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Review 1 for Wayne Shorter Quartet
Wayne Shorter is more than just great music....
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Favorite moment: The whole thing. @
Opening act(s): None. @
Posted 02/17/2011
by tmac621
Location:Long Beach, NY
....it is a spiritually moving experience. Wayne and his quartet seem to just ride waves of moods. Peace, tension, conflict, ecstasy, mournful, sublime.
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Favorite moment: The whole thing. @
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Review 2 for Wayne Shorter Quartet
Poorly described in promotion
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Favorite moment: There were some melodic sequences and Brian Blades drum solos were excellent @
Posted 02/13/2011
by Anonymous
Location:Town Hall
We were very disappointed in the show. Phenomenal musicians but they played one very, very long piece that was not melodic. If you are going to present this type of 'concerto', it should be publicized as such. Otherwise, the audience is expecting a variety of music, with jazz musicians taking turns improvising.
We spent a lot of money that I would have rather spent buying music that I enjoy and find challenging.
We spent a lot of money that I would have rather spent buying music that I enjoy and find challenging.
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- Wed, Feb 9, 2011 @
Favorite moment: There were some melodic sequences and Brian Blades drum solos were excellent @
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Review 3 for Wayne Shorter Quartet
Boring
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Favorite moment: When John Patitucci took a bass solo. @
Setlist: No idea what they played. @
Opening act(s): None @
Posted 02/12/2011
by Derrek
Location:New York
Having been a fan of Shorter's early stuff (Adam's Apple, Speak No Evil, JuJu) and his contributions to Weather Report, I was looking forward to this show. I am also a fan of John Patitucci and heard great things about Brian Blade. The show opened up OK with a nice bass riff, but the music never really went anywhere. There were only snippets of identifiable songs and the 60+ minute set became tedious to listen to. Wayne Shorter seemed to take the role of someone that wandered onto stage or was sitting in with some other musicians. His contributions to the music was tentative and lacked commitment. At first the only musicians that seemed to gel and have any chemistry was Blade and Patitucci; they played off of each other's vibe. Perez later got eye contact with the bassist and there was some brief chemistry there, other than that it seemed that four musicians came on stage and started playing various riffs irregardless of what others were playing.
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- New York @
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- Wed, Feb 9, 2011 @
Favorite moment: When John Patitucci took a bass solo. @
Setlist: No idea what they played. @
Opening act(s): None @
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Review 4 for Wayne Shorter Quartet
Truly remarkable
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Posted 02/12/2011
by JoJoBaBa
Transcending out of body experience provoked by some of the most remarkable music created by four magnificent musicians. I will get tickets to see this combo every time they are within a hundred miles of me. Unforgettable.
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Review 5 for Wayne Shorter Quartet
Wayne and his group
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Favorite moment: It was all great! @
Setlist: Segue everything @
Opening act(s): None @
Posted 02/12/2011
by BillyWil
Location:New York
It was just flat out the best jazz concert I've ever seen! These musicians were truly having the best conversation and we were allowed to listen and watch!
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Favorite moment: It was all great! @
Setlist: Segue everything @
Opening act(s): None @
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Review 6 for Wayne Shorter Quartet
A most amazing music, yet nothing to hum home with
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Favorite moment: Brian's solo. However, all these players were all so outstanding @
Posted 02/11/2011
by kencentric
Location:New York
Honestly, I've been to numerous jazz shows and have seen Wayne at least a dozen times. But the music these guys played at Town Hall seemed like the cosmos were opening up and the universe was forming. Spacy as that sounds, there was this formlessness, with elements coalescing, like molecules forming chains in some primordial bog. Certain musical motifs would occur, either from the sax, the bass, the drum, or the piano, and the others would loosely organize around them. All these guys are so masterful that they can pull something like this off. You would see the beginnings of something, follow it, witness the other musicians play around it, but then it would give way to something else. Still, there was enough momentum and creative tension to keep the engagement with the audience. At some point, there was a climax of consonance on the piano, sax, and bass, leading to Brian reaching this energized cymbal playing, almost a solo. It seemed that the crowd was sophisticated enough to see that the piece, over an hour of continual playing, had reached it's resolution, and then it was gracefully closed. Bravo!
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Favorite moment: Brian's solo. However, all these players were all so outstanding @
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Review 7 for Wayne Shorter Quartet
Wayne at Town Hall
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Favorite moment: When Brian Blade just did not want to stop playing in the Encore and had Danilo reopening his piano to sit down once again and play some more @
Posted 02/11/2011
by thenaturals
Location:NY
Wayne was in fine form Wednesday February 9th 2011 at Town Hall Right smack down In The Middle Of Midtown Manhattan . Among the hustle and bustle of Times Square Wayne Shorter's Tenor and Soprano Saxophones made beautiful and powerful tones along with his stellar band. To see this living legend with these other fantastic players Danilo Perez,Piano , Brian Blade Drums, John Pattitucci Bass . Was a real treat . Most of the music was quite free kind of like taking flight and not knowing just were You might land but having no fear ,for all the time the head pilot was in total control and would bring You to a very desirable destination . M.L
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Favorite moment: When Brian Blade just did not want to stop playing in the Encore and had Danilo reopening his piano to sit down once again and play some more @
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Review 8 for Wayne Shorter Quartet
disappointing
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Posted 02/11/2011
by jazzstreak
Although it was interesting to see such great musicians, their choice of selections where disappointing and unexcepted. An "atonal" sort of selection lasting well over an hour, and one 30 min encore that sounded like it was part of the first selection . You could tell that the musicians were enjoying what they were playing and you could tell the audience was somewhat disappointed, as many overheard parting conversations seemed to agree, all longing to have heard some selections they had hoped to hear Wayne play.
