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Wayne Shorter Quartet

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Rating: 3.9 out of 5 based on 28 reviews

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Rating: 3.9 out of 5 based on 28 reviews
  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Masters Making Magic

    by Cheers1 on 5/2/17New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Newark

    "The Wayne Shorter Quartet with Special Guest Herbie Hancock" concert was magnificent, inspiring and a real thrill! Not sure why the singer was chosen to be an opening act as she was not in anyway relatable. There was absolutely no connection to the headliner. This was unfortunate and seemed like a waste of time. The performance by Wayne Shorter with Herbie Hancock was unforgettable. They were fresh every second, interacting in the most creative ways; both authentic masters at spontaneity in the most uplifting ways. The Wayne Shorter Quartet was thrilling, we never really knew which direction they were turning to, but they took the audience to new innovations. I have to say the audience was enthusiastic and supportive. The entire NJPAC was filled with excitement and joy. This was my first visit to NJPAC and even though my seat were in the third tier, I enjoyed the performance. At first it was so high up, I thought I might get sick. In fact in the beginning I did get a bit dizzy and was feeling uncomfortable being so high up. Once the performance started I was so captivated by Wayne and Herbie, I didn't notice the extreme height. The seats are also comfortable. The sound system was ok for being so high up.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Fantastic performances

    by Anonymous on 4/26/17New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Newark

    Every act was extremely good; Wayne Shorter quartet was spectacular!

  • Rating: 3 out of 5

    Wayne was looking old

    by Pyeman on 4/26/17New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Newark

    Gretchen Parlato and Herbie Hancock were very good. Wayne looked and acted a little old, he is at 84. Low wind and energy. He is still one of my favorite of all time.

  • Rating: 3 out of 5

    Wayne Shorter too progressive for me

    by EdInWestOrange on 4/26/17New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Newark

    Maybe I just don't have the capacity to appreciate his brand of "progressive" jazz, but I found myself thirsting for some more familiarity and approachability in the music. I also sensed a lack of enthusiasm in the rest of the audience, which leads me to believe that I was not alone in my sentiments. No doubt Wayne Shorter is a musical giant. But it almost seemed like he was attempting to push the discordant envelope just for the sake of pushing the discordant envelope. Musical discordance is fine, so long as it occasionally is juxtaposed with a little concordance. There's no better feeling that stepping from a face-biting, blustery snowstorm into a warm cabin. The cold actually highlights the value of the warmth. But please don't leave me out in the cold too long.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Incredible stage full of great musicians!

    by suzannecr on 8/17/15Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood

    Wonderful, diverse, and surprising! So much great music to see and hear. All Jaco's compositions played by percussion, horns, basses, piano and the vocalist singing Joanie Mitchell,

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    by Anonymous on 8/17/15Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood

    Wayne Shorter was in good form, although his own band played only two pieces. That music was more subdued and introspective as compared to higher energy material from previous years. This is natural, and indeed shows that Shorter stays true to himself and his inner muse. Jaco's tribute band under the direction of Vince Mendoza was amazing. It included several of the musicians who previously played with Weather Report. They covered some of Jaco's compositions, music he played in various groups and also music he was influenced by. The band sounded very tight, as it should have, given the caliber of the musical talent in it. Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter both played on several pieces with the band and both were in top form.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    by Anonymous on 8/15/15Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood

    It was epic the best jazz musicians on the planet and some of the best compositions from one of the best bass players on the planet .........memorable!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Jaco World and Wayne Shorter Quartet

    by LGman on 8/15/15Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood

    Excellent!!! The sound for the Quartet was much better than the sound for Jaco's World. They should always get the appropriate FOH (Front of the House) mixing engineer for each type of performance. Since this was a ELECTRIC JAZZ FUSION with electric bass/guitar/keyboards along with acoustic piano, percussion, drums and horns that takes a special ear to balance. Especially when no one is particular is a side man reduced to just playing a harmony part from start to end of concert. The engineer needs to know who is soloing next and have them up in the mix at the start. They need to know that the electric bass guitar in this setting, Jaco (a famous bassist) World features the bass in several ways: featured accompaniment - meaning it's on top of the mix not under... and as a soloist and/or melody player and so the player with some minor assistance from the FOH should be in charge of turning themselves up and down for the rhythm playing and the melodic/solo playing. I found that part a major dissappointment, as well as lack of top of the mix sound for some of the horn/sax solos. The mix for most of the JACO World was everyone compressed into the same volume so it was hard for featured players to 'step out' in the mix and be featured. If the FOH mixer was mixing using headphones for his reference, shame on him as the audience did not have headphones, they had ears. The actual musicians played amazing, despite the engineering not being on the same level. I assume they had a cool on stage monitor mix as they didn't look perplexed like me about the sound they heard on stage (usually a separte person mixes the sound for the performers on stage, so my comments above bear no relaton to the stage mix, as I don't know how that sounded. And most patrons will never know or care about that. That's for the players to comment on. I wish the management would hear this complaint and tend to it in the future. Several great musician friends in the crowd echo'd my above thoughts on facebook immediately following the concert. Wayne Shorter's group have much better sound since it was only 4 people to mix and they all played acoustic instruments which I'm guessing is more of a forte for the FOH mixer that night.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Great tribute to Jaco

    by RottDog on 8/15/15Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood

    Concert was amazing the players were top notch. So good to hear his music played by some great artists.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    A Rare Opportunity

    by SCinRB on 8/15/15Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood

    Seeing and hearing Wayne Shorter playing Weather Report again with an all star big band and Herbie Hancock? Priceless.