Wayne Shorter • Beyond The Sound Barrier

 

 

Review
by Alex Henderson  
Recorded live on three different continents (Europe, America, and Asia) from 2002-2004, Beyond the Sound Barrier finds Wayne Shorter leading the same acoustic-oriented post-bop quartet he led on his 2001 recording, Footprints Live!; the veteran tenor and soprano saxophonist is joined by pianist Danilo Pérez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade. But if Beyond the Sound Barrier should be considered a sequel to Footprints Live!, it is far from a carbon copy. While Footprints Live! contained several Shorter pieces that have become jazz standards (including "Atlantis," "Footprints," and "Juju"), Beyond the Sound Barrier places more emphasis on new material. Half of the eight selections are new, and the rest of the CD ranges from Arthur Penn's "Smilin' Through" (the theme from the 1941 movie) to two pieces from Shorter's Joy Ryder album of 1988: "Over Shadow Hill Way" and that album's title track. No one will accuse Beyond the Sound Barrier of being standards-oriented, and the quartet doesn't go out of its way to be accessible; this is definitely one of Shorter's more cerebral releases. But the material is rewarding if one is broad-minded enough to appreciate Shorter and his younger colleagues at their most intellectual, and the audiences' enthusiastic applause -- not just polite applause, but enthusiastic applause -- indicates that they have no problem comprehending all the abstraction and angularity that is taking place.
Beyond the Sound Barrier falls short of essential, but it's a solid demonstration of the fact that Shorter -- who was in his late sixties and early seventies when these performances were recorded -- wasn't afraid to be challenging and keep taking chances in the early 2000s.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/beyond-the-sound-barrier-mw0000213180

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Reseña
por Alex Henderson  
Grabado en directo en tres continentes diferentes (Europa, América y Asia) entre 2002 y 2004, Beyond the Sound Barrier encuentra a Wayne Shorter al frente del mismo cuarteto post-bop de orientación acústica que lideró en su grabación de 2001, Footprints Live!; el veterano saxofonista tenor y soprano está acompañado por el pianista Danilo Pérez, el bajista John Patitucci y el batería Brian Blade. Pero si Beyond the Sound Barrier debe considerarse una secuela de Footprints Live!, dista mucho de ser un calco. Mientras que Footprints Live! contenía varias piezas de Shorter que se han convertido en estándares del jazz (como "Atlantis", "Footprints" y "Juju"), Beyond the Sound Barrier hace más hincapié en el material nuevo. La mitad de las ocho selecciones son nuevas, y el resto del CD abarca desde "Smilin' Through" de Arthur Penn (el tema de la película de 1941) hasta dos piezas del álbum Joy Ryder de Shorter de 1988: "Over Shadow Hill Way" y la canción que da título al álbum. Nadie acusará a Beyond the Sound Barrier de estar orientado a los estándares, y el cuarteto no se esfuerza en ser accesible; éste es definitivamente uno de los lanzamientos más cerebrales de Shorter. Pero el material es gratificante si uno tiene la amplitud de miras suficiente para apreciar a Shorter y a sus colegas más jóvenes en su faceta más intelectual, y los aplausos entusiastas del público -no sólo aplausos educados, sino entusiastas- indican que no tienen ningún problema en comprender toda la abstracción y angulosidad que tiene lugar.
Beyond the Sound Barrier no llega a ser esencial, pero es una sólida demostración de que Shorter, que tenía entre sesenta y setenta años cuando se grabaron estas interpretaciones, no temía ser desafiante y seguir arriesgándose a principios de la década de 2000.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/beyond-the-sound-barrier-mw0000213180

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Tracks:
1 - Mysterious Mountain (A.Hobaness) (1:32)
2 - Elegant People (W.Shorter) (6:44)
3 - Good Morning Annya (J.Pastorius) (5:31)
4 - She's Leaving Home (Lennon-McCartney) (3:34)
5 - Holiday for Pans (D.Rose) (3:13)
6 - Giant Steps (J.Coltrane) (3:12)
7 - City Of Angels (J.Pastorius) (8:53)
8 - Birth Of Island (J.Pastorius) (23:44)


Credits:
Jaco Pastorius- bass, bass pan, percussion, voice, keyboards
Wayne Shorter- sax
Don Alias- percussion
Othello Molineaux- steel drums
Leroy Williams- steel drums
Mike Gerber- piano
Toots Thielemans- harmonica
Bobby Economou- drums, percussion
Ted Levand- guitar
Peter Graves- trombone
Craig Thayler- violin

Recorded live November 2002 - April 2004, North America, Europe and Asia

Label:    Verve Records – B0004518-02
Country:    US
Released:    2005
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Contemporary Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/release/2569275-Wayne-Shorter-Quartet-Beyond-The-Sound-Barrier

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