Wayne Shorter Pals Off on Jazz Adventure

Thursday February 10, 2011

From the Boston Herald

Wayne Shorter, pals off on jazz adventure
By Bob Young

When reedman Wayne Shorter hired pianist Danilo Perez, bass player John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade 10 years ago as compadres in a new iteration of his quartet, he’d found the perfect kindred spirits to navigate the wild contours of his own unique Wayne’s World.

It’s a world where every improvisational exchange is an intense adventure, where the leader is as much companion as guide, and where it’s no fun to visit the same place more than once.

All of that was as clear as one of Shorter’s sharp-edged soprano sax bursts Tuesday in front of a crowded house at Berklee Performance Center.

For nearly an hour and a half — without pause — the foursome constructed an impossible-to-replicate sonic meditation filled with sudden stops and turns, furiously fast rhythmic conversations and a calm, gentle beauty that flowed as relentlessly as Shorter’s own ideas.

One of the greatest composers in jazz, the 77-year-old cornerstone of Mile Davis’ ’60s ensemble, founder of fusion pioneer Weather Report and nine-time Grammy award winner calls his current approach “de-composing.”

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