The Jazz Thing, Round 1: Brubeck v. Shorter

The Jazz Thing, Round 1 (40 Word/Album Limit)


#9 The Dave Brubeck Quartet, "Time Out" (1959) v. #119 The Wayne Shorter Quartet, "Footprints Live!" (2002).

One of the handful of jazz records I liked before I liked jazz. A bunch of highly successful experiments with unusual time signatures round out the absurdly virtuosic "Take Five" which, the more you hear it, the better it gets.

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Shorter is a saxophonist and composer from the modern jazz era, and this 2002 release captures a concert of his major compositions, 30-some years later. I like it. Maybe I’d love it if I were familiar with the original recordings.

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Time Out defeats Footprints Live!  Inevitably.