Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil album cover for a 140g black vinyl in the Blue Note Essential Vinyl Series featuring Herbie Hancock on piano and Freddie Hubbard on trumpet.
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil packshot for the Blue Note Essential Vinyl Series LP featuring the songs Witch Hunt and Infant Eyes.
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil album cover for a 140g black vinyl in the Blue Note Essential Vinyl Series featuring Herbie Hancock on piano and Freddie Hubbard on trumpet.
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil packshot for the Blue Note Essential Vinyl Series LP featuring the songs Witch Hunt and Infant Eyes.
Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil [Blue Note Essential Vinyl]

SKU: 0199957966870
$19.98

Product Details

  • Artist Collection Wayne Shorter
  • Genre Collection Jazz
  • Genre / Style Post-Bop / Modal Jazz / Hard Bop
  • UPC 0199957966870
  • Record Label Blue Note Records
  • Edition Blue Note Essential Vinyl Series
  • Format LP
  • Disc Quantity 1
  • Vinyl Color Black
  • Vinyl Size 12"
  • Vinyl Weight Standard
  • Additional Info The female on the cover is Teruko (Irene) Nakagami, Wayne Shorter's first wife. Recorded December 24, 1964. The Players - Tenor Saxophone: Wayne Shorter, Trumpet: Freddie Hubbard, Piano: Herbie Hancock, Vibraphone: Bobby Hutcherson, Drums: Elvin Jones, Bass: Ron Carter. Recorded By: Rudy Van Gelder.
  • Release Date 9/25/2026

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Tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter assembled a remarkable quintet for Speak No Evil, joining Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums. Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in December 1964, the album contains six Shorter compositions that move between hard-driving improvisation and restrained ballads. His writing gives the horns distinct melodies while leaving the rhythm section room to respond.

"Witch Hunt" opens with a memorable horn theme before Shorter and Hubbard stretch into extended solos. "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum" moves through a playful melody with shifting rhythmic accents, while "Dance Cadaverous" slows the pace for a more deliberate exchange between saxophone and trumpet. The title track, "Speak No Evil," returns to a brisk, swinging pulse. "Infant Eyes," written for Shorter's daughter, is the album's tender ballad, and "Wild Flower" closes with a flowing melody and lively ensemble playing.

Shorter recorded Speak No Evil after joining Miles Davis' quintet, drawing on the harmonic freedom and group interaction that marked his writing. Every composition is his own, from the suspenseful opening of "Witch Hunt" to the lyrical melody of "Infant Eyes." The Blue Note Essential Vinyl Series pressing uses 140g black vinyl mastered from high-resolution digital sources.

  • Format: Vinyl LP
  • Standout tracks: Witch Hunt, Speak No Evil, Infant Eyes, Wild Flower
  • Pressing details: Blue Note Essential Vinyl Series, 140g Black Vinyl, Mastered From High-Resolution Digital Sources
  • Genre/style: Post-Bop, Modal Jazz, Hard Bop
  • UPC: 199957966870

The combination of Shorter's tenor saxophone and Hubbard's trumpet gives "Witch Hunt" and "Speak No Evil" their strong ensemble passages. Hancock, Carter, and Jones supply the changing rhythmic ideas that connect the six original compositions on the record.


* The Spotify track list may not exactly represent the tracks and audio of this LP edition.

Track List:

Side A:

  1. Witch Hunt
  2. Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
  3. Dance Cadaverous

Side B:

  1. Speak No Evil
  2. Infant Eyes
  3. Wild Flower