This 4CD boxset highlights the early albeit crucial years of Wayne Shorter’s solo career both as bandleader and as contributor. A true pioneer in jazz this collection serves as both the ideal starting place for those new to the great man’s work and as a delightful reminder of its depth and colour for those already familiar.

CD 1:
1. Blues A La Carte
2. Harrys Last Stand
3. Down In The Depths
4. Pug Nose
5. Black Diamond
6. Mack The Knife
[Introducing Wayne Shorter]
7. Ruby & The Pearl
8. Pay As You Go
9. Second Genesis
10. Mr. Chairman
11. Tenderfoot
12. The Albatross
13. Getting To Know You
14. I Didnt Know What Time It Was
[Second Genesis]

CD 2:
1. Seed Of Sin
2. Scourn
3. Fat Lady
4. Peaches And Cream
5. Thats Right
[The Young Lions]
1 6. Seeds Of Sin (Version 2)
7. Scourn (Version 2)
8. Fat Lady (Version 2)
9. Black Orpheus
10. Devils Island
11. Moon Of Manakoora
12. Dead End
13. Wayning Moments
14. Powder Keg
15. All Or Nothing At All
16. Callaway Went That-A-Way
[Wayning Moments]

CD 3:
1. Groovin High
2. Moten Swing
3. Out Of Nowhere
4. Autumn Leaves
5. Donna Lee
6. Quicksilver
7. Stella By Starlight
8. Ornithology
9. If I Should Lose You
10. Walkin
[Just Jazz]
11. Night Dreamer
12. Oriental Folk Song
13. Virgo
14. Black Nile
15. Charcoal Blues
16. Armageddon
[Night Dreamer]

CD 4:
[Juju]
1. Juju
2. Deluge
3. House Of Jade
4. Mahjong
5. Yes Or No
6. Twelve More Bars To Go
[E.S.P.]
7. E.S.P.
8. Eighty-One
9. Little One
10. R.J.
11. Agitation
12. Iris
13. Mood