Wayne Shorter - The Vee-Jay Years

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Wayne Shorter
The Vee-Jay Years

Compil. GB 2013 on Not Now Music label
Jazz (Bop)

Disc 1: Introducing Wayne Shorter Recorded November 9-10, 1959, at Fine Sound Studios, New York City Originally Released On Vee-Jay Records (VJLP 3006) in 1959 Disc 2: Wayning Moments Recorded November 2 & 6, 1961 at Universal Recorders, Chicago, IL Originally Released On Vee-Jay Records (VJLP 3029) in 1962 According to Discogs and Wikipedia in the booklet the track 1-5 is mistakenly credited to Roland Kirk instead of Milt Sealey. This 2CD set is a reissue of the first two Wayne Shorter solo albums

Musicians

	Wayne Shorter ts, ss, *1933 US tenor saxophone, album by, composed by, written by
	Paul Chambers b, 1935-1969 US bass
	Jymie Merritt b, *1926 US double bass
	Jimmy Cobb dr, *1929 US drums
	Marshall Thompson dr, drums
	Eddie Higgins p, 1932-2009 US piano, composed by
	Wynton Kelly p, 1931-1971 US piano
	Freddie Hubbard tr, 1938-2008 US trumpet
	Lee Morgan tr, 1938-1972 US trumpet

Producers

Peter Gamble liner notes

Glenn Gretlund reissue producer

Composers

Wayne Shorter

Milton Sealey

Bertolt Brecht

Kurt Weill

Marc Blitzstein

Antonio Carlos Jobim

Luiz Bonfá

Alfred Newman

Frank Loesser

Eddie Higgins

Arthur Altman

Jack Lawrence

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	Blues A La Carte	Wayne Shorter	Wayne Shorter	5:41
2	Harry's Last Stand	Wayne Shorter	Wayne Shorter	4:46
3	Down In The Depths	Wayne Shorter	Wayne Shorter	9:41
4	Pug Nose	Wayne Shorter	Wayne Shorter	6:55
5	Black Diamond	Wayne Shorter	Milton Sealey	6:06
6	Mack The Knife	Wayne Shorter	Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein	6:27
7	Black Orpheus	Wayne Shorter	Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfá	4:35
8	Devil's Island	Wayne Shorter	Wayne Shorter	3:57
9	Moon Of Manakoora	Wayne Shorter	Alfred Newman, Frank Loesser	3:45
10	Dead End	Wayne Shorter	Wayne Shorter	4:36
11	Wayning Moments	Wayne Shorter	Eddie Higgins	4:23
12	Powder Keg	Wayne Shorter	Wayne Shorter	3:14
13	All Or Nothing At All	Wayne Shorter	Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence	2:58
14	Callaway Went That-A-Way	Wayne Shorter	Wayne Shorter	5:00

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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