Wayne Shorter
Acting
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
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movieMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
Self - Musician
movieChasing Trane
2017
Self - Musician
movieMiles Ahead
2016
Live Concert Band
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
movieJaco
2015
Self
movieMarcus
2015
Self
movieMiles Davis: Around Midnight
2011
Saxophone (Tenor)
movieSantana: In Concert
2005
Self - Saxophone
movieLove Crimes
1992
Jazz Quartet
movieBefore Midnight
1986
Self (archive footage)
movieMiles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
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movieesperanza spalding: Homage to Wayne Shorter @ Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 2023
2023
Original Music Composer
movieUniverse
2020
Music