Speak No Evil [Original recording remastered]

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Wayne Shorter's compositions helped define a new jazz style in the mid-'60s, merging some of the concentrated muscular force of hard bop with surprising intervals and often spacious melodies suspended over the beat. The result was a new kind of "cool," a mixture of restraint and freedom that created a striking contrast between Shorter's airy themes and his taut tenor solos and which invited creative play among the soloists and rhythm section. The band on this 1964 session is a quintessential Blue Note group of the period, combining Shorter's most frequent and effective collaborators. Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Elvin Jones merge their talents to create music that's at once secure and free flowing, sometimes managing to suggest tension and calm at the same time. --Stuart Broomer

Product Description
24 bit digitally remastered Japanese reissue of classic Blue Note album in a miniaturized LP sleeve limited to the initial pressing only, and with the original artwork intact. Contains all six tracks from the original 1964 issue. 1999 release. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Average customer rating: Speak No Evil... the Miles effect What This Album Means To Me Sustained Beauty Flawless

Speak No Evil Wayne Shorter Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Modern Post Bop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Maiden Voyage Somethin' Else Moanin' The Sidewinder Song for My Father ASIN: B00000I8UH Release Date: 1999-03-23

Tracks:

1. Witch Hunt
2. Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
3. Dance Cadaverous
4. Speak No Evil
5. Infant Eyes
6. Wild Flower
7. Dance Cadaverous (Alternate Take)

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Wayne Shorter's compositions helped define a new jazz style in the mid-'60s, merging some of the concentrated muscular force of hard bop with surprising intervals and often spacious melodies suspended over the beat. The result was a new kind of "cool," a mixture of restraint and freedom that created a striking contrast between Shorter's airy themes and his taut tenor solos and which invited creative play among the soloists and rhythm section. The band on this 1964 session is a quintessential Blue Note group of the period, combining Shorter's most frequent and effective collaborators. Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Elvin Jones merge their talents to create music that's at once secure and free flowing, sometimes managing to suggest tension and calm at the same time. --Stuart Broomer

Album Description

24 bit digitally remastered Japanese reissue of classic Blue Note album in a miniaturized LP sleeve limited to the initial pressing only, and with the original artwork intact. Contains all six tracks from the original 1964 issue. 1999 release.

Album Details

Japanese Version Featuring A Limited Edition LP Style Slipcase. 24Bit Remastered.

Customer Reviews:

Speak No Evil..........2007-06-15

I can't anymore to what already has been said. This work
(Wayne's 3rd Blue-Note Album) is simply outstanding. It's
a complete modern jazz work. As this is my first Wayne Shorter
album, I have nothing to compare it to! So, this gives
me an excuse to purchase another disk. But, what to buy?
I know, I'll pick up the following:

1. "Night Dreamer" (Wayne's 1st Blue Note Album)
2. "JuJu" (Wayne's 2nd Blue Note Album)

Then, I can perform comparisons! Stay tuned...Oh yes, this album
rates five stars!!

the Miles effect.......2007-04-20

Along with key sidemen Freddie Hubbard (t), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b) and Elvin Jones (d), Wayne Shorter produced this classic in 1964 and it was released that following year by Blue Note. Known for both the compositional ingenuity that went into this record as well as for the improvisational nature of the music at hand, this seminal recording has influenced countless musicians that followed. This particular reissue is part of the Rudy Van Gelder Edition series, and as such has received 24-bit digital remastering that improves upon the integrity of the sound here greatly.

This is music that followed Shorter having joined Miles Davis in the summer of 1964, and as such shows Wayne becoming more innovative and daring as a composer. I cannot recommend this album enough to everyone. If you enjoy the music of `Speak No Evil' then you will also thoroughly enjoy the albums `Juju', `Soothsayer' and `Adam's Apple'. Out of all the Wayne Shorter projects produced during his Blue Note years, `Speak No Evil' is the definitely the best place to start.

