On September 3, 2017, attendees of the Detroit Jazz Festival witnessed a very special, and unique, one-time event. A set by a multi-generational jazz super group. A masterful quartet comprised of Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, esperanza spalding, and Leo Genovese.
The musicians had at the most, an outline of how the music that evening might evolve. In a testament to the level of trust and respect between these great artists, they left the rest open for on-the-spot spontaneity. Terri Lyne Carrington remembers, “We rehearsed some themes earlier that day, but the preparation was really from our lives and profound experiences with each other.” In other words, four lifetimes of music made these performances possible. The artificial boundaries between composition and improvisation, ensemble and solos were erased. The quartet operated as its own entity, creating music that not only delighted and intrigued the audience but the musicians themselves.
Whether it is the Shorter / Spalding composition “Endangered Species” (which explores several moods and is filled with free-form explorations), Milton Nascimento’s thoughtful ballad “Encontros e Despedidas,” Geri Allen’s “Drummers Song,” or Shorter’s haunting “Midnight In Carlotta’s Hair,” the quartet’s interpretations are consistently unpredictable and memorable. But one could use those descriptions to sum up the great Wayne Shorter’s entire career.
Shorter has worked with vocalists on occasion throughout the years, most notably Milton Nascimento (on 1974’s Native Dancer), Joni Mitchell and Lionel Loueke. But his interplay with esperanza spalding’s voice here on several of these selections is on a different level altogether. spalding’s passionate long tones, most notably on the saxophonist’s “Someplace Called ‘Where,’” echoes Shorter’s style, and her singing on some of the other pieces gives the group the sound of a two-horn quintet.
Wayne Shorter, who many consider to be jazz’s greatest living composer in addition to being a distinctive and innovative stylist on both tenor and soprano, had three longtime associations that found him making history by contributing inventive solos and innovative compositions to a trio of musical institutions: Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers (1959-63), the Miles Davis Quintet (1964-70), and Weather Report (1971-86), co-founding the latter with Joe Zawinul. Add to that his classic string of recordings for the Blue Note label, and Shorter could have at any time simply rested on his accomplishments and coasted. But that would not have satisfied his explorative spirit.
Terri Lyne Carrington began playing drums when she was seven, performed with pioneering jazz flugel hornist Clark Terry at ten, and was awarded a scholarship to the Berklee College Of Music at age eleven. Her early list of credits beginning in the 1980s point out not only her productivity but her versatility, and include associations with the likes of Lester Bowie, Stan Getz, Woody Shaw, David Sanborn, Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, and Herbie Hancock in addition to being the house drummer for The Arsenio Hall Show. Carrington has led a wide assortment of projects during the past 30 years including the Grammy award-winning album The Mosaic Project, Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue, and her 2019 set with Social Science titled Waiting Game. She first recorded with Wayne Shorter on 1987’s Joy Ryder, and is on the esperanza spalding albums Chamber Music Society and Radio Music Society, along with Leo Genovese on piano. Carrington currently serves as Founder and Artistic Director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice. “I’ve played with Wayne Shorter since I was 21 years old and he is my musical and spiritual mentor. I’ve also played much over the last decade with my sister, esperanza spalding, as well as Leo Genovese, both incredibly talented musicians. I am beyond thrilled that this special concert at the Detroit Jazz Festival in 2017 was captured and is now being shared with listeners around the world.”
Esperanza Spalding began playing the violin as a child and by age five was performing with the Chamber Music Society of Oregon. After switching to bass, she sang in a local rock group, studied at Portland State University and the Berklee College Of Music, and released her first album Junjo, in 2006. Her breakthrough came with her sensational second album, 2008’s Esperanza, and in 2011, she won the coveted Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Since then, she has played with Joe Lovano, McCoy Tyner, Fred Hersch, ACS (a collaboration with Terri Lyne Carrington and Geri Allen), and has since led such albums as Chamber Music Society, Radio Music Society, Emily’s D+Evolution, Exposure, 12 Little Spells (Grammy win for Best Jazz Vocal album), and Songwrights Apothecary Lab (Grammy win for Best Jazz Vocal Album).
Spalding’s music, like that of Carrington and Shorter, has never fit into a simple category. Of her night playing with Shorter, Carrington and Genovese, spalding says “that night in Detroit, when we felt ourselves lift off musically, I learned a different definition of flying, of building while flying, and of ‘we.’”
Leo Genovese was born in Argentina, first played piano when he was five, and studied at the University of Rosario and the Berklee College Of Music. He made his recording debut in 2003 and has led such albums as Haiku II, Unlocked, Seeds, Rituals and Sin Tiempo. Genovese has also recorded with a large assortment of artists including Jason Palmer, Andre Matos, Francisco Mela, Michael Feinberg, Sara Serpa, Dave Zinno, Dan Blake and Leni Stern. He began touring and recording with esperanza spalding in 2005, an association that continues up to the present time. “Wayne, Terri Lyne and esperanza are musical superheroes in all places and in all times. To be able to share sound, to learn from them and to feel them as friends is a blessing.”
