Born in Newark, New Jersey, on August 25, 1933,saxophonist Wayne Shorter (who is 86 at this writing)was described by jazz critic Ben Ratliff of the NewYork Times as “probably jazz’s greatest living smallgroupcomposer and a contender for greatest livingimproviser.” Many of Shorter’s compositions havebecome jazz standards. His output has earnedworldwide recognition, critical praise and variouscommendations, including multiple Grammy Awards.Presented here is Shorter’s complete LP SecondGenesis. Although his music would become much moreexperimental after joining Miles Davis’ quintet a fewyears later, Shorter can still be heard here in the postbopstyle—more akin to the music he performed duringthat same period with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers.

• 1. Ruby and the Pearl (Ray Evans-Jay Livingston) 6:00
• 2. Pay As You Go (Wayne Shorter) 3:45
• 3. Second Genesis (Wayne Shorter) 4:13
• 4. Mr. Chairman (Wayne Shorter) 3:18
• 5. June Night (Abel Baer-Cliff Friend) 8:11*
• 6. Tenderfoot (Wayne Shorter) 3:29
• 7. The Albatross (Wayne Shorter) 5:27
• 8. Getting To Know You (Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein Ii) 4
• 9. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart)
• 10. What Know (Lee Morgan) 7:51*