Wayne Shorter
Actor
Born August 25, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
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.
Filmography
Wayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac
Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
Self
Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
Self
esperanza spalding: Homage to Wayne Shorter @ Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 2023
Universe
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Musician
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Self
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Self
Chasing Trane
Self - Musician
I Called Him Morgan
Self
Miles Ahead
Live Concert Band
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self
Jaco
Self
Marcus
Self
Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1969
himself
The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet
Miles Davis: Around Midnight
Saxophone (Tenor)
Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
Himself
Miles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th
himself
Santana: In Concert
Self - Saxophone
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
Self
Santana: Supernatural Live
Self
Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
Self
Classic Albums
Self
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
Saxophone
Love Crimes
Jazz Quartet
The Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project
Sax soprano
The World According to John Coltrane
Himself
Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Himself
Tribute To John Coltrane (Select Live Under The Sky '87 10th Special)
Before Midnight
Self (archive footage)
Weather Report Live In Tokyo
himself
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Weather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978
Himself
Weather Report: Live at Montreux
Saxophones
Weather Report: Live in Berlin
Weather Report Live In Hamburg 1971
Himself
Great Performances
Self
Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964