Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter | |
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.jpg) Shorter in 1977 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | August 25, 1933 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | March 2, 2023 (aged 89) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Modal jazz, crossover jazz, post-bop, hard bop, jazz fusion, third stream |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone |
| Years active | 1958–2021 |
| Labels | Blue Note, Columbia, Verve |
| Formerly of | |
| Website | wayneshorter |
Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.
In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, and from there he co-founded the jazz fusion band Weather Report. He has recorded over 20 albums as a bandleader.
Shorter has won 11 Grammy Awards. The New York Times called 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. Shorter died in Los Angeles, California, on March 2, 2023, at the age of 89.