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When he wrote this, Wayne Shorter was thinking of Elvin Jones drum style and was counting on Elvin's ability to play a heavy groove that paradoxically floats in waltz time, to evoke dream time. And he gave pianist McCoy Tyner a sequence of four chords that repeats obsessively until it suspends and floats for a few breaths before the obsession returns, a kind of dream logic.
That, with Reggie Workman's bass, provides the underneath. Elvin, McCoy and Workman lock in to give Shorter and Lee Morgan a magic carpet of sound to fly with.
Shorter and Morgan both dig in and use tenor sax, trumpet and the magic available to find wonders to play for you.
I can't recommend this highly enough.
And, for Derek Trucks fans, this is the album that has Wayne Shorter's Oriental Folk Song.
Just thought I'd mention that...
Rick, which of Derek's album has that? Do you take requests?
Magnum, do you mean like this?
That's the one - just at about half the speed! :) It's a great pattern and sound - both decending and ascending!
The Derek Trucks album is Soul Serenade. Should I get time, I'll post an album review, though I can't say that I can do any better than the one on All Music Guide.
Thanks for that, Rick!