On October 17, 1995, “Verve” label released “High Life”, the twentieth Wayne Shorter album. It was recorded in 1995, at Bill Schnee’s studio in North Hollywood, and was produced by Marcus Miller. In 1997, “High Life” won the “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album”.
Personnel:
- Wayne Shorter – tenor, soprano, alto and baritone saxophones
- Rachel Z – piano, synthesizers, sound design, sequencing
- David Gilmore – electric guitar
- Marcus Miller – bass guitar, bass clarinet, rhythm programming
- Will Calhoun – drums
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Airto Moreira – percussion
- Terri Lyne Carrington – drums
- Munyungo Jackson – percussion
- Kevin Ricard – percussion
- David Ward – additional sound design
Track listing:
All tracks by Wayne Shorter.
- Children of the Night
- At the Fair
- Maya
- On the Milky Way Express
- Pandora Awakened
- Virgo Rising
- High Life
- Midnight in Carlotta’s Hair
- Black Swan (in memory of Susan Portlynn Romeo)