This was Wayne Shorter’s first album for Blue Note and contains six original tracks from a guy who would become one of the most important composers of jazz in the 1960′s.  The 1964 album has a slight Coltrane influence, but it definitely shows Shorter finding his own style (after five very succesful years with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers).  A classic Blue Note album that features a great line-up including Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones.

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Released 1964  :  Blue Note Records  :  Catalog # BLP 4173

Players:
Wayne Shorter – Tenor Sax
Lee Morgan – Trumpet
McCoy Tyner – Piano
Reggie Workman – Bass
Elvin Jones – Drums

Wayne Shorter – Night Dreamer from “Night Dreamer”

Wayne Shorter – Virgo from “Night Dreamer”