Footprints Live!
Encyclopedia
Footprints Live! is a live album
by saxophonist Wayne Shorter
released on Verve Records
in 2002. It was Shorter's first official live album released under his own name and the first album to feature the 'Footprints Quartet' of Shorter, Danilo Perez
, John Patitucci
and Brian Blade
.
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
by saxophonist Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
released on Verve Records
Verve Records
Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...
in 2002. It was Shorter's first official live album released under his own name and the first album to feature the 'Footprints Quartet' of Shorter, Danilo Perez
Danilo Pérez
Danilo Pérez is a Panamanian pianist and composer.-Early life:Danilo Pérez was born in Panama in 1965. He is considered one of the finest contemporary pianists and jazz composers of our era....
, John Patitucci
John Patitucci
John Patitucci is an American Grammy-winning jazz double bass and jazz fusion electric bass player.-Biography:Patitucci is of Italian descent and was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he began playing the electric bass at age ten, composing and performing at age 12, as well as the acoustic bass at...
and Brian Blade
Brian Blade
Brian Blade in Shreveport, Louisiana is an American jazz drummer, composer, session musician, and singer-songwriter.-Early years:...
.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Robert L. Doerschuk awarded the album 3 stars stating "They're even playful; try to catch that "Rock-A-Bye Baby" quote from Shorter in the title track.".Track listing
- "Sanctuary" - 5:31 - originally recorded for the Miles DavisMiles DavisMiles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
album Bitches BrewBitches BrewBitches Brew is a studio double album by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in April 1970 on Columbia Records. The album continued his experimentation with electric instruments previously featured on his critically acclaimed In a Silent Way album...
(1970) - "Masquelero" - 8:28 - originally recorded for the Miles Davis album Sorcerer (1967)
- "Valse TristeValse TristeValse Triste may refer to:* Valse triste , a 1904 orchestral piece by Jean Sibelius* Valse triste , a 1977 ballet by Bruno Liberda* Valse Triste , a 1979 film by Bruce Conner...
" (Sibelius) - 7:59 - originally recorded for The SoothsayerThe Soothsayer- Track listing :All compositions by Wayne Shorter except as indicated.# "Lost" - 7:20# "Angola" - 4:56# "The Big Push" - 8:23# "The Soothsayer" - 9:40# "Lady Day" - 5:36# "Valse Triste" - 7:45# "Angola" [Alternate Take] - 6:41- Personnel :...
(1965) - "Go" - 5:01 - originally recorded for SchizophreniaSchizophrenia (Wayne Shorter album)-Track listing:# "Tom Thumb" – 6:16# "Go" – 5:42# "Schizophrenia" – 6:50# "Kryptonite" – 6:29# "Miyako" – 5:00# "Playground" – 6:20-Personnel:*Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone*Curtis Fuller – trombone*James Spaulding – flute, alto saxophone...
(1967) - "Aung San Suu Kyi" - 9:28 - originally recorded for 1 + 11 + 1 (album)-Personnel:*Herbie Hancock – piano, producer*Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone, producer...
with Herbie HancockHerbie HancockHerbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
(1997) - "FootprintsFootprints (composition)"Footprints" is a jazz standard composed by Wayne Shorter, first appearing on his 1966 album Adam's Apple.Whilst in 6/4 metre, it is debatable whether it could be called a jazz waltz, since the feel could be divided into compound duple or simple triple time.Harmonically, it takes the form of a...
" - 7:55 - originally recorded for Adam's AppleAdam's Apple (album)-Track listing:# "Adam's Apple" – 6:52# "502 Blues " – 6:36# "El Gaucho" – 6:32# "Footprints" – 7:31# "Teru" – 6:15# "Chief Crazy Horse" – 7:39...
(1966) - "Atlantis" - 8:28 - originally recorded for AtlantisAtlantis (Wayne Shorter album)Atlantis is the sixteenth album by Wayne Shorter. It was released on the Columbia label in 1985 and was Shorter's first solo album since 1974. The recording is notable in Shorter's body of work both for its relative lack of improvisation and for the high level of its compositions and group...
(1985) - "Juju" - 10:39 - originally recorded for JuJuJuJu (Wayne Shorter album)JuJu is an album by Wayne Shorter, recorded and released on Blue Note in 1964, issued as BLP 4182 and BST 84182.The album shows the strong influence of John Coltrane, with whom Shorter had studied as an undergraduate, and whose style is reflected here both in performance and composition...
(1964)
- All compositions by Wayne Shorter except as indicated
Personnel
- Wayne ShorterWayne ShorterWayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
- saxophones - Danilo PerezDanilo PérezDanilo Pérez is a Panamanian pianist and composer.-Early life:Danilo Pérez was born in Panama in 1965. He is considered one of the finest contemporary pianists and jazz composers of our era....
- piano - John PatitucciJohn PatitucciJohn Patitucci is an American Grammy-winning jazz double bass and jazz fusion electric bass player.-Biography:Patitucci is of Italian descent and was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he began playing the electric bass at age ten, composing and performing at age 12, as well as the acoustic bass at...
- bass - Brian BladeBrian BladeBrian Blade in Shreveport, Louisiana is an American jazz drummer, composer, session musician, and singer-songwriter.-Early years:...
- drums