Night Dreamer

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Night Dreamer
Studio album by Wayne Shorter
Released	1964
Recorded	April 29, 1964 Van Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Modal jazz Hard bop Post-bop
Length	47:57 (CD Reissue)
Label	Blue Note 84173
Producer	Alfred Lion
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Wayne Shorter chronology
Wayning Moments (1962) Night Dreamer (1964) JuJu (1964)

Night Dreamer is an album by Wayne Shorter, recorded and released in 1964, also his first album for Blue Note. With a quintet that includes trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Elvin Jones, Shorter performed six of his originals on this April 29^th session.^[2] It was reissued in 2005 as part of the RVG Edition series with liner notes by Nat Hentoff.^[3]

After a four album tenure with Vee-Jay records and working as a sideman to Art Blakey, Shorter signed to Blue Note. Night Dreamer is a transitional record for Shorter, signalling a departure from his early straight-forward bop recordings to more challenging compositions.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel 3 References

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Wayne Shorter.

1. "Night Dreamer" – 7:15
2. "Oriental Folk Song" – 6:51
3. "Virgo" – 7:07
4. "Black Nile" – 6:28
5. "Charcoal Blues" – 6:54
6. "Armegeddon" – 6:23
7. "Virgo" (alternate take)* – 7:03

*Bonus track, not part of the original LP.

[edit] Personnel

• Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, leader
• Lee Morgan – trumpet
• McCoy Tyner – piano
• Reggie Workman – bass
• Elvin Jones – drums

[edit] Additional personnel

• Alfred Lion – original recording producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
• Michael Cuscuna – reissue producer
• Francis Wolff – cover photograph

[edit] References