Wayne Shorter - Odyssey Of Iska (Tone Poet Series) (LP)

Blue Note Tone Poet Series.

The winds of change were blowing through Wayne Shorter’s life and career in 1970. The saxophonist had just left Miles Davis’ group and was soon to form his collective fusion band Weather Report. His music was evolving too as he began to delve into his own unique fusion explorations on his previous two Blue Note recordings Super Nova and Moto Grosso Feio. Recorded in August 1970, the mesmerizing Odyssey of Iska would be the last release of Shorter’s early Blue Note period. The album was a tribute to his daughter Iska—who had been born the year before with severe brain damage—with four immersive Shorter compositions portraying a variety of moods: “Wind,” “Storm,” “Calm,” and “Joy.”

A1. Wind
A2. Storm
A3. Calm

B1. De Pois Do Amour, O Vazio (After Love, Emptiness)
B2. Joy.