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Review 9 for Wayne Shorter Quartet
Don't miss Wayne
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- Tue, Feb 8, 2011 @
Favorite moment: Danilo Perez crinkling his water bottle while Wayne whistled. @
Posted 02/11/2011
by Anonymous
Wayne Shorter and his quartet continue to perform inspired improvisational music. Although they had a thick sheaf of music on their music stands, you could see that none of them were sure what was going to happen next until it happened. Truly a riveting performance.
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- Tue, Feb 8, 2011 @
Favorite moment: Danilo Perez crinkling his water bottle while Wayne whistled. @
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Review 10 for Wayne Shorter Quartet
Magic at Berklee!!!
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Posted 02/11/2011
by donb71
Second time seeing the Wayne Shorter Quartet and this time was absolutely amazing. The band wove a surreal tapestry of sounds and textures that was inimitable. Nothing like seeing exceptional musicians at the top of their game. Hope to see them again.
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Review 11 for Wayne Shorter Quartet
Shorter at Berklee
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Posted 02/11/2011
by GPandES
Wayne is in his seventies now and his age is showing a bit. He'd lean against the piano sometimes as if it were holding him up, and he seemed a little slow in getting into the set initially. His band of pros, all younger, set some tough paces to play through and they'd draw him out frequently. Wayne seemed to really pick up his own energy level as soon as he switched the first time from tenor to soprano. He then played 1 1/2 hours straight through various themes - without a break...a physical feat many younger players would be hard-pressed to match. His band, Pattitucci, Blade and Perez played great - Blade especially kicking it up a level on his drum kit. I think Blade kept some of the hard hitting left over from his Mclaughlin/ Corea reunion tour last year.Songs were only hinted at all night, and if you were trying to pick out melodies - good luck. Very free-style with Shorter pondering when to jump in and with what: he would switch frequently back and forth between tenor and soprano, sometimes after a single run. I've always enjoyed his soprano playing more - and he's still got that sweet , tentative tone. He enjoyed where his band was going through the night and had that elder-statesman appearance - approving nods, smiles, etc. Having seen Wayne in more structured sets through the years (dating back to his first Weather Report concerts with Zawinul and Airto in the seventies) I admit I was squirming in my seat, however, waiting for the show to come to an end...and was anxious that my girlfriend who may not have seen much of this style of playing wouldn't get that we were really fortunate to get to see Wayne Shorter, one of the greatest saxophonists and composers of all time. Oh yeah, I would have liked to hear "Footprints" for the encore...but just like any other true artist performance you can't just expect the greatest hits. Play on Mr. Gone!
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Review 12 for Wayne Shorter Quartet
Disappointed
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Posted 02/11/2011
by Jorje321
I had central orchestra seats and high expectations for such an array of talent as Danilo Perez, John Pattitucci, and Brian Blade supporting the legendary Shorter. We had seen the quartet five years back and were blown away.
Based on rave press reviews, perhaps something was lost on me, but I can say that early on, Patitucci was definitely not on the same page as Perez, with some of the most glaring mismatches I've ever seen on professional stage, like a 12 year old playing in the wrong key - and his body language and facial expressions made it obvious that something was wrong. He righted the ship, and there were some beautiful sequences in this non-stop, operatic approach. But Shorter listened more than he played, and I sensed he was just noodling through half of the sequences where he did contribute. Blades was standout on drums and really carried the vibe with ambient and explosive textures, and he and Pat had some slick exchanges. Perez generated some wonderful, delicate, steady and arpeggiated sounds, but crackling a plastic water bottle against the microphone for a gag didn't amuse me as much as the 17 year old sitting nearby. Thematically, it was a grind - light on continuity and heavy on failed experiment. I realize these are some of the greatest musicians in the world, but together on this night, they weren't.
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Review 13 for Wayne Shorter Quartet
Wow - Not What We Expected
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Favorite moment: Leaving the theater and listening to all the students talking @
Posted 02/11/2011
by fp6890
I guess I'm still in an era that expects simples things like a melody in Jazz. Shorter has had a great career, but listening to four instruments each play up and down the scales for two hours was a little too much. No breaks, no introductions, no remarks...
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- Tue, Feb 8, 2011 @
Favorite moment: Leaving the theater and listening to all the students talking @
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Review 14 for Wayne Shorter Quartet
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Posted 02/11/2011
by RCBJ
Not enjoyable at all. Music was annoying and lacked any kind of swing or funk.
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