On October 15, 1965, tenor saxophone master and composer Wayne Shorter recorded The All Seeing Eye, a brilliant and ambitiously multi-layered album for Blue Note. Shorter’s goal for the album was to use “a wider range of colours and textures” while continuing his explorations of “life and the universe and God.”

Joining Shorter in his quest are Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Grachan Moncur III on trombone, James Spaulding on alto saxophone, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, Joe Chambers on drums, and, on one track, Wayne’s brother Alan Shorter on flugelhorn.

Blue Note Records’ Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tapes, 180g audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxe gatefold packaging. Mastering is by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and vinyl is manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI).

Tracklist:

A1. The All Seeing Eye    
A2. Genesis    
B1. Chaos    
B2. Face Of The Deep    
B3. Mephistopheles

Wayne Shorter (Tenor Saxophone), James Spaulding (Alto Saxophone), Ron Carter (Bass), Joe Chambers (Drums), Alan Shorter (Flugelhorn), Herbie Hancock (Piano), Grachan Moncur III (Trombone), Freddie Hubbard (Trumpet, Flugelhorn)