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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Wayne Shorter — movies and TV shows

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Great Performances

1971

Classic Albums

1997

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

2015

Miles Ahead

2016

Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity

2023

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

2019

Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1969

2013

Chasing Trane

2017

Weather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978

1978

Love Crimes

1992

It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

2018

Jaco

2015

Universe

2020

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

2019

I Called Him Morgan

2016

Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja

1999

Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind

2003

Before Midnight

1986

Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux

2004

Elis & Tom: It Had to be You

2023

The World According to John Coltrane

1990

Santana: In Concert

2005

Sponsored

Weather Report Live In Tokyo

1984

Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964

1964

Santana: Supernatural Live

2000

Miles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969

2010

Weather Report: Live in Berlin

1975

The Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project

1990

Miles Davis: Around Midnight

2011

Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne

2011

Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969

Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996

1996

Marcus

2015

Tribute To John Coltrane (Select Live Under The Sky '87 10th Special)

1987

Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th

2010

Wayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac

Weather Report: Live at Montreux

1976

The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet

2012

Weather Report Live In Hamburg 1971

1971

Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival

1988