Wayne Shorter
Biography
Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Shorter came to mainstream prominence in 1959 upon joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, for whom he eventually became the primary composer. In 1964 he joined Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet, and then co-founded the jazz fusion band Weather Report in 1970. He recorded more than 20 albums as a bandleader. Many Shorter compositions have become jazz standards. His music earned worldwide recognition, critical praise, universal commendation, and 12 Grammy Awards. He was acclaimed for his mastery of the soprano saxophone since switching his focus from the tenor in the late 1960s, and began an extended reign in 1970 as DownBeat's annual poll-winner on that instrument, winning the critics' poll for 10 consecutive years and the readers' for 18. The New York Times music critic Ben Ratliff described Shorter in 2008 as "probably jazz's greatest living small-group composer and a contender for greatest living improviser". In 2017, he was awarded the Polar Music Prize. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wayne Shorter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
himself
Weather Report Live In Tokyo
Himself
Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Self
Santana: Supernatural Live
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
Himself
Weather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978
Weather Report: Live in Berlin
Himself
Michel Petrucciani Power of Three
Self - Saxophone
Santana: In Concert
Himself
Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
Himself
Wayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne
Self
Miles Davis Quintet In Berlin 1969
himself
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th
Self
Elis & Tom: Só Tinha de Ser com Você
himself
Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1969
Saxophone (Tenor)
Miles Davis: Around Midnight
Self
The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994
Himself
Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions
Self
Jaco
Self - Musician
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Live Concert Band
Miles Ahead
Wayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac
Themself
Weather Report - Live 1971 TV
Self - Musician
Chasing Trane
Self
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
Sax soprano
The Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project
Saxophones
Weather Report: Live at Montreux
Self
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Self
I Called Him Morgan
Himself
The World According to John Coltrane
Self
It Must Schwing - Die Blue Note Story
Himself
Weather Report Live In Hamburg 1971
Self
Marcus
Self
Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
Universe
The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet
Miles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969
Saxophone
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
Self (archive footage)
Avant minuit
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969
Tribute To John Coltrane (Select Live Under The Sky '87 10th Special)
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
41
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-08-25
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
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