Release Date: 08/16/2024 Format: LPLabel: Blue Note RecordsRelease type: Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition Reissued 180 Gram Vinyl LP Pressing 1964 was a momentous year in the musical life of Wayne Shorter. At the start of the year the saxophonist was still a member of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, appearing on classic Blue Note albums like Free for All and Indestructible. Shorter made his own auspicious label debut that spring with Night Dreamer and that summer he joined the Miles Davis Quintet cementing a line-up that would become one of the seminal bands in jazz history. When he returned to the studio for Blue Note in August it was in the company of three musicians with strong ties to John Coltrane: pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Reggie Workman, and drummer Elvin Jones. The resulting album JuJu is a marvel in Shorter's formidable discography which presents six of his evocative original compositions including the churning title track, the mesmerizing "House of Jade," and the brightly swinging "Yes Or No." 1 Juju2 Deluge3 House of Jade4 Mahjong5 Yes or No6 Twelve More Bars to Go7 Juju (Alternate Take)8 House of Jade (Alternate Take)9 Listen Rosa (Roza)
