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Wayne Shorter: Celebration Volume 1 review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
This 2014 live recording of the saxophonist’s late-career quartet showcases one of the great modern jazz bands and the enthralling genius of their leader
That group, with pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade, was regarded as one of the great modern jazz bands in its borderline-psychic contrapuntal improvising, rhythmic agility, energy and generic range. Photograph: Blue NoteWhen Shorter heard Celebration Volume 1, recorded in Stockholm in 2014, he knew at once that it should be the centrepiece of his legacy collection – a eureka moment his wife Carolina eloquently describes in the liner notes. The Irish folk song She Moves Through the Fair becomes a quiet odyssey of subtle bass reflections, Blade’s bustling brushwork, Perez’s mercurially darting melodies, and haunting high-tenor phrasing.
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