Speak No Evil
Context
Title piece of the Wayne Shorter album: long held notes over the melody alternate with a section built on breaks. The album was recorded on December 24, 1964, at Van Gelder's in Englewood Cliffs, then released by Blue Note in June 1966. In the liner notes, Shorter evokes misty landscapes and glimpsed shapes.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Hard bop, Modal. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).