Oriental Folk Song

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"Oriental Folk Song" is a jazz composition best known from Wayne Shorter’s 1964 album *Night Dreamer*, blending modal harmony with an Eastern-influenced melodic sensibility.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz composition
musical work
albumSide Side A
associatedArtist Elvin Jones NERFINISHED
Lee Morgan NERFINISHED
McCoy Tyner NERFINISHED
Reggie Workman NERFINISHED
Wayne Shorter NERFINISHED
bassist Reggie Workman NERFINISHED
chronologicallyFollowsOnAlbum Night Dreamer (title track) NERFINISHED
composer Wayne Shorter NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
drummer Elvin Jones NERFINISHED
featuredOnAlbum Night Dreamer NERFINISHED
genre jazz
modal jazz
post-bop
hasMusicalInfluence Eastern-influenced melodic sensibility
hasMusicalStyle modal harmony
hasNotableFeature Eastern-sounding melodic contour
use of modal improvisation
instrumentation double bass
drums
piano
tenor saxophone
trumpet
labelCatalog Blue Note BLP 4173 NERFINISHED
language instrumental
originalReleaseFormat 12-inch LP
originalReleaseYear 1964
partOf album Night Dreamer
partOfArtistDiscography Wayne Shorter discography
performer Wayne Shorter NERFINISHED
personnel Elvin Jones NERFINISHED
Lee Morgan NERFINISHED
McCoy Tyner NERFINISHED
Reggie Workman NERFINISHED
Wayne Shorter NERFINISHED
pianist McCoy Tyner NERFINISHED
producer Alfred Lion NERFINISHED
recordedAtLocation Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey NERFINISHED
recordedAtStudio Van Gelder Studio NERFINISHED
recordingArtist Wayne Shorter NERFINISHED
recordingEngineer Rudy Van Gelder NERFINISHED
recordLabel Blue Note Records
tenorSaxophonist Wayne Shorter NERFINISHED
trackNumberOnAlbum 2
trumpeter Lee Morgan NERFINISHED

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Night Dreamer hasTrack Oriental Folk Song