What This Album Means To Me.......2007-01-13

This dynamic quintet marks one of the peaks in jazz creation and interplay in it's musical history. With an allstar cast of Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Elvin Jones, the music was destined to be nothing less than amazing from the start. But amazing players is not all it takes to make an album worth a spot on the jazz timeline. The day of recording it was obvious that everybody was on. Fueled by the lyrically sad and revolutionary compositions of Shorter, their creative drive was explosive. Being a drummer this album has taught me a huge chunk of what I know about the concepts of swing and interplay. This music has nothing to do with showing off or proving something to one's audience. The fantastic thing about Shorter is his ability to say exactly what he wants and yet the music comes across in a way that's "medicine for your ears" according to Herbie Hancock. Shorter was the only person to bring music to Miles that never had to be changed because it was perfect and this album shows exactly that; a solemn soul creating something far beyond music.
Witchhunt is a dynamic opening to the cd. The rhythmic explosion at the intro already tells the audience with in it's first few seconds of sound that the album's a classic. It's interesting to note how the intro is a great example of call and response, a somewhat foreshadowing of the interplay to come in the solos. Elvin's swing into the head is driving and powerful. All the tunes and solos on this cd are examples of Wayne's ability to use space. Witchhunt is no exception with a bouncy rhythm of 8th notes for two bars followed by space for two bars. The horns are somewhat behind the beat, defining their unique concept of swing. Wayne understood what the rhythm section was there for. It wasn't to make himself sound good, but to make the music sound good. The intense B section contrasts the mellow and bouncy A and is another great example of how Wayne incorporated call and response in ways beyond just leaving space after a phrase. The end of the B section then mellows down with some 8th note phrasing somewhat reminiscent of the A. Wayne's solo begins with an epic fill by Elvin and then the subtle interplay begins. If you're to tune out the rhythm section it almost sounds like Wayne is soloing over a ballad. His enigmatic way to keep his cool over a "medium up" song is incredible. His phrasing and style make his rests seem longer and spacier than they are which is also very masterfully accomplished by the rhythm section. They knew how to make two bars feel like an eternity, something that is hard to explain in simple music terminology. He has a subtle way of referencing the head into his solo without using it too much. Hubbard begins his solo with some high pitched dynamic phrasing. Freddie is a lot more ahead of the beat than Wayne, another interesting form of call and response that keeps your ear wanting more. Hancock's solo opens with a simple 3 note motif. His solo is not very related to the head but still is innovative and exciting, proving his inate ability to write music on the spot. Coming back into the head the drums are more intense than they were at the beginning. Freddie slips a little at the end, but is almost not even worth mentioning as the song is incredible.
Fee Fi Fo Fum opens with a syncopated and mysterious piano intro. The head itself is very spacey and mellow with the current of swing under it. One of the most amazing pieces of this album is Freddie's solo intro on this track. It's virtually indescribable along with the rest of his solo which built off his great topic sentence. The solo is fairly short, but still says so much. Shorter's solo is very behind the beat and very rarely has anything faster than quarter notes. Later in his solo he busts out some lines that are almost straight. These lead into some very bluesy licks and his climax into Herbie's solo. Herbie's solo plays off Wayne's blues motifs and incorporates his own style until he builds tension with a triplet line back into the head. The first note of the head is played in such a way that it seems like they used some kind of effect, but it's all simply in how well they played it. The ending is predictable and releaving.
Dance Cadaverous is a somewhat "up" waltz, but is more like a mysterious and haunting lullaby. The piano comping over the head is another one of my favorite parts of this cd. It's this amazingly awkward and muddy feeling that if heard by itself would simply be weird, but Herbie knew how to use his out of the box mind to add the spice to Shorter's music. The piano solo begins behind the beat and very beautiful. Herbie rapidly builds tension and releases it into a flurry of notes leading into the downbeat. The energy subtly increases into Shorter's solo in which he seems like he's grasping onto something. Shorter's uncanny ability to use his life experience to bring out the human and raw emotion in something as obscure as a complex waltz is truly stunning. His solo then builds back into the mysterious head where Herbie's comping is again exactly what the composition needed. The strong ending is great and a perfect end to a perfect song.
Speak No Evil, the title track, is a "medium up" swing song with such subtle things done during the head that it's hard to notice. The head itself is a simple 5 note motif that leads into the downbeat from the and of 3. The B section is a quick and large amount of tension that is quickly released. The solos are all over only the A section which makes it very cohesive and swingin'. Shorter's solo is my favorite on this cd. This is the only time he's on top of the beat in any way. This song has some of the most intense interplay i've heard in all my listening experience. Wayne's climax is practically orgasmic and after it happens you can hear one of the musicians say "yea," which is said in the best way possible. The crescendo into Hubbard's solo is strong and then mellows down to be built back up over the intense swing. Freddie has no problem consistently hitting notes that tug at the soul and uses them as a common tension builder throughout the cd. Hancock is also fairly on top of the beat but still maintains a very relaxed feel. He then busts into one of his polyrhythmic tension builders and leads back into the spacey head. The crescendos are so well done between Shorter and Hubbard that it's hard to tell that there are 2 horns. It ends with a fadeout which is appropriate even though I'm not ussually one for fadeouts.
Infant Eyes is the ballad of this cd. Shorter's intro is incredibly soulful and his sense of rubato glides the peace as opposed to making it feel like chunking quarter notes which can get very repetitive in ballads. This song is a perfect example of Wayne Shorter feeding off his painful life experiences to create something wonderful. "Bring It On" Shorter says when discussing life tragedies, "because I want to reep the benefits." With the loss of his wife, parents, and daughter, Wayne Shorter has embraced solitude and used it to breathe tragedy into his horn. This song has a level of authenticity that is far beyond chops, pitch, rhythm, but is simply directly about soul. He references the head in his solo and the discussion between the sax and the piano turn this from a ballad into a beautifully depressing conversation. The ending is very mysterious and poignant.
Wildflower is the final song of this cd with the exception of the alternate take of Dance Cadaverous. Though this song is an "up" waltz it really feels like a lullaby. I commonly find myself humming it while I'm walking around. Shorter begins his solo by quoting the head. He still uses his ability to stay behind the beat to show
the contrast he has with the rhythm section. Freddie's solo also quotes the head and uses his high pitch on ability to stay on top of the beat to portray his message. Hancock uses polyrhythms to lead into realeases on the downbeat, starting his phrases halfway through the measures. He and Elvin synch up on a dotted half note rhythm back into the head. The A section is soft and serene while the B section builds the tension into the ending.
This cd gave me so many new concepts as a musician, but as a listener too. This was one of the first jazz albums I really got into and it was a gateway drug of sorts because it really opened my mind to this world I had never explored. Shorter still remains one of my all time favorite musicians and composers. There's something about his playing that's not just wonderful. It's not just lyrical. It really tugs at your heart in an indescribable way. He understands that music isn't just music. That a rhythm isn't just a rhythm and a note isn't just a note. If you ever find yourself wondering why all the soul in music is gone these days it's because most of it's gone to Wayne. He has no intentions of quitting and neither does my ear, cuz it needs it's daily dose of the Shorter.

