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The Soothsayer

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Released
  
1979

Length
  
50:21

Artist
  
Wayne Shorter

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genres
  
Hard bop, Post-bop

Recorded
  
March 4, 1965

The Soothsayer(1965)
  
Et Cetera(1965)

Release date
  
1979

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Studio
  
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Similar
  
Wayne Shorter albums, Hard bop albums, Other albums

The Soothsayer is the seventh album by Wayne Shorter, recorded in 1965, but not released on Blue Note until 1979. The album features five originals by Shorter and an arrangement of Jean Sibelius' "Valse Triste". An additional take of "Angola" was added to later CD releases.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 4½ stars stating "it ranks with the best of his works from this incredibly fertile period".

Track listing

All compositions by Wayne Shorter except where noted.

  1. "Lost" – 7:20
  2. "Angola" – 4:56
  3. "The Big Push" – 8:23
  4. "The Soothsayer" – 9:40
  5. "Lady Day" – 5:36
  6. "Valse Triste" (Jean Sibelius) – 7:45
  7. "Angola" [Alternate Take] – 6:41

Personnel

  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Tony Williams – drums

    • Songs

    1Lost7:16
    2Angola4:50
    3The Big Push8:21

    References

    The Soothsayer Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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