Adam's Apple (album)

Adam's Apple
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1967
RecordedFebruary 3 & 24, 1966
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenrePost-bop, hard bop
Length41:08 original LP
LabelBlue Note
BST 84232
ProducerAlfred Lion
Wayne Shorter chronology
The All Seeing Eye
(1966)
Adam's Apple
(1967)
Schizophrenia
(1969)

Adam's Apple is the tenth album by post-bop jazz artist Wayne Shorter. Recorded in 1966 and released in 1967, it included the first recording of his composition "Footprints", later recorded by the Miles Davis Quintet for the album Miles Smiles (1967). Shorter is featured with pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Joe Chambers. The CD release includes the Hancock composition "The Collector" (also known as "Teo's Bag") as a bonus track.

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."

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
Tom Hull – on the WebB+ ((3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention))

Track listing

All compositions by Wayne Shorter except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Adam's Apple" – 6:49
  2. "502 Blues (Drinkin' and Drivin')" (Jimmy Rowles) – 6:34
  3. "El Gaucho" – 6:30

Side two

  1. "Footprints" – 7:29
  2. "Teru" – 6:12
  3. "Chief Crazy Horse" – 7:34

Bonus track – CD reissue

  1. "The Collector" (Herbie Hancock) – 6:54

Note: "Adam's Apple" recorded on February 3, 1966; all other tracks recorded February 24, 1966.

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Adam's Apple
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 133

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