WAYNE SHORTER - Celebration, Volume 1 - 2LP - Vinyl [AUG 23]

2LP - Black Vinyl.  

Blue Note Records has announced an August 23 release of Celebration, Volume 1, the first in a series of archival releases that the legendary saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter curated before he passed away in 2023. This thrilling 2014 live recording captured Shorter’s acclaimed quartet with pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade at the Stockholm Jazz Festival in Sweden. The intrepid set includes some of the band’s favorite vehicles of exploration including “Zero Gravity,” “Smilin’ Through,” “Orbits,” “Lotus,” and “She Moves Through The Fair.” The album is introduced today with the single “Edge of the World (End Title),” a theme by composer Arthur B. Rubinstein from the 1983 film WarGames.

Tracklist:

1. Zero Gravity to the 15th Dimension
(Wayne Shorter, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Brian Blade) [11:40]
2. Smilin’ Through
(Arthur A. Penn) [8:55]
3.  Zero Gravity to the 11th Dimension
(Wayne Shorter, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Brian Blade) [2:05]
4. Zero Gravity to the 12th Dimension
(Wayne Shorter, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Brian Blade) [2:00]
5. Zero Gravity – Unbound
(Wayne Shorter, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Brian Blade) [3:35]
6. Orbits
(Wayne Shorter) [9:45]
7. Edge of The World (End Title from the film “WarGames”)
(Arthur B. Rubinstein) [6:58]
8. Zero Gravity to the 90th Dimension
(Wayne Shorter, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Brian Blade) [3:20]
9. Lotus
(Wayne Shorter) [19:33]
10. She Moves Through The Fair
(Wayne Shorter) [20:14]

Wayne Shorter: tenor and soprano saxophone
Danilo Perez: piano
John Patitucci: bass
Brian Blade: drums

Produced by Wayne Shorter and Don Was
Recorded live October 18, 2014, by Rob Griffin and Nicolas Poitrenaud at Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm Jazz Festival