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Wayne Shorter: Footprints of a Soothsayer

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
March 21, 2023
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Rarely has a jazz musician created a body of work in which depth, sophistication and melodies coexist as beautifully as

Wayne Shorter

saxophone
1933 - 2023

" data-original-title="" title="">Wayne Shorter. In this episode we selected interpretations of his compositions by musicians we admire and who chose to follow his soothsaying footprints.

In loving tribute to Mr. Gone.

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Ben Allison

bass, acoustic
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00

Wayne Shorter,

Milton Nascimento

guitar and vocals
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">Milton Nascimento "Beauty and the Beast" Native Dancer (Columbia/Legacy) 0:16

Host talks 5:20

Camille Bertault

vocals
b.1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Camille Bertault "Casa de jade (House of Jade)" Pas de g��ant (O'Keh) 7:03

Host talks 10:17

Yuri Honing

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">Yuri Honing,

Vince Mendoza

composer / conductor
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Vince Mendoza "Elegant People" Symphonic (Jazz in Motion) 11:43

Joni Mitchell

vocals
b.1943

" data-original-title="" title="">Joni Mitchell "You've Changed" Both Sides Now (Warner Bros.) 18:00

Host talks 22:58

Don Grolnick

piano
1947 - 1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Don Grolnick "Water Babies" Medianoche (Warner Bros.) 24:58

Wayne Horvitz

keyboards
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Wayne Horvitz "Armageddon" Solos (Songlines) 32:03

Michael Moore - Clarinet

clarinet
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Moore - Clarinet Trio "Albatross" Bering (Ramboy) 36:59

Host talks 40:04

Jimmy Rowles

piano
1918 - 1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Jimmy Rowles,

Stan Getz

saxophone, tenor
1927 - 1991

" data-original-title="" title="">Stan Getz "Lester Left Town" The Peacocks (Columbia) 41:37

Dee Dee Bridgewater

vocals
b.1950

" data-original-title="" title="">Dee Dee Bridgewater "Long Time Ago" Red Earth (EmArcy) 47:27

Host talks 54:12

Raphaël Pannier

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Rapha?l Pannier Quartet "ESP" Faune (French Paradox) 55:16

Kari Ikonen

piano
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Kari Ikonen "Pinocchio" Impressions, Improvisations and Compositions (Ozella) 1:03:00

Host talks 1:06:39

Jerry Bergonzi

saxophone, tenor
b.1947

" data-original-title="" title="">Jerry Bergonzi "Fall" Vertical Reality (Musidisc) 1:07:11

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