Sustained Beauty.......2006-08-25

In the early to mid-sixties, Wayne Shorter, both before and during his tenure with Miles Davis, created some of the most indelible compositions in the jazz lexicon. The genius of the composer, who created "Speak No Evil" "Night Dreamer," "Juju," and "Adam's Apple," all recorded during this time,is beyond description. Using many of the same personnel (usually Herbie Hancock in the piano chair, who was also central to the harmonic voicings of the ensemble playing-Reggie Workman or Ron Carter on bass, Elvin Jones or Joe Chambers on drums, Freddie Hubbard or Lee Morgan on trumpet) probably accounts for the "unity" of sound on these albums, but even more central are the songs written by Wayne Shorter-"Infant Eyes" from Speak No Evil," "Footprints" from "Adam's Apple," "House of Jade" from "Juju," the title track from "Night Dreamer" or "Oriental Folk Song" just for starters.

As another writer mentioned, this is "cool jazz," but much different form what came to be known as "West Coast cool." The tunes unfurl at an even pace, and the beauty of the music is such that it sometimes seems to stop momentarily, just so the beauty could be sustained a little longer. These are the records that (no disrespect to Coltrane, Hawkins, Webster, or any of the great tenor players) cement Wayne Shorter as my favorite tenor player, and one of the greatest musicians of the 20th (and now 21st) century.

Obviously, anyone who likes "Speak No Evil" should check out "Adam's Apple," "Juju," "Night Dreamer," or Miles" "Nefertiti," to which Shorter contributes another classic composition in the same vein as the others, "Fall."

Flawless.......2006-04-11

Exploiting simple melodies to gorgeous effect and engaging in brilliant harmonic interplay with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter crafted one classic LP after another on Blue Note in 1964, culminating in this Christmas Eve set, easily his strongest, with "JuJu" a close second. Every composition here shows tremendous growth and while the pieces are shorter than some of the more explorative works he would undertake later in the 70's with keyboardist Joe Zawinul (somebody please release "Odyssey Of Iska" on CD!!!!) the overall feel of this work is easy flowing and expansive, relaxed but not languid or slow and sprawling but not too drawn out. The 8 minute title cut is a standout for it's unforgettable melody and stellar soloing by all members of the quintet. Both mellow and lively, this entire set is essential for any fan of "real" jazz. Perfect.

