Lovely tribute and reminiscences, Don. I always said if I had a daughter I would definitely name her "Naima." Alas, that never happened, but I swear I would have.
No matter what the musical context around him, Wayne's playing was always interesting.
When I was a jazz DJ at my college radio station Wayne released a highly synth-based record called Phantom Navigator. Since I was a huge fan of his music dating back to the Jazz Messengers I naturally bought it (on cassette, so I could listen on my Walkman). And since it was the great Wayne Shorter, I listened to it over and over, because it had to be good. I'm probably one of the only people alive that still loves that record.
When I went overseas after college I brought very few in the way of possessions with me. Other than clothing I had a Discman with a grand total of five CDs. One of them was Wayne's "Speak No Evil." Another was "Giant Steps."
Lovely tribute and reminiscences, Don. I always said if I had a daughter I would definitely name her "Naima." Alas, that never happened, but I swear I would have.
No matter what the musical context around him, Wayne's playing was always interesting.
When I was a jazz DJ at my college radio station Wayne released a highly synth-based record called Phantom Navigator. Since I was a huge fan of his music dating back to the Jazz Messengers I naturally bought it (on cassette, so I could listen on my Walkman). And since it was the great Wayne Shorter, I listened to it over and over, because it had to be good. I'm probably one of the only people alive that still loves that record.
When I went overseas after college I brought very few in the way of possessions with me. Other than clothing I had a Discman with a grand total of five CDs. One of them was Wayne's "Speak No Evil." Another was "Giant Steps."
Great story. I have listened to A Love Supreme nearly every Sunday for the past fifty plus years. Never gets old.