WAYNE SHORTER – THE SOOTHSAYER LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK 1979 JAZZ WEATHER REPORT

Wayne Shorter – The Soothsayer
(Blue Note Records  1979  LBR1021)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Very Good condition
– some tearing and discolouration on the bottom part of the sleeve and sticker discolouration mark top right

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Shorter came to mainstream prominence in 1959 upon joining Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, for whom he eventually became the primary composer. In 1964 he joined Miles Davis’ Second Great Quintet, and then co-founded the jazz fusion band Weather Report in 1970. He recorded more than 20 albums as a bandleader.

The Soothsayer is the seventh album by Wayne Shorter, recorded in 1965, but not released on Blue Note until 1979. The album features five originals by Shorter and an arrangement of Jean Sibelius’ “Valse Triste”. The featured musicians are trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, alto saxophonist James Spaulding, pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams.