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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wayne Shorter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Personal Details
Movies (37)
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
as Self
2023
esperanza spalding: Homage to Wayne Shorter @ Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 2023
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2023
Universe
2020
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Musician
2019
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
as Self
2019
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
as Self
2018
Chasing Trane
as Self - Musician
2017
I Called Him Morgan
as Self
2016
Miles Ahead
as Live Concert Band
2016
Jaco
as Self
2015
Marcus
as Self
2015
Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1969
as himself
2013
The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet
2012
Miles Davis: Around Midnight
as Saxophone (Tenor)
2011
Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
as Himself
2011
Miles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969
2010
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th
as himself
2010
Wayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne
as Himself
2010
Santana: In Concert
as Self - Saxophone
2005
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
2004
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
as Self
2003
Santana: Supernatural Live
as Self
2000
Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
as Self
1999
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
as Saxophone
1996
The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994
as Self
1994
The Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project
as Sax soprano
1990
The World According to John Coltrane
as Himself
1990
Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
as Himself
1988
Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions
as Himself
1987
Tribute To John Coltrane (Select Live Under The Sky '87 10th Special)
1987
Before Midnight
as Self (archive footage)
1986
Weather Report Live In Tokyo
as himself
1984
Weather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978
as Himself
1978
Weather Report: Live at Montreux
as Saxophones
1976
Weather Report: Live in Berlin
1975
Weather Report Live In Hamburg 1971
as Himself
1971
Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
1964
