Second Genesis (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Second Genesis

| type = studio

| artist = Wayne Shorter

| cover = Second Genesis VeeJay.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 1974[https://books.google.com/books?id=cgkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Wayne+Shorter+3057&pg=PA49 Billboard May 4, 1974]

| recorded = October 11, 1960

| venue =

| studio = Universal Recorders, Chicago

| genre = Hard bop

| length = 35:07 original LP

| label = Vee-Jay Records
VJS 3057

| producer = Sid McCoy

| prev_title = Odyssey of Iska

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = Moto Grosso Feio

| next_year = 1974

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r147529 |title=Wayne Shorter - Second Genesis (rec. 1960, rel. 1974) album review, credits & releasesr | AllMusic |first=Scott |last=Yanow |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=2 August 2011}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1295}}

}}

Second Genesis is the second album by jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter recorded by the Vee-Jay label in 1960 but not released until 1974.[https://www.jazzdisco.org/wayne-shorter/catalog/#vee-jay-vjs-3057 Wayne Shorter discography], accessed July 23, 2019.[https://www.bsnpubs.com/veejay/veejayjazz.html Both Sides Now: Vee-Jay Album Discography, Part 3: Jazz Series (1959-1978)], accessed July 23, 2019. It was his second session as leader, performing with his Jazz Messengers boss Art Blakey on drums, pianist Cedar Walton and bassist Bob Cranshaw. Walton joined Blakey's Messengers the following year, following the departure of Bobby Timmons.