Emanon

Featuring a triple-album and its companion piece - a self-penned, 84-page graphic novel - Wayne Shorter's Emanon is the definitive look into his artistic multiverse. The standard three-CD set includes four studio tracks performed by Shorter's quartet (pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade) and the expansive, 34-piece Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, in addition to a 6 track live album featuring the quartet itself. Venture into the deluxe boxset and all of that is accompanied by an expertly crafted box and three 180-gram vinyl discs. In her introduction, Esperanza Spalding writes: "After reading and listening to Emanon, you might begin to notice alternative realities glimmering beneath the everyday world around you."