I was impressed by Wayne Shorter's playing and compositions when I first heard him with the Jazz Messingers. After that he recorded a bunch of albums with Blue Note and joined Miles Davis. Then came Weather Report and finally now we have "Footprints-Live" and "Alegria".
I think I still hear things in his recent playing that go back to Art Blakey days, and some of his albums like "The All Seeing Eye" seem to anticipate the Weather Report stuff.
He rarely seems to get mentioned in this forum, so what do you make of him? Which album or composition is your favorite? Or do you think he is just a Coltrane wannabe? (I think he is a musician and composer of the highest order whose work belongs alongside Bird, Trane, Sonny, and the rest.)
I think I still hear things in his recent playing that go back to Art Blakey days, and some of his albums like "The All Seeing Eye" seem to anticipate the Weather Report stuff.
He rarely seems to get mentioned in this forum, so what do you make of him? Which album or composition is your favorite? Or do you think he is just a Coltrane wannabe? (I think he is a musician and composer of the highest order whose work belongs alongside Bird, Trane, Sonny, and the rest.)