Tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter composed and recorded too much great material in 1964.
His Night Dreamer album for Blue Note was recorded in April 1964; Juju was taped in August and Speak No Evil in December. So when he recorded The Soothsayer in March 1965, Blue Note decided to tap the brakes and put the tapes on the shelf, delaying its release.
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