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Wayne Shorterhad already set a high bar over the course of his first several Blue Note albums, which included all-time jazz classics includingNight Dreamer,JuJu,andSpeak No Evil,but 1966sAdams ApplefeaturingHerbie Hancockon piano,Reggie Workmanon bass, andJoe Chamberson drums immediately joined the ranks of the saxophonists greatest recordings and remains a pinnacle artistic statement of Blue Notes fertile post-bop era. Shorter composed 5 of the sessions 6 tracks including the grooving title track, which surely had producer Alfred Lion dancing around Rudy Van Gelders studio. Other highlights of this sublime set includeJimmy Rowles arresting 502 Blues (Drinkin And Drivin), Shorters bossa-inflected El Gaucho, the tender ballad Teru, and the first recording of his timeless composition Footprints, which Shorter would record again later that year with the Miles Davis Quintet for the album Miles Smiles. The album closes with the evocative composition Chief Crazy Horse featuring Shorters trademark harmonic twists and a churning solo spotlight by Chambers.

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Tracklist:
1: Adam's Apple
2: 502 Blues (Drinkin' And Drivin')
3: El Gaucho
4: Footprints
5: Teru
6: Chief Crazy Horse