Average customer rating: ACOUSTIC HEAVEN 3 & 1/2 Stars, really... just great1

Speak No Evil Flora Purim Manufacturer: Narada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Brazilian Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Perpetual Emotion Flora's Song Open Your Eyes You Can Fly Sings Milton Nascimento Wings of Imagination ASIN: B00007MBAX Release Date: 2003-01-28

Tracks:

1. This Magic
2. You Go To My Head
3. Speak No Evil (All For One)
4. I've Got You Under My Skin
5. Tamanco No Samba
6. Don't Say A Word
7. Primeira Estrela
8. It Ain't Necessarily So
9. I Feel You
10. O Sonho (Moon Dreams)

Customer Reviews:

ACOUSTIC HEAVEN.......2003-04-30

Im so glad that again with this release Flora has chosen more of an acoustic feel for the album ( as she did with the last one on Narada Jazz. Also its wonderful again to here her signing more standards and originals in English ...I love the tone and sound of her accent when she sings in English it gives the standards a whole new and feel....as always the musicians are superb....

Go Flora, a woman at the top of her craft!

3 & 1/2 Stars, really..........2003-02-02

...but since it's Flora after all, we'll round it up to four. I hate to say it, but based on this album & seeing all but one show of her 2003 run at Yoshi's, time is catching up to Flora's voice. That said, what a voice for time to catch up to! Like her other Narada releases, this one features excellent fidelity, traps playing by Airto that will bring a smile to your face & an almost palpable sense of Flora's wonderful spirit being right there in the room with you. To these ears, the Brazilian numbers still work better than the North American ones, but heaven knows she's earned the right to take a swing at 'em.

just great1.......2003-01-31

This is such a neat album. Though not as outstanding as Perpetual Emotion, Flora just seems to be having fun here with some great songs and relaxed delivery. Many of the songs have a feel of a live performance & it was probably just that way with no overdubs. Who's voice wouldn't crack a bit on an exhausting performance of Moon Dreams. Her rendition of It Ain't Necessarily So is outstanding!!!--and what a great way to interpret the song. Her backing musicians make this great jazz and it's nice to see her settled into a mature jazz singer in total command of her craft.

Average customer rating: Solid - Now Here's The Rest... An Excllent Display of Old Hard Rock... Rock on!

Welcome To The Downside Speak No Evil Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Speak No Evil Headspace Subject To Change Sunshine Lifer ASIN: B00005NHLK Release Date: 2001-08-28

Tracks:

1. 15 (Live My Life)
2. Pass The Power
3. Let Go
4. Too Intense
5. Riddle
6. Downside
7. Bring Your Body
8. Get It Straight
9. Resentment
10. Invincible Man
11. Lunatic
12. Usless Wisdom

Customer Reviews:

Solid - Now Here's The Rest..........2004-10-21

Great album...Check out Too Intense And Downside for a taste of their good stuff. Now...to the point, the music industry hasn't been promoting the good music like it should, so now we have a horde of brainless teenagers listening to "old skool poser metal'(living sacrifice, atreyu, and various other horrid bands)and just plain gay music (thursday, brand new, etc etc...) HERES THE GOOD STUFF PEOPLE:
Speak No Evil - Welcome To The Downside
Hotwire - The Routine
Liquid Gang - Sunshine
Simon Says - Shut Your Breath
Primer 55 - Introduction To Mayhem
Shuvel - Self Titled
Element Eighty - Mercuric and Self Titled
Skrape - New Killer America
Slaves On Dope - Inches From The Mainline
Depswa - Self Titled or the lesser Two Angels And A Dream
Revolution Smile - Above The Noise or if possible the rariteis We Are In This Alone and At War With Plastic
Relative Ash - Our Time With You
Pulse Ultra - self titled i think
Pressure 4-5 - Burning The Process
Nothingface - Violence
OTHER NOTEWORTHY BANDS : Spineshank, Union Underground, Blindside, Thousand Foot Krutch, Three Days Grace ("home" and "wake up" are instant classics, forget their singles).
There you have it, Rock 101.

An Excllent Display of Old Hard Rock..........2002-01-18

I must say, I was pleasently surprise by this album. First up, the music. It is really just some really old school riffs and beats. It is sort of like early 90's Grunge with an edge, a razor sharp metal edge. Second, the vocals. Really great, not the best, but still quite amazing. Third, the lyrics. Very different, at some points dark depressing hardcore type sh*t, but then it goes into a more melodic peaceful state, an excellent combination. There is even a few samples, to give it sort of that hard core techno feel to it. This is all in all an almost perfect album. All the songs are worth listening to, and all more than once. My personal touch on this review, it is a sin that this band is not big...

