Wayne Shorter
Known for Acting · 48 credits
- Born
- 1933-08-25
- Died
- 2023-03-02
- Place of birth
- Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
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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Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (42)
Miles Ahead
2016
as Live Concert Band
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
as Self - Musician
Jaco
2015
as Self
Love Crimes
1992
as Jazz Quartet
Chasing Trane
2017
as Self - Musician
Before Midnight
1986
as Self (archive footage)
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
2018
as Self
The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994
1994
as Self
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
2023
as Self
Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
1999
as Self
Santana: Supernatural Live
2000
as Self
Michel Petrucciani Power of Three
as Himself
Santana: In Concert
2005
as Self - Saxophone
Marcus
2015
as Self
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
2019
as Self
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
2004
Weather Report Live In Tokyo
1984
as himself
I Called Him Morgan
2016
as Self
Weather Report: Live at Montreux
1976
as Saxophones
Weather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978
1978
as Himself
The World According to John Coltrane
1990
as Himself
The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet
2012
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
2003
as Self
Miles Davis: Around Midnight
2011
as Saxophone (Tenor)
Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
1964
Universe
2020
Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
1988
as Himself
Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions
1987
as Himself
Miles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969
2010
Miles Davis Quintet In Berlin 1969
as Self
Wayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne
2010
as Himself
Wayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac
Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
2011
as Himself
Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1969
2013
as himself
Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969
as Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
1996
as Saxophone
Weather Report Live In Hamburg 1971
1971
as Himself
The Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project
1990
as Sax soprano
Weather Report - Live 1971 TV
as Themself
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th
2010
as himself
Weather Report: Live in Berlin
1975
Tribute To John Coltrane (Select Live Under The Sky '87 10th Special)
1987
About Wayne Shorter
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,… With 48 credits spanning from 1964 to 2023, Wayne Shorter has appeared in 42 films and 6 TV shows.
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- Miles Ahead (2016) — as Live Concert Band
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019) — as Self - Musician
- Jaco (2015) — as Self
- Love Crimes (1992) — as Jazz Quartet
- Chasing Trane (2017) — as Self - Musician
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