THE WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET GOES BEYOND THE SOUND BARRIER WITH NEW LIVE RECORDING
The Wayne Shorter Quartet will release Beyond the Sound Barrier (Verve Records), a live collection recorded during the group’s widely acclaimed tours between 2002 and 2004. The Wayne Shorter Quartet is widely acknowledged to be the best small jazz group today, and their live shows have inspired awe all over the world.
Shorter has led this all-star touring band of young jazz masters, which includes Danilo Perez on piano, John Patitucci on bass, and Brian Blade on drums, since 2001. The band was formed during the recording of Shorter’s double Grammy winning studio album Alegrίa (2003), on which they all appeared. The songs here, which range from new and former Shorter compositions to a classical theme to a classic movie theme song, were all recorded between November 2002 and April 2004 at live performances in Asia, Europe, and North America. This group was previously captured live on the heralded Verve Records release Footprints Live! (2002). Beyond The Sound Barrier shows an even more fully evolved ensemble, as the players’ telepathic interaction flows with kaleidoscopic inventiveness, by turns meditative, grooving, and explosive.
The disc kicks off with an impressionistic reading of “Smilin’ Through,” taken from the 1941 movie of the same name, and rolls through such tracks as the fiery “Joy Ryder” (the title track from Shorter’s 1988 electric/acoustic album), until reaching the challenging closer, “Beyond the Sound Barrier.” The album includes three new Shorter compositions: “As Far as the Eye Can See,” “Adventures Aboard the Golden Mean,” and the title track. Another new song credited to the entire quartet is “Tinker Bell,” an improvised interlude with classical inflections.
Other performances presented here on Beyond the Sound Barrier include the classical theme of Felix Mendelssohn’s “On Wings of Song” as well as “Over Shadow Hill Way,” another tune that originally appeared on Joy Ryder.
Beyond the Sound Barrier was produced by Wayne Shorter and recorded and mixed by Rob Griffin.
Tracks
1. Smilin' Through
2. As Far As The Eye Can See
3. On Wings Of Song
4. Tinker Bell
5. Joy Ryder
6. Over Shadow Hill Way
7. Adventures Aboard The Golden Mean
8. Beyond The Sound Barrier
Personnel
Wayne Shorter Tenor Saxophone
Danilo Perez Piano
Brian Blade Drums
John Patitucci Bass
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