Rock on!.......2002-01-18

It sort of [makes me angry] that bands that Speak No Evil and The Union Underground are not in the mainstream. I mean this album is just pure rock, its heavy, it has great riffs, inteligent lyrics, and it just plain rocks!!! I mean, I really love this album, it was recomended to me by Amazon.com and I checked out some mp3s, and totally loved it. It is really amazing what you can find in the underground, or should I say "The Downside"...

-FM

Average customer rating: one of the pilars of modern jazz! A peak in jazz ensemble playing. All-Star Cast, Different sound Classic Wayne Wayne Shorter's classic answer to "Kind of Blue"

Speak No Evil Wayne Shorter Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Modern Post Bop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Maiden Voyage Go! The Shape of Jazz to Come God Is in the House Virtuoso (20 Bit Mastering) ASIN: B000005H4S Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Witch Hunt
2. Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
3. Dance Cadaverous
4. Speak No Evil
5. Infant Eyes
6. Wild Flower

Amazon.com

Wayne Shorter's compositions helped define a new jazz style in the mid-'60s, merging some of the concentrated muscular force of hard bop with surprising intervals and often spacious melodies suspended over the beat. The result was a new kind of "cool," a mixture of restraint and freedom that created a striking contrast between Shorter's airy themes and his taut tenor solos and which invited creative play among the soloists and rhythm section. The band on this 1964 session is a quintessential Blue Note group of the period, combining Shorter's most frequent and effective collaborators. Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Elvin Jones merge their talents to create music that's at once secure and free flowing, sometimes managing to suggest tension and calm at the same time. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

one of the pilars of modern jazz!.......2005-10-10

The Rudy van Gelder serie of Blue Note is well priced and of good quality. This serie gives good insight in the jazz scene of the late 50s an de the 60s. It's a good starting point to learn about this major jazz episode.

Wayne Shorter is one of the few major sax players. But it's the combination of playing and composing that makes him one of the greatest of all times. With 'Speak no evil' together with 'Adams apple' and 'Skizophrenia' you will get a perfect idea of Shorters early work and his huge talent. In my opion these albums are a must in understanding the evolution of jazz. And therefore a must in every jazzcollection!

'Speak no evil' is about composition. The five artists play in service of the compositions. It is about the carpet of sound and not the individual qualities. There's room for space and melodic poetry. This new approach is to be followed up for decades. It is the first solo album of Shorter without the coltraneband. This album puts him among Coltrane en Davis. This, ofcourse, was to be expected of the follower up of Coltrane in the Miles Davis Quintet.

The second album is Skizophrenia. The linernotes explanes the title as 'a retreat from reality'. Shorter finds new paths and that would make him a split-personnality in a time where people are used to stay on the same course. All the six players follow this new course and all find them selves more than capable. The music is soulfull and more important it is funky. Shorter playing is often compared with Coltrane, but on this album Shorter, in my opion, Shorter becomes one of the major players. His qualities shown here put him next to Coltrane, Rollins and Parker.

'Adam's apple' is the third great album of Wayne Shorter. With a lot of Miles Davis Quintet experience Shorter makes his best album. The compositions are (again) all beautifull, but it is the power in the playing that makes the album. It is full, sentimental, drama, spaceous and often surprising. And, mind you, this is only a quartet playing!

A peak in jazz ensemble playing........2004-12-18

'Speak No Evil' was produced during one of the most innovative eras of jazz music, the early to mid-60's. 1964 was also the year John Coltrane produced 'A Love Supreme' and Eric Dolphy 'Out To Lunch'. Wayne Shorter managed to assemble some of the best players of that age to produce another jazz masterpiece. Ron Carter from Miles Davis's group, as well as Herbie Hancock on an upward slope to greatness. Elvin Jones fresh from his playing on 'A Love Supreme' and Freddie Hubbard who we heard on 'Out To Lunch' earlier in the year.

Shorter had been playing with Coltrane in the late 50's but his style ended up more melodic as can be heard on the opener 'Witch Hunt', which sounds like the basis of his work with Weather Report in the 70's. Hubbard plays an ode to the past as Hancock arrives with a mellow swing. By the end of the track Shorter and Hubbard are beginning to sound like a full orchestra. 'Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum' has all the smokey charm of a bluesy barroom band much like Hancock's piano on 'Dance Cadaverous'. A track with a smouldering melody, Hubbard and Shorter play in unison, each with an ear for it's seemingly spontaneous development as it builds to a mid-track crescendo. On the title track itself, Hancock's playing is infectious and infused with feeling. Jones lets loose on Shorter's first solo before Hubbard takes over with his energetic and melodic playing. More beautiful and airy sax on 'Infant Eyes' before we get Shorter's introverted solo on 'Wild Flower' followed by Hubbard's loud and engaging one. Hancock is again amazing against Jones's drumming.

