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Phantom Navigator is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter, released on Columbia Records in 1987.^[1]^[2] Chick Corea played piano on "Mahogany Bird".^[3]

Phantom Navigator

Cover art by Jean-Francois Podevin

Released

1987

Recorded

1986

Studio

Mad Hatter Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
The Power Station (New York City, NY)

Length

38:25

Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter chronology

Atlantis
(1985)

Phantom Navigator
(1987)

Joy Ryder
(1988)

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Los Angeles Times	^[5]
Windsor Star	C−^[6]

The Windsor Star wrote that "the tunes are superficial, the concentration is on soprano sax, generally thin and shrill here, everything buried by batteries of keyboards, vampy electric bass and the thudding monotony of drum machines."^[6] The Los Angeles Times determined that "the creative level simply does not reflect Shorter's talents to optimum effect."^[5] The Philadelphia Inquirer called the album "bitterly disappointing fluff."^[7]

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell stated: "On a sheer technical level, Wayne's soprano and tenor work is alright, yet on 'Yamanja' he does a depressingly mechanical sounding turn on a lyricon. Pass this right by."^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Wayne Shorter.

"Condition Red" – 5:08
"Mahogany Bird" – 6:10
"Remote Control" – 7:55
"Yamanja" – 6:28
"Forbidden, Plan-It!" – 6:09
"Flagships" – 6:35

Personnel

Musicians

Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5–6), lyricon (4)
Erik Hansen – synthesizer programming
Paul Heckert – additional synthesizer programming
Mitchel Forman – synthesizers (1), acoustic piano (4 &6), additional keyboards (4 &6)
Chick Corea – acoustic piano (2)
Stu Goldberg – synthesizers (2, 4–6), additional keyboards (3)
Jim Beard – synthesizers (3, 5)
Jeff Bova – synthesizers (3)
Gary Willis – bass guitar (1), electric bass (2)
John Patitucci – acoustic bass (2), bass guitar (4–5)
Alphonso Johnson – bass guitar (3)
Tom Brechtlein – drums (1)
Jimmy Bralower – drums (3), percussion programming (3)
Scott Roberts – percussion (2, 4–6), drum programming (4–5)
Bill Summers – percussion (2, 4–5), drum programming (4–5)
Ana Maria Shorter – intro vocals (4)
Gregor Goldberg – vocals (6)

Production

Wayne Shorter – producer, illustration
George Butler – executive producer
K2 – co-producer, engineer, mixing
Duncan Aldrich – assistant engineer (tracks 1–2, 4–6)
Gary Duncan – assistant engineer (1–2, 4–6)
Steve Krause – mix assistant (1–2, 4–6)
Michael Christopher – assistant engineer (3)
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Nancy Donald – art direction
Tony Lane – art direction
Jean-Francois Podevin – illustration

See also

Weather Report, This Is This! (1986)

References

^ Miller, Mark (26 Feb 1987). "Phantom Navigator Wayne Shorter". The Globe and Mail. p. C3.

^ Tesser, Neil (15 Apr 1987). "Jazz". USA Today. p. 5D.

^ Wissink, Steve (12 Apr 1987). "Shorter's Variety Intriguing". Sun-Sentinel. p. 3F.

^ ^a ^b Ginell, R. AllMusic Review accessed September 17, 2011

^ ^a ^b Feather, Leonard (22 Mar 1987). "'Phantom Navigator' Wayne Shorter". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 70.

^ ^a ^b Stevens, Peter (28 Feb 1987). "Record Review". Windsor Star. p. C2.

^ Davis, Francis (24 Apr 1987). "Saxophonist Wayne Shorter...". Features Weekend. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 24.

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