{"product_id":"wayne-shorter-schizophrenia","title":"Wayne Shorter – Schizophrenia | Tone Poet Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchizophrenia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis one of Wayne Shorter´s most beautiful and lesser known Blue Note albums. The music travelled fast in the late 1960s.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchizophrenia\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ewas recorded in early 1967 between Miles Davis´\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiles Smiles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSorcerer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon which Shorter was the principal composer, but it was not released until 1968, after\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFilles de Kilimanjaro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas released, Miles Davis first electric album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchizophrenia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealso became Shorter´s last acoustic Blue Note 1960s album. The instrumentation, a sextet with a three-horn frontline, even reminds of the Art Blakey Jazz Messengers for which Shorter was the musical director in the early 1960s. Not only Shorter was member of that band but also trombonist Curtis Fuller, while alto saxophonist and flautist James Spaulding was a previous member of the Sun Ra band before he became a member of trumpeter Freddie Hubbard´s band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rhythm section is largely the Miles Davis second great quintet with pianist Herbie Hancock and bassist Ron Carter, but Joe Chambers is the drummer. The music also sounds a lot like the material on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiles Smiles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSorcerer\u003c\/em\u003e. The opening track “Tom Thumb” is one of Shorter´s funky songs in the spirit of “Footprints”, while “Go” is more in the melancholic mysterious vein of “Masqualero”. Most of the other songs falls somewhere between these two in mood and tempo. The exception is the ballad “Miyako” which like his earlier “Infant Eyes” is dedicated to his daughter Miyako.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShorter´s overlooked sextet and septet albums\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShorter himself is the most featured soloist, playing his typical, more relaxed Coltrane influenced style. Hancock is sparse and elegant in his solos and yet showing real dexterity, as on “Kryptonite” by Spaulding which is the only song on the album which is not a Shorter original. Spaulding also gets a lot of solos, both on flute and on alto saxophone. They are really good and interesting, and he really colors the albums with these. Spaulding recorded on all three of Shorter´s large ensemble albums for Blue Note. The other two were The Soothsayer (1979) and The All-Seeing Eye (1966). Both were recorded in 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShorter´s sextet and septet recordings for Blue Note have been more overlooked than his quartet and quintet work for the label, which is strange since they point towards the orchestral sounds that Shorter has returned to again and again with his band Weather Report, and on later albums like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHigh Life\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(1995) or\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmanon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2018). But\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchizophrenia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis not only a road towards Shorter´s later works, it is also a beautiful place in its on right with lots of interesting things to stop by to study. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jazzdesk.wordpress.com\/2019\/04\/28\/wayne-shorter-schizophrenia-turns-50\/\"\u003eJazz Desk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4Ngkptf4tipkoTOIjoF2kW?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"table_1fWaB\" border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLabel:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eBlue Note\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– B0036692-01,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBlue Note\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– BST 84297\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSeries:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eBlue Note Tone Poet Series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"format_item_3SAJn\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eVinyl,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLP, Album, Reissue, Stereo,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e180g, Gatefold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCountry:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eWorldwide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eReleased:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003ctime datetime=\"2023-09-01\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e1 Sept 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/time\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eJazz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eStyle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003ePost Bop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42765436649630,"sku":"602448498533","price":65.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/R-28134226-1693808343-7968.jpg?v=1696238115","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/wayne-shorter-schizophrenia","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}