Shorter was extraordinarily lucky to have these players at the peak of their powers.

All-Star Cast, Different sound.......2001-05-28

Looking for a different sound? Not the same old feel form or structure? This might be the kind of album you've been looking before. It features an allstar cast of some of the greatest musicians alive at the time. Arguably the greatest drummer to attempt jazz and quite possibly my personal favorite Elvin Jones. Hes played it all from swinging hard bop to the most intense music ever recorded (John Coltrane's A Love Supreme also recorded the same year I believe)

Legendary Trumpeter with the most intensely pure sound in all three registers, Freddie Hubbard (It is worth checking out his solo albums "The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard" and "Hub-tones"

The backstop of the band, the god of the bass, Ron Carter, whose ear and innovative approach is what really inspires every band he plays in including Miles Davis' legendary quartet also featuring Wayne and Herbie Hancock to take new and original directions. His contributions on this album are equal to those of any other bandmember.

The harmonic engine of the band, Herbie Hancock need I say more? whether pandering to the audience during his more commercial years or taking on the more serious role within an innovative quintet, he never fails to both please asthetically and communicate musically. Check out his classic albums, Empyrean Isles, Maidon Voyage, immensley popular funk album Headhunters, as well as his latest great album, Gershwin's World. I had the privilege of seeing him live at the Blue Note in Ny City and I reccomend that anyone interested in seeing a mind blowing great show do the same wherever hes playing.

Last but not Least is Wayne himself. This tenor Sax master was allready contributing most of the compositions to Miles Davis' legendary quartet on the album Miles Smiles and his compositions and improvisations on this album are largely what make it the masterpiece that it is. Especially insightful on this album are the now often covered tunes Witch Hunt FEE-FI-FO-FUM

Classic Wayne.......2000-03-05

Tenor sax giant Wayne Shorter's third recording for the Blue Note label is not his best, but is nevertheless an interesting and very listenable session. Recorded in December, 1964, the individual performances do not equal to those on Wayne's previous session, "JuJu". All of the players appear a bit subdued, except perhaps Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), who maybe should have been. All-in-all, it's Wayne's compositions that really stand out here. Whereas "JuJu" left Wayne alone up front, the addition of an extra front man (Freddie) opens doors for Wayne, and allows him to introduce his rich harmonies in the heads of most of the works.

Something of historical significance here is the presence of both Herbie Hancock (piano) and Elvin Jones (drums) in the same session, which I believe is the only such occurrence, excepting a less personal collaboration with Bob Brookmeyer earlier in the year. It is unfortunate, however, that Elvin's performance is not one of his strongest. Wayne borrows Herbie and Ron Carter (bass) from Miles, with whom Wayne has been a regular since September of the same year, replacing George Coleman in Miles' quintet. Freddie was not particularly strong; Lee Morgan may have been a better choice for the session.

I must mention that the audio quality is not very good - Wayne and Freddie are way too hot, and sometimes over-saturate the recording. Herbie is sometimes lost in the background. Too bad.

Witch Hunt - A medium-tempo, modal piece. The rhythm section of Herbie, Ron and Elvin keeps this piece alive. Wayne and Herbie's solos are nice - Freddie's a bit rough. Herbie's accompaniment is inspiring.

Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum - Another medium-tempo swing thing with a little touch of funk at times. Solos by Freddie, Wayne and Herbie are brief and adequate, but not memorable. Elvin is subdued on this one.

Dance Cadaverous - This relatively soft piece in 3/4 begins with a quiet, harmonious melody stated by Wayne and Freddie, which allows that extra dimension of Wayne's compositional skills. Herbie's solo is pretty indeed. Wayne's is relaxed and cool. Ron and Elvin are comfortable and relaxed as well.

Speak No Evil - Another memorable Wayne melody with rich harmonies executed by Wayne and Freddie. Herbie's fills during the head are truly free and inventive. Wayne supplies one of his better solos of the session here, and Freddie follows with one of equal effort. Herbie's is colorful and thoughtful.

Infant Eyes - A slow, beautiful Wayne ballad. Elvin's quiet brush work and Herbie's reserved, yet ingenious coloring, along with Ron's assuring stride lend an appropriate backdrop to one of Wayne's most memorable ballad solos. Herbie follows with a brief solo, while Freddie sits out altogether.

