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Wayne Shorter opens with a single chorus on tenor sax, the first of two solos, followed by Herbie Hancock on piano. At a ballad tempo of 50 BPM over the 27-bar ABA in B♭, the performance unfolds with spacious lyricism and emotional depth. Wayne Shorter performs a single-chorus tenor sax solo on "Infant Eyes," a ballad he composed for the 1966 Blue Note album Speak No Evil. Recorded in 1964 when Shorter was 30 years old, this unhurried improvisation unfolds at just 50 bpm over the tune's distinctive 27-bar ABA form in B-flat major. Herbie Hancock contributes a brief piano statement on the same track. Shorter plays in the key of C, transposed from the concert key for tenor saxophone. Shorter's single-chorus tenor saxophone solo is deeply personal and emotionally transparent, his usually enigmatic style yielding to a directness of expression that reveals the depth of feeling behind his often cryptic musical persona.
Wayne Shorter was 30 to 31 years old at the time.
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