I’m a huge Wayne Shorter fan and spent many hours trying to adapt some of his compositions to guitar. He was a consistently original and surprising musician.
Here’s his classic ballad “Infant Eyes,” a typically unique and tender approach to a sentimental song about a newborn child
It’s interesting that Wayne shorter could pack
any of the largest theaters here in the U.S.
but has filled stadiums in Japan. It the
among the saddest testaments about the U.S.
His theater & club appearances in the U.S. were always sold out.
He’d never be able to sell out a stadium in the U.S. because
of the disregard for what is America’s classical music; Jazz.
Jazz musicians always did much better in Europe and Japan.
I’m a new member on Chiff & Fipple. This seems like a good place to make my first post. I play Irish tunes on flute but my interests have always been more eclectic. Probably been appreciating Wayne Shorter since the early 70s. Hope you enjoy this recording because I do. Cheers, Auburn.
As a pro jazz sax player and fledgling piper I’m always on the lookout for where jazz and trad music intersect. This is a sublime instance of this very phenomenon!