Wild Flower - A relaxed piece in 3/4 featuring another harmony-rich head for Wayne and Freddie. Wayne starts the improvisation with an interesting, yet reserved solo. Freddie answers with a bit more vigor than Wayne, and Freddie comes off clean this time. Herbie cleans up, but never really finds his groove.

Although not a particularly dynamic session (most of the pieces maintain a similar rhythm and feel), it is still quite enjoyable. As an admitted Wayne fanatic, I'd have to give this album 4 stars if the rating was based on the whole of Wayne's output, yet rated against all that there is, I'm comfortable giving it 5 stars. If you don't yet own "JuJu", buy that one first, then this one.

Wayne Shorter's classic answer to "Kind of Blue".......1999-02-09

Miles Davis classic album was "Kind of Blue", but he never did another quite like it. Wayne Shorter worked with Miles Davis while also working with his own group and composing original works like those on "Speak No Evil".

Wayne Shorter has created herein an original classic that captures the blue, moody quality of "Kind Of Blue". Mostly Cool jazz, though strongly modal, with the occational bebop and even hard bop nuance.

Wayne blows smoky, well formed sax notes. I wish he could have gotten Miles Davis instead of Freddie Hubbard, who does an adequate job on trumpet.

So the spotlight is the sax and the well- controlled arrangements, simmering but not boiling created an effective and sustained foggy environment.

Blue Note could had done a better job of recording this which is arguably Shorter's best effort. Sound is OK, a little rough in places. But the album is moving, contemplative and not to be missed. Around midnight listening. Sienna.

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Speak No Evil Murder City Players Manufacturer: Nighthawk Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | Compilations | International | Styles | Music Reggae | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Power Struggle ASIN: B00000JGXV Release Date: 1999-07-17

Tracks:

1. Wine And Come Up
2. Speak No Evil
3. Tom Drunk
4. Never Get Away
5. Lead The Way
6. Athea Smith
7. Send For Me
8. Turn Back
9. Your Dreams
10. Tuffa Dan Lion
11. My Destiny
12. Name Your Poison
13. Unlucky Day
14. What Is This
15. I'm Your Puppet
16. Dance Crasher

Average customer rating: one of the pilars of modern jazz!

Speak No Evil Wayne Shorter Manufacturer: Blue Note Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005GKBB Release Date: 2000-11-22

Tracks:

1. Witch Hunt
2. Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
3. Dance Cadaverous
4. Speak No Evil
5. Infant Eyes
6. Wild Flower
7. Dance Cadaverous [Alternate Take][#][*]

Customer Reviews:

one of the pilars of modern jazz!.......2005-10-10

The Rudy van Gelder serie of Blue Note is well priced and of good quality. This serie gives good insight in the jazz scene of the late 50s an de the 60s. It's a good starting point to learn about this major jazz episode.

Wayne Shorter is one of the few major sax players. But it's the combination of playing and composing that makes him one of the greatest of all times. With 'Speak no evil' together with 'Adams apple' and 'Skizophrenia' you will get a perfect idea of Shorters early work and his huge talent. In my opion these albums are a must in understanding the evolution of jazz. And therefore a must in every jazzcollection!

'Speak no evil' is about composition. The five artists play in service of the compositions. It is about the carpet of sound and not the individual qualities. There's room for space and melodic poetry. This new approach is to be followed up for decades. It is the first solo album of Shorter without the coltraneband. This album puts him among Coltrane en Davis. This, ofcourse, was to be expected of the follower up of Coltrane in the Miles Davis Quintet.

The second album is Skizophrenia. The linernotes explanes the title as 'a retreat from reality'. Shorter finds new paths and that would make him a split-personnality in a time where people are used to stay on the same course. All the six players follow this new course and all find them selves more than capable. The music is soulfull and more important it is funky. Shorter playing is often compared with Coltrane, but on this album Shorter, in my opion, Shorter becomes one of the major players. His qualities shown here put him next to Coltrane, Rollins and Parker.

'Adam's apple' is the third great album of Wayne Shorter. With a lot of Miles Davis Quintet experience Shorter makes his best album. The compositions are (again) all beautifull, but it is the power in the playing that makes the album. It is full, sentimental, drama, spaceous and often surprising. And, mind you, this is only a quartet playing!

Average customer rating: WOW! Best penney I ever spent!!!! SNE Dead Ringer For Soundgarden/Chris Cornell Do you miss Soundgarden? Please, go get this record!!!

