Monday, August 26, 2013

DBMITW: happy 80th to Wayne Shorter

In honor of the 80th birthday of the great saxophonist Wayne Shorter, here is one of my favorite solos of his— or of anyone else's, ever— from Miles Davis's Complete In A Silent Way Sessions box set. Tony Williams is on drums, of course:



(h/t to Rob Scheps for the birthday reminder.)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

BBC Radio 3 did an hour and a half feature on Shorter and his current quartet last night. It may be available to listen to online.