Wayne Shorter - Juju (1985 Japanese Blue Note BNJ 71056 LP)

Vinyl: NM
Sleeve: EX
Obi: None

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Wayne Shorter - Juju | Vinyl LP - 1985 Japanese Blue Note (BNJ 71056, Blue Note 4000 Series Original Collection 100, Toshiba EMI Ltd.)

• Wayne Shorter's second Blue Note album as leader, recorded at Van Gelder Studio on 3 August 1964 — one month before he joined the Miles Davis Quintet; produced by Alfred Lion; engineered by Rudy Van Gelder; all six tracks are Shorter originals
• The rhythm section brings together three musicians with direct ties to John Coltrane's classic quartet: McCoy Tyner on piano, Reggie Workman on bass and Elvin Jones on drums; the combination locates Shorter's voice at the intersection of Coltrane's harmonic world and his own compositional language
• Six original compositions including the title track, "Deluge," "House of Jade," "Mahjong," "Yes or No" and "Twelve More Bars to Go"
• 1985 Japanese Blue Note pressing (BNJ 71056), Blue Note 4000 Series Original Collection 100; manufactured by Toshiba EMI Ltd.; comes with Japanese insert booklet

Wayne Shorter recorded Juju on 3 August 1964 at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, three months after Night Dreamer and one month before he joined the Miles Davis Quintet. Alfred Lion produced. The session brought together McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman and Elvin Jones, each of whom had worked with John Coltrane's classic quartet, in a combination that positioned Shorter's compositional language directly adjacent to the modal and post-modal developments Coltrane was driving at the same moment.

All six tracks are Shorter originals. The title track turns on a B augmented chord and whole-tone scalar movement that gives it a floating, non-resolving quality. "Deluge" pushes harder. "House of Jade" moves to extended held tones, Shorter sustaining a single pitch across the bar while the rhythm section plays around it. "Mahjong" and "Yes or No" bring contrasting rhythmic textures; "Twelve More Bars to Go" closes the record with a blues framework run through Shorter's harmonic sensibility rather than conventional blues language.

This 1985 Japanese pressing is part of the Blue Note 4000 Series Original Collection 100, manufactured by Toshiba EMI Ltd., and includes the Japanese insert booklet. This reissue didn't feature an obi strip. The original shrink wrap is still intact on this copy although the hype sticker is missing.