Bevor Wayne Shorter bei Blue Note anheuerte, nahm er einige Sessions für das kurzlebige Label
Veejay auf. Das erste Album "Introducing ..." war noch etwas farblos, doch auf den beiden darauffolgenden "Second Genesis" und "Wayning moments" konnte sich sein Kompositions- und Improvisationstalent voll entfalten. Die Aufnahmen stehen auf dem gleichen Niveau wie die späteren Blue Note Scheiben.
Introducing Wayne Shorter
(1959)
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Second Genesis
(1960)
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Wayning Moments
(1962)
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Die Aufnahmen gibt es auch mit zahlreichen alternate takes und Aufnahmen von Lee Morgan in der Mosaic 6CD Box
The Complete Vee Jay Lee Morgan-Wayne Shorter Sessions, über die
All about Jazz diese Kritik schrieb (Auszug):
"Whereas Lee Morgan had already documented his work on that previously mentioned series of Blue Note sides; tenor man Wayne Shorter’s recording career would begin with work at Vee Jay. He participated in
Kelly Great, a 1959 Vee Jay date for pianist Wynton Kelly. Then, in the span of two days in November of 1959, Shorter would cut his own record for Vee Jay and make his first recorded appearance with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers (the Blue Note set
Africaine ). Including a nod to Shorter’s present employer and a taste of Miles Davis’ current backing group, the saxophonist shares the front line with Morgan, with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb in support. All the tunes are by Shorter and even at this early stage his writing genius is apparent. The longest track, “Down in the Depths,” also makes clear what a distinctive and individualistic improviser Shorter evidently was.
Following more Blakey sessions for Blue Note, including
The Big Beat, Night in Tunisia, and
Meet You At the Jazz Corner of the World, Wayne would cut his next Vee Jay date in October of 1960, although it would not be released for over a decade. Done in Chicago,
Second Genesis finds Shorter fronting a quartet with Blakey, Cedar Walton, and Bob Cranshaw. Aside from three standards, the program again consists of originals and Shorter’s tenor voice continues to speak volumes in a way that marks him as one of the true innovators.
With a constant schedule of recording and touring activity with Art Blakey and the beginning of a soon to be budding relationship with Blue Note, it’s surprising that Shorter would have time to return to Chicago to cut one last album for Vee Jay. Returning the favor of guesting on Freddie Hubbard’s
Ready For Freddie, Wayne would feature Hubbard on the front line for
Wayning Moments, which also includes the rather odd rhythm team of Eddie Higgins, Jymie Merritt, and Marshall Thompson. This seems to be Shorter’s least interesting of the three Vee Jay sides, possibly because of the smaller number of Wayne originals and the aforementioned backing ensemble. Still, many fine moments can be found."
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