Adam's Apple (album)


Adam's Apple is the tenth album by post-bop jazz artist Wayne Shorter. Released in 1967, it included the first recording of his composition "Footprints", later recorded by the Miles Davis Quintet on the album Miles Smiles. The CD release includes the bonus track "The Collector", written by Herbie Hancock.

Reception

Writing in Jazz Journal, Mark Gardner urged readers, "For goodness sake don’t miss this one." Gardner called the record "a tour de force for Shorter the soloist as distinct from Shorter the composer."
A retrospective Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock states, "it really does rank with the best of his output from this incredibly fertile period. Taken in isolation, this is one of the great works of mid-'60s jazz, but when Shorter has already achieved a unique performance style, compositional excellence, and a perfectly balanced relationship with his sidemen, it is hard to be impressed by the fact that he manages to continue to do these things album after album.".

Track listing

All compositions by Wayne Shorter except where noted.
  1. "Adam's Apple" – 6:49
  2. "502 Blues " – 6:34
  3. "El Gaucho" – 6:30
  4. "Footprints" – 7:29
  5. "Teru" – 6:12
  6. "Chief Crazy Horse" – 7:34
  7. "The Collector" – 6:54 Bonus track on CD reissue
Recorded on February 3 and February 24, 1966.

Personnel