Infant Eyes

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"Infant Eyes" is a lyrical, widely admired jazz ballad composed by saxophonist Wayne Shorter, known for its haunting melody and emotional depth.

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instanceOf jazz ballad
jazz composition
song
associatedMovement post-bop jazz
associatedPerformer Elvin Jones
Herbie Hancock
Ron Carter
composer Wayne Shorter
compositionEra post-bop
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception widely admired by jazz musicians and critics
firstAlbumAppearance Speak No Evil
firstAlbumArtist Wayne Shorter
genre jazz
hasComposerRole Wayne Shorter
instrumentationFocus tenor saxophone
keyCharacteristic expressive melody
lyrical saxophone lines
rich harmonic language
language instrumental
notableFor emotional depth
haunting melody
performanceContext often performed as a jazz standard ballad
recordingArtist Wayne Shorter
recordLabelOfFirstRelease Blue Note Records
releaseDecade 1960s
style lyrical
subgenre ballad
tempo slow
typicalEnsemble small jazz combo

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Speak No Evil hasTrack Infant Eyes