On the day before Christmas in 1964, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter recorded his fourth leadership album, Speak No Evil. He had just joined Miles Davis's second great quintet, but still had a Blue Note recording contract. Davis was fine with that. Shorter's composition, Speak No Evil, developed from his fascination with Buddhism and the concept that ev…
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