We celebrate the saxophone great's August 25th birthday with this 1966 release that was one of a string of 11 or so highly-praised albums he released throughout the '60's. Justly or unjustly, he was often compared to John Coltrane, and in fact had Coltrane's band on this: McCoy Tyner on piano, Reginald Workman on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums. As critic Stacia Proefrock writes, "the album blooms with ideas, pulling in a world of influences and releasing them again as a series of stunning, complete visions."
Monday Night the 25th at 8pm -- WAYNE SHORTER - Juju
