Footprints Live! Explained

footprints live!
Type:live album
Artist:Wayne Shorter
Cover:Footprints Live!.jpg
Released:2002
Recorded:July 14, 20 and 24, 2001
Venue:Festival de Jazz de Vitoria-Gasteiz
Jardins Palais Longchamps (Marseille, France)
Umbria Jazz Festival (Perugia, Italy)
Genre:Jazz
Length:63:29
Label:Verve
Producer:Wayne Shorter
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Footprints live! is a live album by saxophonist Wayne Shorter released on Verve Records in 2002. It was Shorter's first official live album released under his own name and the first album to feature his 'Footprints Quartet' with pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Robert L. Doerschuk awarded the album 3 stars, stating "They're even playful; try to catch that "Rock-A-Bye Baby" quote from Shorter in the title track.".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Wayne Shorter except as indicated

  1. "Sanctuary" - 5:31
  2. "Masqualero" - 8:28
  3. "Valse Triste" - 7:59 (Jean Sibelius, arr. by Shorter)
  4. "Go" - 5:01
  5. "Aung San Suu Kyi" - 9:28
  6. "Footprints" - 7:55
  7. "Atlantis" - 8:28
  8. "JuJu" - 10:39

Tracks 1, 2 and 6: Live at the Festival de Jazz de Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain, July 20, 2001

3, 4, 5 and 7: Live at the Jardins Palais Longchamps in Marseille, France, July 24, 2001

8: Live at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy, July 14, 2001

Personnel

Footprints Quartet

Production

Notes and References

  1. Doerschuk, R. Allmusic Review accessed September 17, 2011