Wayne Shorter at Bovard Auditorium
by jazzcat on Apr.17, 2004, under News
Wayne and the band walk on stage and, as usual, the audience goes wild. The genius is back to work. Wayne
spends a moment adjusting a beautiful microphone that is awaiting the
Shorter sound. Blade starts it off, joined by Patituchi and Danilo and
then we are once again on our way for more extraordinary jazz music.
It’s interesting how
we the audience are enwrapped, engulfed , consumed, and transformed
into the spirit of the music. It’s levitating! Just as captivating as
the performance I saw just last week. Exuding with strength, energy,
happiness and harmonious love.
I think of the
thirteenth floor. The space that technically does not exist but seems
to be a portal between two worlds where only a few can tap directly
into the source. Colors, crazy rhythms, harmonies and melodic chords.
Dimensions and daring concepts in jazz music that are often uncharted.
It’s like a journey from green meadows to sprawling waters to mystic
galaxies to funky strolls down hot Harlem streets to insane visions of
Manhattan sped up to warp speed and back to land in the warmest most peaceful musical dream.
A musical experience. Jazz Music!! It’s Wayne’s World
W onderful
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LeRoy Downs