Wayne Shorter
Blue Note
New York City, NY
January 17, 1991
Early Show
(TapeTyrant Master Series Volume 172)

Recording: NAK 700's > Aiwa DAT

Transfer: DAT Master > Fostex D-5 > Audacity > iZotope RX 8 > xACT 2.50 > FLAC

01 Sanctuary
02 Lush Life
03 Over Shadow Hill Way
04 On The Milky Way Express
05 Endangered Species

Known Faults:
-None

Wayne Shorter - saxophone
Mitchel Forman - keyboards
Tracy Wormworth - bass
Terri Lyne Carrington - drums
Frank Colon - percussion

Welcome to Volume 172 of our master series featuring the master recordings of dime member "tapetyrant". The series will predominately feature captures in the Northeast and Southern California areas. We will touch on multiple genres with a strong focus on Jazz Fusion, New Wave and Rock.

Tapetyrant was an active taper in the 1980's and much of the 1990's before, like many of us, hanging up the mics. What he captured during that time is uniformly excellent quality and his master tapes have been safely stored, the first batch are in pristine condition. Some shows may circulate from lower generation copies but most have remained uncirculated until now and have never circulated directly from the masters.

Prior to DAT, the heavy lifting was entirely done by a Sony D5 with mainly NAK 300's and taping was serious business, acquiring the best seats possible and working to keep neighbors in check.

Volume 172 takes us back to the brilliant run of shows Wayne played at the Blue Note in January 1991. This is the sixth show from this TapeTyrant captured and we still have two to go.

These are breathtaking performances in breathtaking quality.

IT.DOES.NOT.GET.ANY.BETTER.THAN.THIS.

Continued thanks to "tapetyrant" for doing such a great job capturing these historic shows, for reaching out and entrusting me to present his excellent work for all to enjoy for decades to come. We are indebted to his generosity (tapers don't let those tapes and your hard work get lost to the ages, there are plenty of folks to get in touch with here to help get them out, we're all working to leave no tape behind).

BIG shout out to the good Prof Goody, though we did not need his assistance for his normal expert pitch duties we did need him for his help in a title gap in the setlist.

Artwork is included.

mjk5510 and TapeTyrant

Images for all shows as well as full size images for this show.

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