Herbie Hancock Wayne Shorter Quartet Herbie Hancock Wayne Shorter/Tokyo,Japan 1991 & more

In 1991, the year of the death of the great Miles Davis, the band only performed live at major jazz festivals around the world, but the so-called Super Quartet, which miraculously brought together the Blood Brothers of Herbie and Shorter, Stanley Clarke of RTF, and Omar Hakim of Weather Report, performed three spectacular shows, all recorded on a superb high-quality stereo soundboard in a two-disc set for the first time! In 1991, Herbie and Shorter spent a lot of time together, mainly working with their two quartets, but in the midst of all this, the sudden death of their mentor and king, Miles Davis, was announced… March before that, Herbie and Shorter, along with former Return to Forever member Stanley Clarke and former Weather Report member Omar Hakim, made a limited appearance at jazz festivals for a short period of time only, and no official recordings have yet been released. This 2-disc set has been released, featuring three performances: the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, Netherlands on July 11, 1991; the Live Under the Sky performance at the Open East Theater, Yomiuri Land, Tokyo on July 28 of the same year; and the Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival in Antibes, France in July of the same year. All performances have been carefully mastered by the label, and each performance is over 40 minutes long, recorded on a superb high-quality stereo soundboard. This super quartet was unusual in that it featured Stanley Clarke, who had little experience performing with the other members, and fans at the time were curious to know what kind of sound this combination would produce.As expected, the band was made up of such powerful members that they were known as super, and there is no doubt that they were impressed by the unique sound that was produced. Herbie mainly plays acoustic instruments, so there is no percussion, but this one-horn quartet is different from Weather, which has a similar lineup, but there are also moments when Shorter’s improvisations, backed by Hakim, who was with Shorter in Weather, are reminiscent of Weather, Herbie’s unique piano is wild on Shorter’s “Footprints” and “Virgo Rising,” and Herbie’s deadly “Cantaloupe Island” is reminiscent of Miles’ golden quintet and V.S.O.P., but the unique bass on Charlie Mingus’ “Goodbye Pork by Hat” is recognizable as Stanley at first listen, like Return to Forever. All the members are very unique, but the ensemble condenses each member’s strengths and expresses a new sound. Furthermore, as they are all top-class improvisers, you can’t help but admire the wide range of their talents.