-and-Fine\/\">Butter<\/a>&#8221; by A Tribe Called Quest, and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whosampled.com\/sample\/542239\/Eric-B.-%26-Rakim-Pass-the-Hand-Grenade-Weather-Report-Non-Stop-Home\/\">Pass the Hand Grenade<\/a>&#8221; by Eric B and Rakim.<\/p>\n<p>Go listen to Wayne!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2013, Wayne Shorter said, \u201cThe word \u2018jazz\u2019 to me only means \u2018I dare you.\u2019\u201d I love Wayne&#8217;s playing and writing without always understanding it. I got exposed to both via Miles Davis, who put Wayne&#8217;s tunes at the center of his late 1960s albums. Here&#8217;s &#8220;Orbits&#8221; from Miles Smiles. And here&#8217;s an orchestral arrangement &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/2023\/rip-wayne-shorter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;RIP Wayne Shorter&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[909,924,9],"tags":[18,1922,1014,108,1510,834,323,388,449,467,2695,2354,888],"class_list":["post-27141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-composition","category-key-musicians","category-music","tag-a-tribe-called-quest","tag-alice-coltrane","tag-art-blakey","tag-brad-mehldau","tag-eric-b-rakim","tag-gil-evans","tag-herbie-hancock","tag-joni-mitchell","tag-mccoy-tyner","tag-miles-davis","tag-portishead","tag-the-pharcyde","tag-wayne-shorter","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pAPdE-73L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27141"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27158,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27141\/revisions\/27158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}