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Wayne Shorter: 'The Soothsayer' (1965)

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Marc Myers
Oct 08, 2025
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Tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter composed and recorded too much great material in 1964. [Photo above of Wayne Shorter by Francis Wolff © Mosaic Images]

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 brak…

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