This 4CD boxset highlights the early, albeit crucial, years of Wayne Shorter’s solo career, both as bandleader and as contributor. A true pioneer in jazz, this collection serves as both the ideal starting place for those new to the great man’s work, and as a delightful reminder of its depth and colour, for those already familiar.
DISC 1
1. Blues A La Carte 5:42 2. Harry's Last Stand 4:47 3. Down In The Depths 9:41 4. Pug Nose 6:55 5. Black Diamond 6:06 6. Mack The Knife 6:26 7. Ruby & The Pearl 5:59 8. Pay As You Go 3:44 9. Second Genesis 4:13 10. Mr. Chairman 3:17 11. Tenderfoot 3:29 12. The Albatross 5:25 13. Getting To Know You 4:20 14. I Didn't Know What Time It Was 5:15
DISC 2
1. Seed Of Sin 5:45 2. Scourn' 5:58 3. Fat Lady 5:03 4. Peaches And Cream 5:46 5. That's Right 10:11 6. Seeds Of Sin (Version 2) 5:59 7. Scourn' (Version 2) 5:34 8. Fat Lady (Version 2) 5:339. Black Orpheus 4:35 10. Devil's Island 3:57 11. Moon Of Manakoora 3:45 12. Dead End 4:36 13. Wayning Moments 4:22 14. Powder Keg 3:14 15. All Or Nothing At All 2:58 16. Callaway Went That-A-Way 4:50
DISC 3
1. Groovin' High 3:16 2. Moten Swing 4:16 3. Out Of Nowhere 4:08 4. Autumn Leaves 4:39 5. Donna Lee 2:32 6. Quicksilver 3:53 7. Stella By Starlight 4:18 8. Ornithology 3:44 9. If I Should Lose You 3:02 10. Walkin' 3:49 11. Night Dreamer 7:16 12. Oriental Folk Song 6:52 13. Virgo 7:06 14. Black Nile 6:27 15. Charcoal Blues 6:53 16. Armageddon 6:21
DISC 4
1. Juju 8:31 2. Deluge 6:52 3. House Of Jade 6:53 4. Mahjong 7:43 5. Yes Or No 6:38 6. Twelve More Bars To Go 5:31 7. E.S.P. 5:31 8. Eighty-One 6:18 9. Little One 7:21 10. R.J. 3:57 11. Agitation 7:34 12. Iris 5:13 13. Mood 4:04