Wayne Shorter
Known For
Acting
Born
1933-08-25 in Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Died
2023-03-02
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.
Most Known For
Great Performances
as Self
Classic Albums
as Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
as Self
Jaco
as Self
Universe
Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
as Self
Miles Ahead
as Live Concert Band
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Musician
Chasing Trane
as Self - Musician
Love Crimes
as Jazz Quartet
Santana: Supernatural Live
as Self
Santana: In Concert
as Self - Saxophone
Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
as Himself
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
as Self
I Called Him Morgan
as Self
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
as Self
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
as Self
Marcus
as Self
Before Midnight
as Self (archive footage)