Wayne Shorter forms a multi-generational supergroup on new live album
The recording features compositions such as Shorter’s soul-stirring Midnight in Carlotta’s Hair, Milton Nascimento’s ballad Encontros e Despedidas, and Spalding and Shorter’s joint composition Endangered Species, which also features vocals from Spalding.
The performance was dedicated to the memory of the late pianist and composer Geri Allen, who was originally slated to perform with the group but died of cancer a month earlier.
Listen to the group’s take on Allen’s composition Drummer’s Song:
“Wayne, Terri Lyne and Esperanza are musical superheroes in all places and in all times,” Genovese says. “To be able to share sound, to learn from them and to feel them as friends is a blessing.”
Shorter reflects on his experiences at the Detroit concert: “With the mixture of people — male and female, varying ethnicities and backgrounds — sometimes we did things that sound larger than the four of us, with more of an orchestral approach. If there are things going on in the recording that can be heard by people to the extent that it can turn some thoughts around about life and culture… people who hear it may recognize that we are all different — and the same.”
Here’s the track listing:
- Someplace Called “Where”
- Endangered Species
- Encontros e Despedidas
- Drummers Song
- Midnight in Carlotta’s Hair
- The Stuff That Dreams are Made (A Conversation) [Vinyl Exclusive]
Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival will be released Sept. 9, 2022, via Candid Records.