Without a Net (Wayne Shorter album)

Without a Net is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter together with Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade.[8][9] The album was released on 5 February 2013 via Blue Note[10] to a critical success, receiving an average score of 86/100 from 11 reviewers on Metacritic, which indicates "universal acclaim".

Without a Net
Live album by
Wayne Shorter
Released5 February 2013
Recorded8 December 2010
StudioWalt Disney Concert Hall ("Pegasus" only)
GenreJazz
Length1:17:22
LabelBlue Note 509999 79516 2 9
ProducerWayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter chronology
Beyond the Sound Barrier
(2005)		 Without a Net
(2013)		 Emanon
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
All About Jazz[3]
The Guardian[4]
musicOMH[5]
PopMatters[6]
Sputnikmusic4/5[7]

Background

Without a Net is Shorter’s first album for Blue Note Records in 43 years after Odyssey of Iska released in 1971.[11] 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.[12] The quartet also included the title song from the 1933 musical film Flying Down to Rio.

Reception

Will Layman of PopMatters wrote "Wayne 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."[13]

Rob Shepherd of PostGenre noted, "While the performances by the saxophonist and his long-standing quartet ... are extraordinary, it is really the compositions which come to the fore. Throughout, they reconstruct an eclectic complication of songs ranging from new tunes to longstanding originals including those once played with Miles’ Second Great Quintet or Weather Report. Like with the rest of Shorter’s scores, even the oldest of these is made to sound not just new and contemporary but, at times, futuristic."[14]

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. Paton, Daniel (7 February 2013). "Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without A Net | Albums". musicOMH. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  6. LAYMAN, WILL (20 February 2013). "Wayne Shorter Quartet: Without a Net". PopMatters. popmatters.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  7. "Review: Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without a Net | Sputnikmusic". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  8. 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.
  9. "Wayne Shorter Quartet Featuring Danilo Perez, John Patitucci And Brian Blade – Without A Net". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  10. "WITHOUT A NET (2013)". Blue Note. bluenote.com. 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.
  12. J. Moore, Marcus (2013). "Wayne Shorter Quartet Without a Net Review". BBC. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  13. Barton, Chris (7 February 2013). "Jazz album review: Wayne Shorter's 'Without a Net'". The Los Angeles Times. latimes.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  14. https://postgenre.org/rob-shepherds-favorite-jazz-albums-of-the-2010s/
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