Dance Cadaverous is a Wayne Shorter composition first released in 1966 on the album Speak No Evil. The original date features Shorter on tenor sax with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums, produced by Alfred Lion and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. The title hints at a dark, adventurous mood that fits Shorter’s early post-bop style. In 2018 Thumbscrew—Michael Formanek on bass, Tomas Fujiwara on drums, and Mary Halvorson on guitar—recorded a version for the album Theirs, released by Cuneiform Records, about 6 minutes long. The tune appears in sources such as Last.fm and Apple Music and has associated sheet-music references online.
