Thursday, July 21, 2016

Chief Crazy Horse


A personal favorite from one of Wayne Shorter's most consistent Blue Note releases. "Chief Crazy Horse" features Joe Chambers on drums and is obviously inspired by the eponymous Native American leader. Much like Shorter's other compositions with "exotic" overtones, the drumming of Chambers plays with polyrhythms like Elvin Jones on Shorter's "Juju" but Shorter's solo sounds like some approximation of a sun dance. Beautiful. 

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