Wayne Shorter Juju LP 1964 Blue Note Records BST-84182

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Up for auction is a vinyl copy of Wayne Shorter's 1964 album, "Juju," on Blue Note Records.  Blue Note Records Cat.# BST-84182.  A really nice copy of this album!  This is the 1984 direct metal mastering pressing from the "original historical master tape."  Featuring Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Reginald Workman, and Elvin Jones!

Cover is in EX condition.  Some ringwear, creasing, & shelfwear.  Corners are slightly dinged.  No seam splitting or staining.
Vinyl is EX condition.  Has some very shallow surface markings keep it below NM condition.  No skipping on either of my turntables.  Sounds amazing!  Still quite glossy.

The All-Music Guide's 5 star (out of 5) review has this to say:
Fulfilling the potential promised on his Blue Note debut, Night Dreamer, Wayne Shorter's JuJu was the first really great showcase for both his performance and compositional gifts. Early in his career as a leader Shorter was criticized as a mere acolyte of John Coltrane, and his use of Coltrane's rhythm section on his first two Blue Note albums only bolstered that criticism. The truth is, though, that Elvin Jones, Reggie Workman, and McCoy Tyner were the perfect musicians to back Shorter. Jones' playing at the time was almost otherworldly. He seemed to channel the music through himself when improvising and emit the perfect structure to hold it together. Workman, too, seemed to almost instinctively understand how to embellish Shorter's compositions. McCoy Tyner's role as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time was played here as well, and his light touch and beautiful, joyful improvisations would make him a much better match for Shorter than Herbie Hancock would later prove to be. JuJu rests in the uphill portion of Shorter's creative peak. While the sidemen may have been an even better match for him than the ensembles he would put together for later albums, he was just beginning to find his footing as a leader. His performances were already showing evidence of great originality -- yes, they were influenced by Coltrane, but only in the way that they broke apart the structures of the bop sound to create a sound that had all of the variety and flexibility of the human voice. On later albums like Speak No Evil and The Soothsayer, however, Shorter would rise to an even higher level as a performer with more powerful, confident playing that reached farther afield in its exploration of melodic textures. What really shines on JuJu is the songwriting. From the African-influenced title track (with its short, hypnotic, repetitive phrases) to the mesmerizing interplay between Tyner and Shorter on "Mahjong," the album (which is all originals) blooms with ideas, pulling in a world of influences and releasing them again as a series of stunning, complete visions.

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