Walter Smith III: return to casual Format:LP Broken Hearted Melody

Broken Hearted Melody

B2: Jinrikisha

Between 1964-1967 the legendary saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter created a treasured and deeply influential body of work within the acoustic jazz tradition with classic albums such as Night Dreamer

as evidenced by his time spent with the likes of Albert Ayler and Paul Bley

But it’s Ray Charles who provides the real magic

Walter Smith III: return to casual Format:LP Broken Hearted MelodyBlue Note, 2023 Saxophonist and composer Walter Smith III enters a new era of his band leading career with his remarkable Blue Note debut return to casual, the long anticipated follow up to his self released 2014 recording still casual. Eight original works (and one new arrangement) all composed within weeks of each other layer, displace, dismantle and reassemble among the Houston natives fellow artists. Reprising their bandmate roles, pianist Taylor