Born in Newark, New Jersey, on August 25, 1933 (he died in 2023 at the age of 89), Wayne Shorter was described shortly before with death by jazz critic Ben Ratliff of the New York Times as “probably jazz’s greatest living smallgroup composer and a contender for greatest living improviser.” Introducing Wayne Shorter was his debut album as a leader. It features the saxophonist along with his Jazz Messengers companion Lee Morgan and the Wynton Kelly Trio, with Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums. This album recently came back to the fore after bestselling writer Michael Connelly showed his character Harry Bosch listening to the song “Harry’s Last Stand” is his novel Resurrection Walk. 1. Blues a La Carte 2. Harry S Last Stand 3. Down In the Depths 4. Harry S Last Stand [Alt Tk] 5. Pug Nose 6. Black Diamond 7. Mack the Knife 8. Blues a La Carte [Alt Tk]