In recent years, Shorter has “retired” from performing, but he is far from inactive. He worked with spalding (who wrote the libretto) on his opera Iphigenia, which received impressive reviews after performances on both the East and West Coasts during 2021-22. He sums up the Detroit concert in his own special way: “With the mixture of people – male and female, varying ethnicities and backgrounds - sometimes we did things that sound larger than the four of us, with more of an orchestral approach…If there are things going on in the recording that can be heard by people to the extent that it can turn some thoughts around about life and culture…people who hear it may recognize that we are all different - and the same.”
This performance is dedicated to the memory of pianist and composer Geri Allen, who was originally to be a part of the group, but passed away the previous June.
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El 3 de septiembre de 2017, los asistentes al Festival de Jazz de Detroit fueron testigos de un evento único, único y muy especial. Un set de un súper grupo de jazz multigeneracional. Un cuarteto magistral compuesto por Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding y Leo Genovese.
Los músicos tenían, como mucho, un esbozo de cómo podría evolucionar la música de esa noche. Como testimonio del nivel de confianza y respeto entre estos grandes artistas, dejaron el resto abierto a la espontaneidad en el acto. Terri Lyne Carrington recuerda: “Ensayamos algunos temas más temprano ese día, pero la preparación fue realmente de nuestras vidas y profundas experiencias mutuas”. En otras palabras, cuatro vidas de música hicieron posible estas actuaciones. Se borraron los límites artificiales entre composición e improvisación, conjunto y solos. El cuarteto operaba como una entidad propia, creando música que no solo deleitaba e intrigaba a la audiencia sino también a los propios músicos.
Ya sea la composición de Shorter/Spalding “Endangered Species” (que explora varios estados de ánimo y está llena de exploraciones de forma libre), la reflexiva balada de Milton Nascimento “Encontros e Despedidas”, Geri Allen “Drummers Song” o la inquietante “Midnight In” de Shorter. Carlotta's Hair”, las interpretaciones del cuarteto son consistentemente impredecibles y memorables. Pero uno podría usar esas descripciones para resumir toda la carrera del gran Wayne Shorter.
Shorter ha trabajado con vocalistas en ocasiones a lo largo de los años, sobre todo con Milton Nascimento (en Native Dancer de 1974), Joni Mitchell y Lionel Loueke. Pero su interacción con la voz de Esperanza Spalding aquí en varias de estas selecciones está en un nivel completamente diferente. Los tonos largos y apasionados de Spalding, sobre todo en "Someplace Called 'Where'" del saxofonista, hacen eco del estilo de Shorter, y su forma de cantar en algunas de las otras piezas le da al grupo el sonido de un quinteto de dos trompetas.
Wayne Shorter, a quien muchos consideran el mejor compositor vivo de jazz además de ser un estilista distintivo e innovador tanto en tenor como en soprano, tuvo tres asociaciones de larga data que lo encontraron haciendo historia al contribuir con solos inventivos y composiciones innovadoras a un trío de instituciones musicales: Jazz Messengers de Art Blakey (1959-63), Miles Davis Quintet (1964-70) y Weather Report (1971-86), cofundador de este último con Joe Zawinul. Agregue a eso su clásica serie de grabaciones para el sello Blue Note, y Shorter podría haber descansado en cualquier momento simplemente sobre sus logros y despreocupado. Pero eso no habría satisfecho su espíritu explorador.
Terri Lyne Carrington comenzó a tocar la batería cuando tenía siete años, actuó con el pionero trompista de jazz Clark Terry a los diez y obtuvo una beca para el Berklee College Of Music a los once. Su primera lista de créditos que comenzó en la década de 1980 señala no solo su productividad sino también su versatilidad, e incluye asociaciones con Lester Bowie, Stan Getz, Woody Shaw, David Sanborn, Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves y Herbie Hancock, además de siendo el baterista de la casa de The Arsenio Hall Show. Carrington ha liderado una amplia variedad de proyectos durante los últimos 30 años, incluido el álbum ganador del premio Grammy The Mosaic Project, Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue y su set de 2019 con Social Science titulado Waiting Game. Primero grabó con Wayne Shorter en Joy Ryder de 1987, y está en los álbumes de Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society y Radio Music Society, junto con Leo Genovese al piano. Carrington actualmente se desempeña como fundadora y directora artística del Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice. “He tocado con Wayne Shorter desde que tenía 21 años y él es mi mentor musical y espiritual. También he tocado mucho durante la última década con mi hermana, Esperanza Spalding, así como con Leo Genovese, ambos músicos increíblemente talentosos. Estoy más que emocionado de que este concierto especial en el Festival de Jazz de Detroit en 2017 haya sido capturado y ahora se comparte con oyentes de todo el mundo”.
