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The Best Wayne Shorter Piece You've Probably Never Read

The Best Wayne Shorter Piece You've Probably Never Read

A 1981 masterpiece of interview poetry

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Michelle Mercer
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Wayne outside his home in Studio City, California, 1981. Photo: David Breskin

In 2002, research for my Wayne Shorter book led me to a 1981 Musician magazine piece by David Breskin. This article, titled “24 Shorter Solos,” sounded like extensive analysis of Wayne’s improv technique.

It wasn’t. Breskin’s introduction used Wayne’s Buddhist chanting as an in…

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