Alegría (Wayne Shorter album)

Alegría is an album by saxophonist Wayne Shorter released on Verve Records in 2003. It the second album to feature the 'Footprints Quartet' of Shorter, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade.

The piece "Orbits" is a complete and quasi-orchestral reimagining of the song of the same name, originally recorded by the Second Miles Davis Quintet and released on the album Miles Smiles in 1967, while "Angola" originates on Shorter's own 1965 album, The Soothsayer.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars stating "As he approached his 70th birthday, this disc seemed to confirm a long-awaited creative Indian summer for Wayne Shorter.".^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Wayne Shorter except as indicated

1. "Sacajawea" – 7:40
2. "Serenata" (Leroy Anderson) – 6:09
3. "Vendiendo Alegría" (Milka Himel, Joso Spralja) – 7:03
4. "Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5" (Heitor Villa-Lobos) – 6:00
5. "Angola" – 5:28
6. "Interlude" – 1:49
7. "She Moves Through the Fair" (Traditional) – 4:39
8. "Orbits" – 6:09
9. "12th Century Carol" (Traditional) – 6:04
10. "Capricorn 2" – 5:59

Personnel

• Wayne Shorter – tenor and soprano saxophones
• Chris Potter – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
• Danilo Perez: piano
• John Patitucci: bass
• Brian Blade: drums
• Brad Mehldau: piano
• Terri Lyne Carrington: drums
• Alex Acuña: percussion

References