frogman, Shorter's Speak No Evil was one of the first jazz albums I bought way back when. I had the privilege of seeing Wayne live at Town Hall NYC around 5 years ago.
Although the set he played that night was almost exclusively Avant Guard I enjoyed it very much as did the company I was with. After the show I thought my friends were going to assault me on pressing them to see Wayne as he is an all time great as a player and composer and even I was surprised at the selected tunes for the session.
However, each and every one of them were in awe and thanked me for suggesting they buy a ticket!
Although the set he played that night was almost exclusively Avant Guard I enjoyed it very much as did the company I was with. After the show I thought my friends were going to assault me on pressing them to see Wayne as he is an all time great as a player and composer and even I was surprised at the selected tunes for the session.
However, each and every one of them were in awe and thanked me for suggesting they buy a ticket!