Speak No Evil Speak No Evil Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Welcome To The Downside Can't Breathe Healthy Manipulation In the Name of Progress All Lights Off ASIN: B00000J2UF Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

1. Lock You In
2. Play God
3. Hold Your Breath
4. Small Words
5. Stood Low
6. Sweet Nothing
7. Floor
8. Ready Dead
9. All Is Well
10. Weather
11. Get Off

Customer Reviews:

WOW! Best penney I ever spent!!!!.......2005-12-20

I love music, and sometimes shopping for new mainstream CD's is a little too pricey, that's why I love Amazon! I love to buy bands CD's that I have never heard of for a penny (if I ever get enough I will do a listmania list). Usualy the CD's are either ok or horrible (see my other reviews) but every now and then I find a jewel and this is one of those bands. Other reviews compare them to Soundgarden and Alice in Chains and while they do favor them, I think they have enough of their own sound to keep them from being wanna-be's. I can't believe that these guys never made it big, this CD is better than some of the new CD's I have bought. I am definately going to buy their second CD, it's like a penny too. Well considering this band is older and no one know's about it this review won't get read but if someone does read this BUY THIS ALBUM, it is awesome and track 9 is a ballad and it is one of the best ballads I have ever heard. Get it, you won't be disappointed.

SNE.......2002-07-13

Speak No Evil came on to the music scene with their debut album (Self Titled) and the lyrics of the cd are awesome, the riffs are medolic and the drums have all sorts of beats, not just straight drumming but a little experimentation with rim hits and china boys, truely one of the greatest albums ever put out

Dead Ringer For Soundgarden/Chris Cornell.......2000-07-28

Who cares if they sound just like Soundgarden or Alice In Chains! Still a good cd. They are a dead ringer for these two bands, but the guitars are more crunchier and tighter than Soundgarden. This is a very well thought out cd and should be obtained by anyone who enjoys melodic hard rock.

Do you miss Soundgarden?.......1999-09-15

If you long for new Soundgarden or Alice in Chains, then this is for you. They sound like a blend of the two. This is an aggressive, talented band and a high quality recording. Excellent. Finally a CD that was worth what I paid.

Please, go get this record!!!.......1999-08-19

Come on folks, it's time to rock. Cutting edge metal that takes you to the limit. These guys are going to explode. Get in on it early. You'll be glad you did.

Average customer rating: Speak No Evil Blue-Grass, Roots Music, Alt Country? best new artist in a long time A Great CD From Nashville's Best New Band

Speak No Evil Pinmonkey Manufacturer: Drifter's Church ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Big Shiny Cars Pinmonkey This World We Live In Are You Ready for the Big Show? Another Way to Go ASIN: B000063119 Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

1. Lonesome Pine Special
2. Black Train
3. Augusta
4. The Devil's Front Door
5. Love Sometimes
6. Two Days From Knowing
7. Cheap Motel
8. Sweet Blossom
9. Keep This Love
10. Noting But Livin'

Customer Reviews:

Speak No Evil.......2004-09-06

The absolute best album they have recorded. I can't wait for there third cd! You won't be disappointed in this cd! You will love every single song on the cd! You'll find yourself playing this cd the most of all your cd collection. They are even better live!

Blue-Grass, Roots Music, Alt Country?.......2002-08-28

Whatever you call this music, Pinmonkey has a great sound. I'm not much of a fan of modern country, but this CD and this band are great! The many original songs, such as "Black Train," have an old-time country sound and thoughful lyrics. Their covers are also very fresh, especially "Augusta."

I saw the band in Iowa in July 2002 and they sound great live. Their new stuff (catch "Barbed Wire and Roses" on CMT or the better country radio stations) promises that their next CD, due in October, will build their reputation.

best new artist in a long time.......2002-08-19

These guys are great! They have a very unique sound, but are still country. I recommend this cd to everyone.

A Great CD From Nashville's Best New Band.......2002-04-06

You may not have heard of Pinmonkey yet. Don't let that stop you from buying this CD. It will take less than an hour to both listen to the CD for the first time and to become a Pinmonkey Junkie. Ten solid songs of both original material and covers with a sound unique to anything coming out of Nashville. Pick up "Speak No Evil" today and catch them on the road this spring and summer.

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Hold Your Breath Speak No Evil Manufacturer: Abrupt ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000MW8A9Y

Product Description

2-Track CD-single

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Speak No Evil Manufacturer: Cyber House Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000BVUS96

Product Description

Song list: Joy Ride, Southwest, Slow Burn, Homeward Strut, The Amnesia, Do it in the Name of Love, Goodnight Roy B, Gotta do Sumpin' About it, Stratus, Thinking of You

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