Wayne Shorter- Schizophrenia (Tone Poet)

The title of Wayne Shorter's eleventh Blue Note album was no accident. For on "Schizophrenia," the saxophonist embarked on a breathtaking ridge walk with an all-star sextet in 1967. "This music straddles the line between post-bop and free jazz," Stephen Thomas opined on Erlewine on AllMusic, "it's rooted in post-bop but knows what's going on on the other side of the line. A few years later, Shorter would cross that line, but "Schizophrenia" crackles with tension as he and his colleagues try to balance the two extremes.