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Originally Posted by David
Wayne Shorter is one of the gods of the modal/post-bop era. He has long been one of my favorites, particularly his sessions with Art Blakey. He recorded with the Jazz Messengers perhaps my favorite hard bop album ever: A Night in Tunisia. (The Jazz Messengers recorded two albums with that title & I love them both. Shorter appears on the 1960 album.) I had no idea that Shorter had worked so frequently with Joni Mitchell. I think that's great & awesome.
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Shorter has been playing on Joni's albums since 1977. However, it doesn't appear as though he's on Shine. Looking at the CD notes, soprano and alto sax are played by Bob Sheppard. Weird. Anyway, I love Shorter - though I know him mostly just from his work w/ Joni, the 'Speak No Evil' album, and his tenure in Weather Report.
Oh, and I about had a stroke when I saw
this. 'Shine' debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard album charts. It's her highest charting album since 'Hejira' in 1976.
