Sunday, Wayne Shorter closes the WWOZ Jazz Tent. Recently, writer Tom Moon reviewed the live debut of a new work by Shorter, “Lotus,” which will likely be featured in his set:

The most striking aspect of the through-composed Lotus, which is structurally closer to contemporary classical works than jazz standards: Very little of it happened at a firm tempo. For more than an hour, Shorter and his group journeyed in a mostly placid rubato, detouring only occasionally into rhythm. Normally, that’s a recipe for tedium. But this group, which has been together for ten years, seized the languid mood and went deeply inside it; their immersion and curiosity lured listeners into the exploration, made them participants.