4 Facts About the Woman on the Cover of Wayne Shorter's Speak No Evil

  1. The woman on the cover is Teruko (Irene) Nakagami, Wayne Shorter’s first wife.
  2. Shorter met Nakagami in 1961, before the album was released in 1966.
  3. The cover photo was taken by Francis Wolff, Blue Note’s longtime photographer.
  4. Nakagami and Shorter were married during the peak of his early Blue Note period.