Loose Cuts
The Soothsayer
- Composer
- Sibelius
- Released
- 1979
- Label
- Blue Note
- Forces
- saxophone
Sibelius was already hovering over Shorter’s music: he named the composer as an inspiration for “Dance Cadaverous” on Speak No Evil. A few months later he went straight to the source with “Valse Triste”, although Blue Note left the whole session unheard for fourteen years before finally releasing it in 1979.
Hear both
The classical side carries the source work this cut came from. The jazz side carries the cut itself. Each player holds what is available, and the two need not match.
The originalsSibelius: Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1
Jazzed upValse Triste
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The cut
The classical-derived cut from this record, with its source work.
- Valse TristeSibelius: Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1