Schizophrenia (Wayne Shorter album)

Schizophrenia
Studio album by Wayne Shorter
Released March 20, 1967
Recorded March 10, 1967
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Post-bop
Length 36:37
Label Blue Note
BST 84297
Producer Francis Wolff
Wayne Shorter chronology

The All Seeing Eye
(1965)		 Schizophrenia
(1967)		 Super Nova
(1969)

Schizophrenia is the eleventh album by Wayne Shorter, recorded on 10 March 1967 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] The album features five originals by Shorter and an arrangement of James Spaulding's "Kryptonite". The album features pianist Herbie Hancock and bassist Ron Carter, bandmates of Shorter from Miles Davis' quintet at the time.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This music exists at the border between post-bop and free jazz -- it's grounded in post-bop, but it knows what is happening across the border. Within a few years, he would cross that line, but Schizophrenia crackles with the excitement of Shorter and his colleagues trying to balance the two extremes".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Wayne Shorter except as indicated.
  1. "Tom Thumb" – 6:16
  2. "Go" – 5:42
  3. "Schizophrenia" – 6:50
  4. "Kryptonite" (James Spaulding) – 6:29
  5. "Miyako" – 5:00
  6. "Playground" – 6:20

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Wayne Shorter discography accessed August 3, 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed August 3, 2011.