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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-08-25
Place of birth
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Images
Cast
Weather Report Live In Tokyo
1984
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Santana: Supernatural Live
2000
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Weather Report: Live in Berlin
1975
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Santana: In Concert
2005
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Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
2011
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Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
2023
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Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1969
2013
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Miles Davis: Around Midnight
2011
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Jaco
2015
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
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Miles Ahead
2016
6.40
Chasing Trane
2017
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Weather Report: Live at Montreux
1976
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I Called Him Morgan
2016
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Marcus
2015
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Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
1999
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Universe
2020
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Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
1996
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Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
1964
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Before Midnight
1986
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