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Wayne Shorter

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Wayne Shorter

Born August 25, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, U.S.Died March 2, 202313 films

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.

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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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Filmography

13 films as actor
  1. TBAWayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac
  2. TBAWeather Report - Live 1971 TVThemself
  3. TBAMiles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
  4. 2016Miles AheadLive Concert Band
  5. 2012The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet
  6. 2004Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
  7. 1996Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996Saxophone
  8. 1992Love CrimesJazz Quartet
  9. 1990The Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan ProjectSax soprano
  10. 1987Tribute To John Coltrane (Select Live Under The Sky '87 10th Special)
  11. 1976Weather Report: Live at MontreuxSaxophones
  12. 1975Weather Report: Live in Berlin
  13. 1964Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964