Esperanza Spalding comenzó a tocar el violín cuando era niña y, a los cinco años, actuaba con la Sociedad de Música de Cámara de Oregón. Después de cambiarse al bajo, cantó en un grupo de rock local, estudió en la Universidad Estatal de Portland y en Berklee College Of Music, y lanzó su primer álbum, Junjo, en 2006. Su avance llegó con su sensacional segundo álbum, Esperanza de 2008, y en 2011. , ganó el codiciado premio Grammy al Mejor Artista Nuevo. Desde entonces, ha tocado con Joe Lovano, McCoy Tyner, Fred Hersch, ACS (en colaboración con Terri Lyne Carrington y Geri Allen), y desde entonces ha dirigido álbumes como Chamber Music Society, Radio Music Society, Emily's D+Evolution, Exposure , 12 Little Spells (ganador del Grammy al Mejor Álbum Vocal de Jazz) y Songwrights Apothecary Lab (ganador del Grammy al Mejor Álbum Vocal de Jazz).
La música de Spalding, como la de Carrington y Shorter, nunca ha encajado en una categoría simple. De su noche tocando con Shorter, Carrington y Genovese, Spalding dice "esa noche en Detroit, cuando nos sentimos despegar musicalmente, aprendí una definición diferente de volar, de construir mientras volaba y de 'nosotros'".
Leo Genovese nació en Argentina, tocó el piano por primera vez cuando tenía cinco años y estudió en la Universidad de Rosario y en el Berklee College Of Music. Hizo su debut discográfico en 2003 y ha liderado discos como Haiku II, Unlocked, Seeds, Rituals y Sin Tiempo. Genovese también ha grabado con una gran variedad de artistas, incluidos Jason Palmer, Andre Matos, Francisco Mela, Michael Feinberg, Sara Serpa, Dave Zinno, Dan Blake y Leni Stern. Comenzó a hacer giras y grabaciones con Esperanza Spalding en 2005, asociación que continúa hasta la actualidad. “Wayne, Terri Lyne y Esperanza son superhéroes musicales en todos los lugares y en todos los tiempos. Poder compartir sonido, aprender de ellos y sentirlos como amigos es una bendición.”
En los últimos años, Shorter se ha “retirado” de la actuación, pero está lejos de estar inactivo. Trabajó con Spalding (quien escribió el libreto) en su ópera Iphigenia, que recibió críticas impresionantes después de las representaciones en las costas este y oeste durante 2021-22. Resume el concierto de Detroit a su manera especial: "Con la mezcla de personas, hombres y mujeres, diferentes etnias y orígenes, a veces hicimos cosas que sonaban más grandes que nosotros cuatro, con un enfoque más orquestal... Si había hay cosas que suceden en la grabación que pueden ser escuchadas por las personas en la medida en que pueden cambiar algunos pensamientos sobre la vida y la cultura... las personas que la escuchan pueden reconocer que todos somos diferentes, e iguales".
Esta actuación está dedicada a la memoria del pianista y compositor Geri Allen, quien originalmente iba a formar parte del grupo, pero falleció el junio anterior.
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Tracks:
1 - Someplace Called "Where"
Written-By – Dianne Reeves, Richard Cummings, Wayne Shorter
2 - Endangered Species
Written-By – Esperanza Spalding, Joseph Vitarelli, Wayne Shorter
3 - Encontros E Despedidas
Written-By – Fernando Brant, Milton Nascimento
4 - Drummers Song
Written-By – Geri Allen
5 - Midnight In Carlotta's Hair
Written-By – Wayne Shorter
Credits:
Bass, Vocals – Esperanza Spalding
Drums – Terri Lyne Carrington
Edited By [Editing Engineer] – Dean Albak*
Engineer [Front of House] – Toby Phillips
Engineer [Monitor] – Ed Hatfield
Engineer [Recording] – Timothy Powell
Graphic Design – Yeşim Tosuner
Mastered By – Harold LaRue
Mixed By – Rob Griffin (3)
Other [Artistic Director] – Chris Collins (7)
Photography By [Band Photo] – Marek Lazarski
Photography By [Detroit Skyline Photo] – Chris Woodrich
Piano, Keyboards – Leo Genovese
Producer – Terri Lyne Carrington
Sleeve Notes – esperanza*, Leo*, Terri Lyne*, Wayne Shorter
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
Recorded live on the Carhartt Amphitheater Stage at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival.
Label: Candid – CCD30302
Country: US
Released: 2022
Genre: Jazz
Style: Contemporary Jazz
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