Palladium | A Wayne Shorter Birthday Celebration at The Falcon

Palladium presents two sets of Wayne Shorter’s music Live At The Falcon, in celebration of Wayne’s 89th birthday!

Palladium is a Wayne Shorter repertory group founded by producer, and Shorter family friend Jesse Markowitz, who has overseen Shorter’s social media since 2015. Palladium began as a live act in 2018 with the intent to share Wayne’s massive audience with the emerging musicians on the NYC scene by exploring the vast terrain of Wayne’s compositions. Numerous shows to hone a group sound took place at Smalls Jazz Club NYC.

Palladium is Markowitz's curation, whose long-term goal is for Shorter to be known as this generation's Mozart!...

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Palladium presents two sets of Wayne Shorter’s music Live At The Falcon, in celebration of Wayne’s 89th birthday!

Palladium is a Wayne Shorter repertory group founded by producer, and Shorter family friend Jesse Markowitz, who has overseen Shorter’s social media since 2015. Palladium began as a live act in 2018 with the intent to share Wayne’s massive audience with the emerging musicians on the NYC scene by exploring the vast terrain of Wayne’s compositions. Numerous shows to hone a group sound took place at Smalls Jazz Club NYC.

Palladium is Markowitz's curation, whose long-term goal is for Shorter to be known as this generation's Mozart!

Palladium expanded to a recording project, releasing two albums which include spoken word cameos from Wayne himself; “2020” features over 30 musicians in a variety of settings, and “Don’t Look Back” focuses on a single quintet pairing the legendary Victor Lewis with young all-stars Nicole Glover, Sasha Berliner, Sean Mason & Russell Hall.

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