JuJu (album)

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JuJu
JuJu-Wayne Shorter.jpg
Studio album by
Wayne Shorter
ReleasedJuly 1965
RecordedAugust 3, 1964
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Post-bop, modal jazz, hard bop
Length42:07
Label Blue Note
BLP 4182;
CP32-5250
Producer Alfred Lion
Wayne Shorter chronology
Night Dreamer
(1964)		JuJu
(1965)		 Speak No Evil
(1966)

JuJu is the fifth album by American jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter. It was released in July 1965 by Blue Note Records. [1] It features a rhythm section of pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Elvin Jones, all of whom had worked extensively with Shorter's fellow tenor saxophonist John Coltrane.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [2]
DownBeat Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Writing a retrospective review in AllMusic, Stacia Proefrock avers that the use of Coltrane's rhythm section "bolstered" criticism that Shorter was "a mere acolyte of John Coltrane". Proefrock goes on to say that "The truth is, though, that Elvin Jones, Reggie Workman, and McCoy Tyner were the perfect musicians to back Shorter." Proefrock concludes that the album "blooms with ideas, pulling in a world of influences and releasing them again as a series of stunning, complete visions." [2]

Track listing

Original release (1965)

All compositions by Wayne Shorter.
A1. "JuJu" – 8:30
A2. "Deluge" – 6:49
A3. "House of Jade" – 6:49
B1. "Mahjong" – 7:39
B2. "Yes or No" – 6:34
B3. "Twelve More Bars to Go" – 5:26

Bonus tracks on remastered CD release (1996)

7. "Juju" [alternate take] – 7:47
8. "House Of Jade" [alternate take] – 6:35

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "none". Schwann Monthly Guide to Stereo Records . Vol. 19, no. 10–12. p. 277.
  2. 1 2 Proefrock, Stacia (2011). "Juju – Wayne Shorter". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  3. ↑ DownBeat: August 26, 1965 vol. 32, no. 18
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1295. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 180. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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