Presented on this set are the earliest albums as a leader of celebrated tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter (born in Newark, New Jersey, on August 25, 1933, he is 85 at this writing). Shorter came to wide prominence in the late 1950s as a member of—and eventually primary composer for—Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he went on to join Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet, and from there he co-founded the jazz fusion band Weather Report.Included here are the complete LP's:

Wayning Moments (Vee Jay SR3029)

Second Genesis (Vee Jay VJS3057)

Introducing Wayne Shorter (Vee Jay Records SR-3006)

All of Shorter performances from the Various Artists LPs The Birdland Story (Roulette 1038)

Just Jazz! (Audio Fidelity AFSD 6150) have been added as a bonus.

• - 1 -

  • 1. Black Orpheus
  • 2. S Island
  • 3. Devil's Island
  • 4. Moon of Manakoora
  • 5. Dead End
  • 6. Wayning Moments
  • 7. Powder Keg
  • 8. All of Nothing At All
  • 9. Callaway Went That-A-Way
  • 10. Ruby and the Pearl
  • 11. Pay As You Go
  • 12. Second Genesis
  • 13. Mr. Chairman
  • 14. Tenderfoot
  • 15. The Albatross
  • 16. Getting To Know You
  • 17. T Know What Time It Was

• - 2 -

  • 1. Blues a La Carte
  • 2. Harry's Last Stand
  • 3. Down In the Depths
  • 4. Pug Nose
  • 5. Black Diamond
  • 6. Mack the Knife
  • 7. A Bid For Sid
  • 8. Suspended Sentence
  • 9. Minor Strain
  • 10. Moten Swing
  • 11. Out of Nowhere
  • 12. Stella By Starlight
  • 13. Walkin'