| Introducing Wayne Shorter | ||||
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| Released | August 1960[1] | |||
| Recorded | November 9–10, 1959 | |||
| Studio | Bell Sound (New York City) | |||
| Genre | Hard bop | |||
| Length | 37:12 original LP | |||
| Label | Vee-Jay Records VJLP 3006 | |||
| Producer | Sid McCoy | |||
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Introducing Wayne Shorter is the debut album by jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter. It was recorded on November 9 and 10, 1959, at Bell Sound Studios in New York City. [2] It features five Shorter compositions, plus Kurt Weill's "Mack the Knife”, performed by a quintet featuring trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb. Shorter played with Morgan in the front line of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers at this time while Kelly, Chambers and Cobb were the widely celebrated rhythm section with Miles Davis.[3]
The album was released in 1960 by Vee-Jay Records, and was also issued later under the title Blues a la Carte.[4] Tracks from this session were included on the 1972 compilation Shorter Moments as well as the 2000 compilation The Complete Vee Jay Lee Morgan-Wayne Shorter Sessions[2][5][6]
On November 10, Shorter also participated in the recording of the Blakey album Africaine, his first studio session with the Jazz Messengers, which included two of his compositions, one of which was the title track.[7]
- ^ Billboard Aug 22, 1960
- ^ a b "Wayne Shorter discography". JazzDisco.org. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ Mercer, Michelle (2007). Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter. Penguin. p. 72.
- ^ "Wayne Shorter: Blues à la Carte". AllMusic. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ "Wayne Shorter: Shorter Moments". AllMusic. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ "The Complete Vee Jay Lee Morgan-Wayne Shorter Sessions". AllMusic. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ Mercer, Michelle (2007). Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter. Penguin. p. 73.