JuJu (album) explained

JuJu
Type:studio
Artist:Wayne Shorter
Cover:JuJu-Wayne Shorter.jpg
Released:July 1965
Recorded:August 3, 1964
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:Post-bop, modal jazz, hard bop
Length:42:07
Label:Blue Note
BLP 4182;
CP32-5250
Producer:Alfred Lion
Prev Title:Night Dreamer
Prev Year:1964
Next Title:Speak No Evil
Next Year:1966

JuJu is the fifth album by American jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter. It was released in July 1965 by Blue Note Records.[1] It features a rhythm section of pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Elvin Jones, all of whom had worked extensively with Shorter's fellow tenor saxophonist John Coltrane.

Writing a retrospective review in AllMusic, Stacia Proefrock avers that the use of Coltrane's rhythm section "bolstered" criticism that Shorter was "a mere acolyte of John Coltrane". Proefrock goes on to say that "The truth is, though, that Elvin Jones, Reggie Workman, and McCoy Tyner were the perfect musicians to back Shorter." Proefrock concludes that the album "blooms with ideas, pulling in a world of influences and releasing them again as a series of stunning, complete visions."

Track listing

Original release (1965)

All compositions by Wayne Shorter.

A1. "JuJu"  - 8:30

A2. "Deluge"  - 6:49

A3. "House of Jade"  - 6:49

B1. "Mahjong"  - 7:39

B2. "Yes or No"  - 6:34

B3. "Twelve More Bars to Go"  - 5:26

Bonus tracks on remastered CD release (1996)

7. "Juju" [alternate take]  - 7:47

8. "House Of Jade" [alternate take]  - 6:35

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Notes and References

  1. Schwann Monthly Guide to Stereo Records. 19. 10-12. 277. none.