''Footprints live!'' is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th centur ...

by saxophonist

Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Shorter came to mainstream prominence in 1959 upon joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, for whom he eventually became the primary comp ...

released on

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in 2002. It was Shorter's first official live album released under his own name and the first album to feature his 'Footprints Quartet' with pianist Danilo Perez, bassist

John Patitucci John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz bassist and composer. Biography John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began playing the electric bass at age 10, performing and composing at age 12, and at age 15, s ...

and drummer

Brian Blade Brian Blade (born July 25, 1970) is an American jazz drummer, composer, and session musician. Early life Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, Blade was exposed to gospel and praise music while attending Zion Baptist Church at which his ...

Reception

The

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review by Robert L. Doerschuk awarded the album 3 stars, stating "They're even playful; try to catch that "Rock-A-Bye Baby" quote from Shorter in the title track.".Doerschuk, R
Allmusic Review
accessed September 17, 2011

Track listing

:''All compositions by Wayne Shorter except as indicated'' # "Sanctuary" - 5:31 # "Masqualero" - 8:28 # " Valse Triste" - 7:59 (

Jean Sibelius Jean Sibelius (; ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic music, Romantic and 20th-century classical music, early modern periods. He is widely regarded as his countr ...

, arr. by Shorter) # "Go" - 5:01 # "Aung San Suu Kyi" - 9:28 # "

Footprints Footprints are the impressions or images left behind by a person walking or running. Hoofprints and pawprints are those left by animals with hoof, hooves or paws rather than foot, feet, while "shoeprints" is the specific term for prints made by ...

" - 7:55 # "Atlantis" - 8:28 # "JuJu" - 10:39 Tracks 1, 2 and 6: Live at the Festival de Jazz de Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain, July 20, 2001 3, 4, 5 and 7: Live at the Jardins Palais Longchamps in Marseille, France, July 24, 2001 8: Live at the

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in Perugia, Italy, July 14, 2001

Personnel

Footprints Quartet *

– tenor saxophone (1-4, 6-8), soprano saxophone (5, 6, 8) * Danilo Perez – grand piano *

– bass *

– drums Production * Wayne Shorter – producer * Richard Seidel – executive producer * Rob Griffin – recording, mixing * Julie Strickler – recording assistant * Jeff Ciampa – assistant engineer * Mark Wilder – mastering at

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(New York, NY) * Theodora Kuslan – release coordinator * Kelly Pratt – release coordinator * Hollis King – art direction * Sachico Asano – design * Kate Garner – photography * Ronnie White – photography

References

{{Authority control 2002 live albums Wayne Shorter live albums Verve Records live albums