Phantom Navigator

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Phantom Navigator
Phantom Navigator.jpg
Cover art by Jean-Francois Podevin
Studio album by
Released1987
Recorded1986
StudioMad Hatter Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
The Power Station (New York City, NY)
Genre Jazz
Length38:25
Label Columbia
Producer Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter chronology
Atlantis
(1985)
Phantom Navigator
(1987)
Joy Ryder
(1988)

Phantom Navigator is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter, released on Columbia Records in 1987. [1] [2] Chick Corea played piano on "Mahogany Bird". [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Windsor Star C− [6]

The Windsor Star wrote that "the tunes are superficial, the concentration is on soprano sax, generally thin and shrill here, everything buried by batteries of keyboards, vampy electric bass and the thudding monotony of drum machines." [6] The Los Angeles Times determined that "the creative level simply does not reflect Shorter's talents to optimum effect." [5] The Philadelphia Inquirer called the album "bitterly disappointing fluff." [7]

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell stated: "On a sheer technical level, Wayne's soprano and tenor work is alright, yet on 'Yamanja' he does a depressingly mechanical sounding turn on a lyricon. Pass this right by." [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Wayne Shorter.

  1. "Condition Red" – 5:08
  2. "Mahogany Bird" – 6:10
  3. "Remote Control" – 7:55
  4. "Yamanja" – 6:28
  5. "Forbidden, Plan-It!" – 6:09
  6. "Flagships" – 6:35

Personnel

Musicians

Production

See also

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References

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  2. Tesser, Neil (15 Apr 1987). "Jazz". USA Today. p. 5D.
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  4. 1 2 Ginell, R. AllMusic Review accessed September 17, 2011
  5. 1 2 Feather, Leonard (22 Mar 1987). "'Phantom Navigator' Wayne Shorter". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 70.
  6. 1 2 Stevens, Peter (28 Feb 1987). "Record Review". Windsor Star. p. C2.
  7. Davis, Francis (24 Apr 1987). "Saxophonist Wayne Shorter...". Features Weekend. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 24.