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 (1967). The CD release includes the bonus track "The Collector", written by Herbie Hancock.[2]

This article is about the music album by Wayne Shorter. For other uses, see Adam's apple (disambiguation).
Adam's Apple
Studio album by
Wayne Shorter
ReleasedOctober 1967[1]
RecordedFebruary 3 & 24, 1966
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length48:02
LabelBlue Note
BST 84232
ProducerAlfred Lion
Wayne Shorter chronology
The All Seeing Eye
(1965)		 Adam's Apple
(1967)		 Schizophrenia
(1967)

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."[3]

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."[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[5]
AllMusic[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[6]
Sputnikmusic4.5/5[7]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+ ()[8]

Track listing

All compositions by Wayne Shorter except where noted.

  1. "Adam's Apple" – 6:49
  2. "502 Blues (Drinkin' and Drivin')" (Jimmy Rowles) – 6:34
  3. "El Gaucho" – 6:30
  4. "Footprints" – 7:29
  5. "Teru" – 6:12
  6. "Chief Crazy Horse" – 7:34
  7. "The Collector" (Herbie Hancock) – 6:54 Bonus track on CD reissue

Recorded on February 3 (#1) and February 24 (all others), 1966.

Personnel

References
  1. Billboard Nov 11, 1967
  2. "Wayne Shorter – Adam's Apple (1967)". Discogs. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  3. Jazz Journal 01/69: Wayne Shorter – Adam’s Apple, Jazz Journal. January 1969.
  4. Proefrock, Stacia. Wayne Shorter - Adam's Apple (1967) album review, credits & releases. AllMusic. Accessed 2 August 2009.
  5. Wayne Shorter - Adam's Apple (1967) album review by Greg Simmons at All About Jazz. April 26, 2017
  6. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 180. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  7. "Wayne Shorter: Adam's Apple". Sputnikmusic. sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  8. Hull, Tom (September 8, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
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