Ian checks out Wayne Shorter’s Adam’s Apple

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Wayne Shorter has been called “jazz’s greatest living composer” and rightly so: his 1966 album Adam’s Apple is an astounding testament to hard bop and remains a pinnacle in the jazz world today.

Throughout the album, Shorter plays captivating, melodic horn lines on his tenor saxophone, which in turn make the album acutely accessible for first-time listeners.

Adam’s Apple is inaugurated by the commanding pianist Herbie Hancock and is expeditiously joined by Shorter with an unmistakably modal melody.

Though every composition is exemplary, the only piece that can outdo the title track is “Footprints,” which befittingly became a jazz standard.

Both Shorter and Hancock are given ample opportunities to display their masterful talent as soloists while keeping their playing tasteful.

Preceding and proceeding this jazz classic, there have been many attempts to create music on the same plane as Adam’s Apple. However, the majority of these have invariably fallen short of Shorter.

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