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Second Genesis

Wayne Shorter

Recorded	Oct 11, 1960
Label	Vee Jay Records
Released	1960
Personnel	4 credited players
Discogs	master 140433

The record

Blakey still had him on tenor chair when this one was cut, Cedar Walton's chords steering the harmony into unexpected corners. Bob Cranshaw and Blakey keep it grounded while the writing starts to wander.

Session personnel

Bob Cranshaw — bass
Art Blakey — drums
Cedar Walton — piano
Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

We hold no original-era LP for this title. The earliest pressing on file is a 1974 US issue on A World Of Jazz, VJS 3057, with a white-label test pressing of the same number beside it. Japan carried the record longest -- JC-2 in 1975, ULS-1660-JY in 1979 and RJL-6022 in 1981. The 1984 UK Affinity, AFF 114, is the easiest European copy. Buy on condition, not on catalog number.

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 26 pressings on file.

1974	A World Of Jazz · VJS 3057 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file
1974	A World Of Jazz · VJS 3057 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing, White Label
1975	Vee Jay Records · JC-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1975	Vee Jay Records · JC-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue
1977	Vee Jay Records
1979	Vee Jay Records · ULS-1660-JY — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1981	Vee Jay Records · RJL-6022 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1981	Vee Jay Records · RJL-6022 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo
1984	Affinity · AFF 114 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1985	Yes to Jazz · 10062 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1985	Movieplay Portuguesa · 20062 — Cassette, Album
1986	The Suite Beat Music Group · SBCD2014 — CD, Album, Reissue
1987	Vee Jay Records · 22 YB-2012 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1987	Vee Jay Records · 22 YB-2012 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo