'Contemplation' - Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis feat. Wayne Shorter

From THE MUSIC OF WAYNE SHORTER
By the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

"He’s at the highest level of our music—you can’t get any higher than him.” So says Wynton Marsalis of the legendary saxophonist, composer, and band leader Wayne Shorter. With a legendary career spanning over 60 years, the 11-time GRAMMY award winner (including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy) has released countless classic records and amassed a canon of lyrical, introspective music that stands up to the greatest jazz composers. In 2015, the formidable 81-year-old joined the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis onstage for three unforgettable nights; the result is The Music of Wayne Shorter, out Jan. 31 on CD and digital formats.

For the record, JLCO members arranged beautiful, intricate versions of some of his most classic songs, including “Armageddon” (from 1964’s Night Dreamer), “Endangered Species” (from 1985’s Atlantis), and a very tender, Marsalis-penned take on “Teru” (from 1966’s Adam’s Apple). From Art Blakey to Miles Davis, from Weather Report to his own fabled Quartet, Shorter has done perhaps more than anyone to expand the known universe of jazz. Now, The Music of Wayne Shorter takes Shorter to places he’s never been before, giving his beloved compositions and hauntingly lush saxophone sound the big band backdrop they’ve long deserved. As Marsalis says, “Everybody strives to have a personal sound: his sound is definitive.”

Track listing:
1. Yes or No
2. Diana
3. Hammer Head
4. Contemplation
5. Endangered Species
6. Lost
7. Armageddon
8. The Three Marias
9. Teru
10. Mama G

REEDS
Sherman Irby - alto & soprano saxophones, flute, piccolo, Bb clarinet
Ted Nash - alto & tenor saxophones, flute, alto flute, piccolo, Bb clarinet
Victor Goines - tenor saxophone, Bb & Eb clarinets
Walter Blanding - tenor & soprano saxophones, Bb clarinet
Paul Nedzela - baritone & alto saxophones, bass clarinet

TRUMPETS
Ryan Kisor
Kenny Rampton
Marcus Printup
Wynton Marsalis

TROMBONES
Vincent Gardner
Chris Crenshaw
Elliot Mason

RHYTHM SECTION
Dan Nimmer - piano
Carlos Henriquez - bass
Ali Jackson - drums

FEATURING
Wayne Shorter – tenor & soprano saxophones

[alexmacarthur]

I love Shorter's banter with the band! What an OG-- you can sense the mutual respect.

[vcp]

The Master at work. It is beyond amazing that we're still so fortunate to have Wayne Shorter performing for us. Just think about all of the Jazz history he's lived through; all the giants of Jazz that he's played with; not only to mention his mountain of musical contributions he's created. Truly one of the faces on the side of the Jazz Mount Rushmore.

[brucescott]

The very first recording of Wayne Shorter's "Contemplation, " was issued on an LP entitled BUHAINA'S DELIGHT: ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS (Blue Note BLP-4104 and BST-84104). Beautiful ballad!

[cardboardbox]

Wish I could of seen this in person. I did get to see them with Natalie Cole right before she died

[cosimo]

Grandissimo ed insuperabile maestro. Immenso wayne.

[mareaumusic]

I witnessed this fabulous musicians yesterday in Dortmund, Germany. without Shorter, but they had 'Contemplation' on the list as well. Beautiful...
The focus, talent and attitude if this group is very impressive. True jazz messengers, every one of them.

[javierperez-gumy]

Excelente¡¡ Que grandes musicos¡ Felicidades Wayne Shorter¡¡

[vitinaportoghese]

Che bella musica, l'anno scorso ho letto che non stava bene, poi non ho più letto altro, spero che dia guarito e che ci possa regalare un nuovo album, non credo che venga a Roma nel 2021, grande sassofonista, con un bel po' di problemi durante il percorso della vita, ma li ha superati, vorrei ancora ascoltare il vecchio jazz, ancora con lui, auguri, auguri, anche se indirettamente, auguri a quelli che ancora lo ascoltano, qualche giorno fa' ci ha lasciati Chick Corea, avevano suonato insieme, anche con Davis e con un italiano che non c'è più Pino Daniele, speriamo tutto sia tornato nella normalità, grazie

[muxant_academy]

Amazing Mastermind. True Master, Zen of improvisation. also, there is bit of humor.

[irvinghu]

Why is this Wayne's solo taken from a different concert (the heads and the solo are in fact from two different occasions)? By the way, this solo is absolutely killing.