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Wayne Shorter contributes two choruses on tenor sax, the second of 3 solos on the recording. Taken at a medium swing tempo of 105 BPM over the 24-bar ABA in C, the improvisation proceeds with patient, unhurried deliberation. Shorter follows with two inventive tenor saxophone choruses that demonstrate his unique improvisational voice, characterized by angular intervals, unexpected rhythmic displacements, and a dark, penetrating tone. Recorded for the album Speak No Evil in 1964, the performance captures Wayne Shorter at 30 to 31 years old. Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum exemplifies Shorter's gift for writing compositions that sound deceptively simple on the surface while concealing layers of harmonic complexity that reward repeated listening and analysis.
Wayne Shorter was 30 to 31 years old at the time.
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