The Soothsayer

The Soothsayer
Studio album by
Released1979
RecordedMarch 4, 1965
StudioVan Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenrePost-bop
Length50:21
LabelBlue Note
LT 988;
CDP 7 84443 2
ProducerAlfred Lion
Wayne Shorter chronology
Speak No Evil
(1965)
The Soothsayer
(1979)
Et Cetera
(1965)

The Soothsayer is the seventh album by Wayne Shorter, recorded in 1965, but not released on Blue Note until 1979. The album features five originals by Shorter and an arrangement of Jean Sibelius' "Valse Triste". The featured musicians are trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, alto saxophonist James Spaulding, pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams.