Wayne Shorter - Wayning Moments (1962)

The liner notes, the originals of which are included with this reissue, reflect that "this is not experimental jazz." It isn't. It is finely performed mainstream jazz of the era in which it was made. While this recording does not equal the quality of the sessions to be recorded by Shorter later in the decade for Blue Note, it is pleasantly played bop. Shorter's tenor saxophone shows a conservative side, to be sure, and a young Freddie Hubbard hardly takes any chances. Still, the rhythm section anchored by pianist Eddie Higgins and including bassist Jymie Merritt and drummer Marshall Thompson, keeps a solid beat and the results are pleasant enough. Double takes of all but one of the eight charts is included, though there are really not any important substantive differences from the originals. The short recording times of each track limits the solos, but there is nonetheless an attractive simplicity infusing the set. Overall, this does not represent the best work of either Shorter or Hubbard, but it is still an interesting, if non-essential part of the discography of each of them.

Tracklist:

01. Black Orpheus
02. Devil's Island
03. Moon Of Manakoora
04. Dead-End
05. Wayning Moments
06. Powder Keg
07. All Or Nothing At All
08. Callaway Went That-A-Way
09. Black Orpheus
10. Devil's Island
11. Moon Of Mankoora
12. Dead-End
13. Wayning Moments
14. Powder Keg
15. All or Nothing at All
16.Callaway Went That-A-Way