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.
Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Great Performances
Classic Albums
The Kennedy Center Honors
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Miles Ahead
Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
All Movies (42)
- Elis & Tom: It Had to be You2023 · as Self
- Universe2020
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool2019 · as Self - Musician
- Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes2019 · as Self
- It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story2018 · as Self
- Chasing Trane2017 · as Self - Musician
- I Called Him Morgan2016 · as Self
- Miles Ahead2016 · as Live Concert Band
- Jaco2015 · as Self
- Marcus2015 · as Self
- Miles Davis: Live in Europe 19692013 · as himself
- The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet2012
- Miles Davis: Around Midnight2011 · as Saxophone (Tenor)
- Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne2011 · as Himself
- Miles Davis: Copenhagen Live 19692010
- Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th2010 · as himself
- Wayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne2010 · as Himself
- Santana: In Concert2005 · as Self - Saxophone
- Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux2004
- Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind2003 · as Self
- Santana: Supernatural Live2000 · as Self
- Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja1999 · as Self
- Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 19961996 · as Saxophone
- The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 19941994 · as Self
- Love Crimes1992 · as Jazz Quartet
- The Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project1990 · as Sax soprano
- The World According to John Coltrane1990 · as Himself
- Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival1988 · as Himself
- Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions1987 · as Himself
- Tribute To John Coltrane (Select Live Under The Sky '87 10th Special)1987
- Before Midnight1986 · as Self (archive footage)
- Weather Report Live In Tokyo1984 · as himself
- Weather Report: Live in Offenbach 19781978 · as Himself
- Weather Report: Live at Montreux1976 · as Saxophones
- Weather Report: Live in Berlin1975
- Weather Report Live In Hamburg 19711971 · as Himself
- Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 19641964
- Michel Petrucciani Power of Three— · as Himself
- Miles Davis Quintet In Berlin 1969— · as Self
- Wayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac—
- Weather Report - Live 1971 TV— · as Themself
- Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969— · as Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
All TV Shows (6)
- Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity2023 · as Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
- StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson2015 · as Self
- Classic Albums1997 · as Self
- The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self
- Great Performances1971 · as Self