The Regulators Perform Wayne Shorter

The Regulators perform Wayne Shorter's 1967 album Schizophrenia in it's entirety Wednesday, March 18 at 9pm. The evening will also feature a solo exhibit from artist Dujuan Austin who'll be doing a live painting of the band's performance.
The Regulators are:
Mike Allemana - Guitar
Matt Ferguson - Upright Bass
Gerald Dowd - Drums





Jazz Record Arts Collective
Presents
The Regulators
Performing Wayne Shorter’s Schizophrenia
Showcased Artwork by Dujuan Austin
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Fulton Street Collective
2000 W. Fulton St. 
Chicago, IL 60612
773-852-2481
8:00 Doors
9:00 Show
$10 Suggested Donation
$5 with Valid Student ID
18+
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Wayne Shorter's Schizophrenia, a 1967 release, is a classic from the Blue Note catalogue. It features the lineup of Wayne on tenor, Ron Carter on bass, Herbie Hancock on piano--all three of them members of Miles Davis' "2nd great quintet"--and is rounded out by Curtis Fuller on trombone, James Spaulding on alto and flute and Joe Chambers on drums. It's not a working band but certainly not a pick-up date either. These players all have history together (though not ALL together), via recordings and performances with Miles, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Lee Morgan and others. The interplay is strong throughout even if the often challenging compositions seem under-rehearsed in a few spots. The songs are all composed by Wayne except Kryptonite, which is by Spaulding and has a melody which sounds like it could have been plucked out of Sun Ra's book--the Arkestra being Spaulding's musical training ground. Wayne's compositions on Schizophrenia run the gamut from groove-tune-boogaloo (Tom Thumb) to pretty bossas and waltzes which feature unconventional harmonies (Go and Miyako), to chaotic medium/up-tempo swingers (Schizophrenia and Playground). Schizophrenia is generally considered to be an amalgam of Wayne's hard-bop roots and the expressive free-improvisation he was getting into with Miles' band and beyond; now 48 years later the Regulators are going add still more to the mix, incorporating the rock, funk and metric explorations which have so transformed the contemporary musician's approach to jazz.
~ Matt Ferguson (March, 2015)