Without a Net (Wayne Shorter album)

Without a Net
Live album by Wayne Shorter
Released 5 February 2013
Recorded 8 December 2010
Studio Walt Disney Concert Hall ("Pegasus" only)
Genre Jazz
Length 1:17:22
Label Blue Note 509999 79516 2 9
Producer Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter chronology
Beyond the Sound Barrier
(2005)Beyond the Sound Barrier2005		 Without a Net
(2013)		 Emanon
(2018)Emanon2018
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
All About Jazz[3]
The Guardian[4]
PopMatters[5]

Without a Net is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter together with Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade.[6][7] The album was released on 5 February 2013 via Blue Note[8] to a critical success, receiving an average score of 86/100 from 11 reviewers on Metacritic, which indicates "universal acclaim".

Background

Without a Net is Shorter’s first album for Blue Note Records in 43 years after Odyssey of Iska released in 1971.[9] The album contains eight quartet tracks from its European tour in late 2011, including six original compositions, plus a 23-minute centrepiece "Pegasus" supported by the woodwind and brass ensemble Imani Winds. The composition "Orbits" is a new version of the Miles Davis Quintet’s 1967 song of the same name. For "Orbits" the album won 2014 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo.[10] The quartet also included the title song from the 1933 musical film Flying Down To Rio.

Reception

Will Layman of PopMatters wrote "Wayner Shorter and his quartet are not just a good or great jazz group, they are a single voice of one the best American musicians we’ve had in the last 50 years. This is a musician who is far from in his valedictory years. Wayne Shorter seems, only now, to be saying all that has had to say. And Without a Net out to get a superb listening. It’s the shape of where jazz has been and where it is today."

Chris Barton of The Los Angeles Times stated "the album is a sprawling, relentlessly inventive listen that nods toward Shorter’s rich legacy as a true musical giant, even while pointing toward an undeniable truth that, even at 80 years old, he isn’t finished exploring yet."[11]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Orbits"Shorter4:50
2."Starry Night"Shorter8:49
3."S.S. Golden Mean"Shorter5:18
4."Plaza Real"Shorter6:59
5."Myrrh"Shorter3:05
6."Pegasus"Shorter23:08
7."Flying Down to Rio"Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans12:47
8."Zero Gravity to the 10th Power"Blade, Patitucci, Pérez, Shorter8:13
9."(The Notes) Unidentified Flying Objects"Blade, Patitucci, Pérez, Shorter4:13
Total length:01:17:22

Personnel

Wayne Shorter Quartet

Production

  • Tom Korkidis – production coordinator
  • Scott Southard – executive producer
  • Rob Griffin – mixing, engineering
  • Robert Ascroft – photography

References

  1. ↑ "Without a Net by Wayne Shorter". Metacritic. metacritic.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Wayne Shorter: Without a Net". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  3. ↑ TURNER, MARK F. (February 7, 2013). "Wayne Shorter: Without a Net". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Fordham, John (31 January 2013). "Wayne Shorter: Without a Net – review". The Guardian. theguardian.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  5. ↑ LAYMAN, WILL (20 February 2013). "Wayne Shorter Quartet: Without a Net". PopMatters. popmatters.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  6. ↑ CHINEN, NATE (January 31, 2013). "Major Jazz Eminence, Little Grise: Wayne Shorter's New Album Is 'Without a Net'". The New York Times. nytimes.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Wayne Shorter Quartet Featuring Danilo Perez, John Patitucci And Brian Blade – Without A Net". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "WITHOUT A NET (2013)". Blue Note. bluenote.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  9. ↑ Barton, Chris (7 February 2013). "Jazz album review: Wayne Shorter's 'Without a Net'". The Los Angeles Times. latimes.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  10. ↑ J. Moore, Marcus (2013). "Wayne Shorter Quartet Without a Net Review". BBC. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  11. ↑ Barton, Chris (7 February 2013). "Jazz album review: Wayne Shorter's 'Without a Net'". The Los Angeles Times. latimes.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
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