Wayne Shorter Quartet: Live At The North Sea Jazz Festival, 1986

By Mike Jacobs
June 17, 2025
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Notable for having some of the hottest young musicians of its day—namely Mitchel Forman (Mahavishnu, John Scofield) on keys, Tom Brechtlein (Chick Corea) on drums and Gary Willis (Tribal Tech, Allan Holdsworth) on bass—Wayne Shorter's first post-Weather Report quartet was as short-lived as it was criminally undocumented. If you weren't fortunate enough to have caught this touring lineup back in the day, this full set performance from the 1986 North Sea Jazz Festival may be one of the group's only available recorded representations in an unedited form. Grab a nice beverage and set aside a little time for this one. Cheers!

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