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Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 1084839 2 1071609 2004 Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter total:22|5:6|4:11|3:5| 22 89 34 4 537027 3.41 74 28 42787855 215116 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.16 19
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 4 0 false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 09:18:18 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 11:20:16 -0800 2009 26440937 252268 1815249 158542353X 9781585423538 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188722960m/1815249.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188722960s/1815249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1815249.Footprints 3.33 3 The New York Times recently called "jazz's all-around genius, matchless in his field as a composer, utterly original as an improviser."

Saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter is one of the great architects of jazz, and a man whose influence will be felt by musicians and music fans for generations to come. In this first biography of Shorter, Michelle Mercer traces the amazing trajectory of his fifty-year career. As fellow jazz great Herbie Hancock puts it: "Wayne Shorter has evolved as a human being to a point where he can synthesize all the history of jazz into a very special, very alive musical expression. Nobody else can do that now."

In many ways, Wayne Shorter's story is the story of modern American music. Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1933, he learned bebop as an adolescent in cutting contests with Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins. In the 1950s, he graduated to some "hard-drinking, hard bop years" with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. The saxophonist was the catalyst in the famous 1960s quintet of Miles Davis, then followed the trumpeter on his avant-garde electric excursions. In the 1970s, he and Joe Zawinul pioneered fusion in Weather Report. Into the 1980s and 1990s Wayne's solos graced pop recordings like Steely Dan's "Aja" and Joni Mitchell's "Hejira." And today, at age seventy, he is leading the Wayne Shorter Quartet, a group that critics have compared to Coltrane's classic quartet and to Davis's own groundbreaking quintet.

A rich portrait of a great American artist, Footprints. makes a vital contribution to the literature of jazz.]]> 2004 3 0 false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Jul 06 10:53:35 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 10:54:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4338810 265256 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.05 22
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 5 0 false Thu Aug 09 18:24:47 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 18:27:21 -0700 2007 2356517 147299 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.05 22
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 5 0 false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Jun 25 08:09:33 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 25 08:12:06 -0700 2007 79855005 2997915 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.05 22
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 0 0 false Fri Dec 04 06:19:15 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 06:19:37 -0800 2009 79534718 2998345 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.05 22
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 0 0 false Tue Dec 01 10:41:42 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 10:41:42 -0800 2009 66375079 2580109 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.05 22
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 4 0 false Wed Aug 05 19:56:32 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 19:56:32 -0700 2009 57448359 1349374 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.05 22
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 0 0 false Tue May 26 19:56:15 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 19:56:15 -0700 2009 55975536 2313194 1815249 158542353X 9781585423538 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188722960m/1815249.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188722960s/1815249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1815249.Footprints 4.05 22 The New York Times recently called "jazz's all-around genius, matchless in his field as a composer, utterly original as an improviser."

Saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter is one of the great architects of jazz, and a man whose influence will be felt by musicians and music fans for generations to come. In this first biography of Shorter, Michelle Mercer traces the amazing trajectory of his fifty-year career. As fellow jazz great Herbie Hancock puts it: "Wayne Shorter has evolved as a human being to a point where he can synthesize all the history of jazz into a very special, very alive musical expression. Nobody else can do that now."

In many ways, Wayne Shorter's story is the story of modern American music. Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1933, he learned bebop as an adolescent in cutting contests with Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins. In the 1950s, he graduated to some "hard-drinking, hard bop years" with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. The saxophonist was the catalyst in the famous 1960s quintet of Miles Davis, then followed the trumpeter on his avant-garde electric excursions. In the 1970s, he and Joe Zawinul pioneered fusion in Weather Report. Into the 1980s and 1990s Wayne's solos graced pop recordings like Steely Dan's "Aja" and Joni Mitchell's "Hejira." And today, at age seventy, he is leading the Wayne Shorter Quartet, a group that critics have compared to Coltrane's classic quartet and to Davis's own groundbreaking quintet.

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Saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter is one of the great architects of jazz, and a man whose influence will be felt by musicians and music fans for generations to come. In this first biography of Shorter, Michelle Mercer traces the amazing trajectory of his fifty-year career. As fellow jazz great Herbie Hancock puts it: "Wayne Shorter has evolved as a human being to a point where he can synthesize all the history of jazz into a very special, very alive musical expression. Nobody else can do that now."

In many ways, Wayne Shorter's story is the story of modern American music. Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1933, he learned bebop as an adolescent in cutting contests with Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins. In the 1950s, he graduated to some "hard-drinking, hard bop years" with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. The saxophonist was the catalyst in the famous 1960s quintet of Miles Davis, then followed the trumpeter on his avant-garde electric excursions. In the 1970s, he and Joe Zawinul pioneered fusion in Weather Report. Into the 1980s and 1990s Wayne's solos graced pop recordings like Steely Dan's "Aja" and Joni Mitchell's "Hejira." And today, at age seventy, he is leading the Wayne Shorter Quartet, a group that critics have compared to Coltrane's classic quartet and to Davis's own groundbreaking quintet.

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Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 3 0 false Tue Jan 13 11:57:01 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 11:57:01 -0800 2009 42412333 1885383 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.05 22
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 0 0 false Thu Jan 08 19:11:54 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 19:11:56 -0800 2009 41660343 1852517 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.05 22
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 5 0 false Fri Jan 02 17:56:34 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 17:56:34 -0800 2009 41005182 1327482 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.05 22
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 4 0 false Sat Dec 27 08:48:51 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 08:48:51 -0800 2008 39285139 1252291 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.05 22
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 4 0 false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 04 08:29:40 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 09 13:36:17 -0800 2009 38330067 1738758 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.05 22
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 4 0 false Fri Nov 21 13:18:54 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 13:18:54 -0800 2008 33237652 1330314 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.05 22
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 4 0 false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Sep 19 03:50:49 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 03:50:49 -0700 2008 33047624 1510500 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.05 22
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 0 0 false Tue Sep 16 18:24:28 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 18:24:28 -0700 2008 32781019 1519657 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.05 22
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.]]> 2004 5 0 false Sat Sep 13 11:37:50 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 11:37:50 -0700 2008 30390064 1429499 1084839 1585424684 9781585424689 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369m/1084839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180855369s/1084839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084839.Footprints_The_Life_and_Work_of_Wayne_Shorter 4.05 22
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